(SEPT. 27)—Students and staff paraded around the Academic Oval in the morning of Sept. 26 in “Celebrate Life 2018,” a yearly event organized by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) through the Office of Counseling and Guidance (OCG).   Now on its 8th year, the event commemorates “those beset with mental […]

UP President Danilo L. Concepcion has written Philippine National Police chief Oscar D. Albayalde to express his concern over the reported visit of three uniformed and armed PNP officers to UP Diliman last Wednesday, September 12. Read more…  

(SEPT. 4)— Multi-awarded broadcast journalist Maria Jessica A. Soho added another feather in her cap after being awarded the 2018 UP Gawad Plaridel. The Gawad Plaridel, named after the Philippine hero Marcelo H. del Pilar’s nom de plume, is the CMC’s distinction for Filipino media practitioners who excelled in any of the media (print, radio, film […]

(ABS-CBN)—The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) was named grand prize winner in the 66th Concorso Polifonico Internazionale “Guido d’Arezzo” choral competition in Italy. Read more…

With the mad, mad rush to apply for the next UPCAT (UP College Admissions Test), I thought I may as well explain the mysteries of UP and terms like “campuses,” “CUs,” and “UP System.” From its establishment with a small campus in Ermita (and a building in Quiapo) in 1908, UP has grown through the […]

(JUL. 30)—Dr. Alice G. Guillermo, professor emerita and former chair of the UP College of Arts and Letters Department of Arts Studies (DAS), passed away on Jul. 29 after a long illness. She was 80.  In May this year, the DAS, together with the College of Fine Arts and Alliance of Concerned Teachers, organized a […]

(JUN. 21)— The University of the Philippines (UP) will confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Senator Loren Regina Bautista Legarda at UP Diliman’s 107th General Commencement Exercises on June 24, 7 a.m. at the University Amphitheater. On her third term as a senator, Legarda is currently the chairperson of the senate committees on […]

(MAY 25)—UP Diliman (UPD) alumni landed in the top 2 posts of the recently concluded Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET-Elementary Level).   John Michael T. dela Paz topped the LET-Elementary Level with a rating of 88.80.  Following closely is Mary Angeline L. Cabal with 88.60.  Dela Paz graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor of Education […]

(MAY 23) — A 2-way celebration with the opening of the Linggo ng Parangal 2018 and feting UPD’s international community through the Chancellor’s International Reception was held on May 7, 6.p.m. at the Quezon Hall Lobby. This was described by UPD Chancellor Michael Tan as a “time to honor people in UP and [their] partners.”  […]