(APR. 13)—The UP Board of Regents (BOR), at its 1334th meeting on Apr. 6, appointed 16 new faculty members as Professors Emeriti, nine of whom are from UP Diliman (UPD).  The nine from UPD are Drs. Apolonio Chua of the College of Arts and Letters (CAL), Maria Cecilia Gastardo-Conaco of the College of Social Sciences […]

UP recognized the hard work and exceptional research productivity of its faculty members by appointing 71 of them as UP Scientists of various ranks under the Scientific Productivity System (SPS) in ceremonies at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni on Mar. 21. The scientists were appointed for the period 2017 to 2019. Of the total appointees, […]

(11 Apr.)—A delegation from Hokkaido University (HU) in Japan and officials of the University of the Philippines formally opened the HU nook at UP Diliman (UPD) on Mar. 6. Located at the ground floor of the Diliman Interactive Learning Center, the nook is the first facility of its kind set up by an international university […]

“No one deserves this honor. Subalit sa harap ninyong lahat, sa ngalan ng tradisyon ng aking pamilya at ng Kolehiyo, tinatanggap ko po ito. I accept knowing that the work will not be tiring or difficult but passionate and joyous. I am certain of this because CSWCD has always and will always serve the people.” […]

(FEB. 22)—Four events focusing on the body comprised of an exhibit, symposium, book launch and film showing were held at the UP Diliman (UPD) GT-Toyota Asian Center on Feb. 13 as part of the 3-month celebration of the “Kat(h)awan: UPD Festival of Culture and the Arts 2018″ (UPDFOCA). The festival seeks to understand the Filipino […]

Riding on its research being cited by the world’s scholars, the University of the Philippines made a big jump in the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings or the THE ranking of the top 359 universities of the region. The Philippine national university leaped from the 201st-250thranked group in 2017 to the top 200, […]

(Dec. 27) —UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL) professors Pedro “Edru” R. Abraham Jr., Glecy C. Atienza, Banaue Miclat-Janssen and Dexter M. Santos won in various categories at the 2017 Aliw Awards on Dec. 19. Atienza bagged the Best Production for Children award for “Mga Palaka Sa Balon” produced by Manila Tytana College; Miclat-Janssen […]

The UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP) has partnered with the UP Foundation Inc. and Citi Foundation to develop courses to enhance the capabilities of practitioners in micro and small enterprise development in Central Luzon. The Social Entrepreneurship and Financial Bridging Program seeks to equip micro entrepreneurs with the necessary skills to succeed in […]

President Rodrigo Duterte is known for his colorful language and sometimes incendiary commentary, but is any of it truly harmful? Actually, it is. According to a 2017 study by Profs. Yvonne Chua, Maria Diosa Labiste and Maria Cristina Rara of the College of Mass Communication, 13 of the speeches Duterte made against the Catholic Church […]

The Office of International Linkages Diliman under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OILD-OVCAA) went on its first Cultural Exposure Field Trip last Nov. 26. International students from Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia were brought to Paete, Laguna and Angono, Rizal, the country’s wood carving capital and art capital, respectively, for them […]