All five UP Diliman (UPD) examinees in the October 2021 Nutritionist-Dietitian Licensure Examination passed, with two entering the top five. Mark Anthony Arlante whose 90.15 percent rating and Samantha Roque’s 89.95 percent rating landed them in third and fourth place, respectively. Joining them are Denise Claire Baltazar, Klaris Andrea Agcaoili, and Jose Raphael Sanchez. According […]

Andre Judiel Parabas, a student of the College of Home Economics (CHE), recently bagged the top prize in the wellness and health category of the 10th jumpthegap Roca International Design Contest for designing a biodegradable home urine rapid-testing kit. Parabas’s rapid-testing kit, named the P-Kit, is designed to be low-cost, biodegradable, and rapid, able to […]

UP Diliman (UPD) was the top performing school in the October 2021 Chemical Engineer Licensure Examinations, and adding to that, Al Christian R. Gobres notched the top spot with an 84 percent rating. All 14 examinees passed the examinations, making UPD the only school who fielded 10 or more examinees to get a 100-percent passing […]

A group of UP Diliman scholars under the Space Technology Applications, Mastery, Innovation, and Advancement (STAMINA4Space) Program is set to build the largest earth observation satellite the Philippines has ever deployed. The 16-strong team who will build the satellite, named Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA), is composed of project manager John Leur Labrador, Julie […]

A team composed of students from all over the UP System emerged as one of the three winners in the Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) 2021 Solution Challenge. UP Systeam, composed of Rex Ronter Ruiz (UP Diliman), Jian Asiado (UP Los Baños), Joerian E. Gauten (UP Open University), and Patricia Marie C. Garcia (UP Visayas […]

All 10 examinees the UP Diliman School of Library and Information Studies (UPD SLIS) fielded in the September 2021 Librarian Licensure Examination passed, clinching the top spot in both school performance and individual rankings. UP Diliman was the top performing school in the examinations with a 100-percent passing rate, with six out of the 10 […]

The UP Cherubim and Seraphim (UPCS) turns 50 this year. To celebrate its golden year, UP’s official children’s choir will hold a virtual concert, “Aurea Carmina” (Golden Songs) to be streamed live on its official Facebook page (@UP Cherubim & Seraphim) on September 25, 7 p.m. It will feature songs by National Artist for Music […]

The Office of the University Registrar released the latest adjusted Academic Calendar for AY 2021-2022, listing important dates for the first and second semesters as well as major holidays. For the first semester, registration is from Sept. 13-15, while classes begin on Sept. 17. The mid-semester arrives on Oct. 30. Final examinations are from Jan. […]

College of Music (CMu) student Ryle Nicole Q. Custodio wins the top prize in the inaugural Composition Competition of the 2021 Busan Choral Festival & Competition (BCFC). According to a July 20 news posted in the BCFC website, Custodio’s winning piece “Tagu-Taguan” for Soprano-Alto-Tenor-Bass (SATB) a capella bested 54 other works from 28 countries for […]

Team Fighting Balloons of the UP Virata School of Business (VSB) was declared the first grand champion of the 2021 Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Student Case Competition Global Finals last Jul. 10 via Zoom. The competition focuses on topical accounting and finance problems which encourage students to apply their technical and theoretical skills in […]