The UP Diliman (UPD) Confucius Institute (CI) recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen its ties with the City College of San Fernando Pampanga (CCSFP) and the City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga. The CI was among the higher education institutions (HEI) that signed an MOU with the CCSFP and the City […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) is 35 years old. On April 28, the day of its anniversary as a college, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II paid the CMC a visit and CMC Dean Fernando dlC. Paragas toured him around the college. Vistan expressed his support for the college. He […]

Nine of the 12 UP faculty members who were recently appointed as professors emeriti are from UP Diliman (UPD). The appointments were approved by the UP Board of Regents at its 1379th meeting on April 3. Of the nine UPD faculty, six belong to the Science and Technology cluster (S&T), two are from the Management […]

Sa darating na Abril 25 ay magkakaroon ng konsultasyon ang Opisina ng Faculty Regent (OFR) sa mga kaguruan ng UP Baguio at Abril 28 naman sa UP Cebu. Nauna nang nakipagpulong si Faculty Regent Carl Marc L. Ramota sa mga guro ng UP Diliman (UPD) at ibinahagi ang mga inisyatiba at programa ng OFR. Ang […]

Rita Badilla Gudiño added another feather to her cap. Gudiño is an associate professor of industrial design at the Department of Visual Communication of the UP Diliman College of Fine Arts (CFA) and a ceramic artist. She was recently invited to participate at the 57th National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts (NCECA). She is […]

A documentary film on the importance of mangrove in the ecosystem was recently screened at the UP Diliman (UPD) Institute of Biology Auditorium. Bakawan is a 45-minute documentary that tackles the significance of mangroves to the coastal ecosystem, the reason for the decline of mangrove forest in the Philippines, the persisting threats to mangroves, and […]

The Department of History (DHist) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy held a virtual film screening of the Maguindanawon film The Restless Heron (TRH / Su Di Makapangintelen a Talik) as the latest installment of SineKas, the department’s film screening activity. Previously, SineKas presented HONOR: The Legacy of Jose Abad […]

UP Diliman (UPD) faculty continue to make their mark on their respective fields as two professors were cited by the Italian embassy for their work in interior design and architecture. Raquel B. Florendo, PhD, a professor of interior design at the UPD College of Home Economics, and Gerard Rey A. Lico, PhD, a professor of […]

For her exceptional contributions to genomics research in the Philippines, Cynthia P. Saloma, PhD, was recently honored with the 2022 Presidential Lingkod ng Bayan (PLB) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC). According to the CSC, the PLB award is given to an individual or a group composed of five members for exceptional or extraordinary contributions […]

For his Urban Ecologies on the Edge: Making Manila’s Resource Frontier, Kristian Karlo C. Saguin, PhD, received the 2022 AAG (American Association of Geographers) Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography. According to the AAG website, the AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography is one of the annual AAG […]