Professor Gay Jane P. Perez, PhD wins the top award of the 2018 ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women. She is the first Filipino to receive the prestigious award, besting 45 other scientists in the region.  An associate professor at the UP Institute of Environmental Sciences and Meteorology (IESM), Perez won for her research on improving […]

Salita ng Taon: TOKHANG Halaw sa pinagtiyap na mga salitang Binisaya na toktok (“katok”) at hangyo (“pakiusap”), Tokhang ang mukha ng giyera kontra-droga ng rehimeng Duterte.  Ang Oplan Tokhang ay isa sa dalawang kampanyang inilunsad ni Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa habang nagsisilbi bilang pinuno ng Davao City Police Office mula Enero 2012 hanggang Hunyo 2016.  Gaya […]

(OCT. 19) — A facsimile of the famous 1734 Murillo Velarde map was turned over to UP Diliman (UPD) on Oct. 4 as part of the opening of the 16th Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day Conference at the NISMED (National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development) Auditorium. The 1734 Murillo Velarde map was key in the […]

(OCT. 11) – The shifts in Chinese foreign policy (FP) has significantly altered the dynamics of the North East Asia (NEA), according to the public lecture titled “Change and Continuity in China’s Foreign Policy” organized by Strategic Programs of the UP Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS) and UP Diliman Department of Political Science […]

Graduates of the UPD Library and Information Science program got a 100 percent passing rate in the September 2018 Librarian Licensure Examination. All 26 UPD examinees passed the examination, with four ranking among the top 10. Mikee Jay Camille Moral Chan placed fifth with a rating of 88.05 percent, while Daniel Paolo Francisco Dela Cruz […]

  (SETYEMBRE 21)— Ang “Alpabeto ng Kulturang Filipino” (AKF), ang kauna-unahang aklat tungkol sa 28 letra ng alpabetong Filipino na itinatampok ang mahahalagang kinatawang kultural at tradisyon ng mga katutubo at modernong Filipino, ay inilunsad noong Setyembre 20 sa Balay Kalinaw sa UP Diliman.  Inilimbag ng PLL Publishing House (PLLPH), ang AKF ay akda ni […]

(SEPT. 18)–The UP Asian Center launched the book “Thinking Beyond the State: Migration, Integration, and Citizenship in Japan and the Philippines” exploring migration issues on citizenship and nationality, incorporation and integration, human security, welfare, philanthropy, identity, and multiculturalism last Aug. 16 at its Seminar Room. The book features nine studies by Filipino and Japanese scholars […]

  (SEPT 4)–The Confucius Institute at the University of the Philippines Diliman (CI-UPD) will offer the Chinese Mandarin for Managers Course at the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and its 120 local business chambers and industry associations around the Philippines. The cooperation between PCCI and CI-UPD was formalized with both parties signing a memorandum of […]

Prof. Carla B. Dimalanta, D.Sc., Professor 10 at the National Institute of Geological Sciences, is one of the 10 recipients of this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos Award.  A program of the Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI), the Outstanding Filipinos Award is a career-service exemplar in the academe, the military and the police force. The award […]