Beloved. That is how to best describe Prof. Ruben Figueroa Balane of the UP College of Law (CL) who passed away on Oct. 11. He was 80. In preparing this piece and scouring through posts online, this writer saw how well respected and how well loved Balane was by his colleagues and former students. Not […]

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson, Jose Luis Martin “Chito” C. Gascon, passed away on Oct. 9 from COVID-19, the CHR announced. He was 57. Gascon was the youngest member of both the Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution and the 8th Philippine Congress, in which he was tasked with preparing the draft articles […]

Former UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) director, Paterno V. Viloria, Ph.D. passed away on Sept. 22. He was 97. Viloria started working in ISSI in 1968 and became its third director from 1976 to 1979. During his term as ISSI director, Viloria co-founded the Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation (SERDEF), a private company […]

Panoorin ang birtuwal na pagtataas ng watawat ng Pilipinas sa UP Diliman.

The UPD Psychosocial Services (UPD PsycServ) needs volunteers for “Bahaginan 2021.” The sessions will be held on October 28 and 29, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Sign up at bit.ly/Bahaginan2021Volunteer, or scan the QR code on the poster.

Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Panitikan at UP Diliman (UPD) Professor Emeritus Bienvenido L. Lumbera, pumanaw sa edad na 89 noong umaga ng Set. 28. Makata, mandudula, iskolar, guro, tagasalin — ilan lamang ito sa maraming naging tungkulin niya sa akademya at sining. Ngunit sa kaniyang paglisan, higit siyang inalala at pinarangalan ng mga nagmamahal […]

Retired mathematics professor Cesar G. Tapia, PhD passed away on Sept. 21. He was 73. Tapia worked in UP as instructor at the then Department (now Institute) of Mathematics (IM) immediately after he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1970.  There he stayed up until his retirement in 2012 with the rank of Professor […]

Ang kahalagahan ng tao at ng ginhawa nito ang binigyang-diin sa nakaraang webinar ng Opisina sa Pagpapaunlad ng Yamang Tao (Human Resource Development Office; HRDO) na “2021 Ginhawa sa Panahon ng Pandemya: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-being Workshop,” (Ginhawa) noong Set. 8. Sa pangangasiwa ng HRDO Training Section, ang webinar ay matagumpay na naidaos kung […]

Lawyer and former UP Police commissioner, Romeo C. Cruz, passed away on Sept. 17. He was 77. Cruz started working in UP in 1968 at the UP Law Center, where he met his wife, Zenaida. He later served as an administrative division head of the said unit. He served UP in various capacities for 41 […]

An immersion program for students interested in health-related industries was one of the programs discussed at the formal and virtual launching of the UP Surgical Innovation and Biotechnology Laboratory (UP SIBOL) on Sept. 8. Prof. Roxanne de Leon of the College of Engineering – Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (COE-EEEI) said SIBOL is currently piloting […]