(OCT. 29) – Prof. Giovanni A. Tapang, PhD was formally installed as the 7th dean of the UPD College of Science (CS) with his affirmation on Oct. 8 at the CS Administration Building. In introducing Tapang, former CS dean Prof. Jose Maria P. Balmaceda, PhD said if fate had been kinder, he would not be […]

(OCT. 29)—UP Diliman ranked first in the October 2019 Geodetic Engineer Licensure Examination, with six of its graduates making it to the top 10. All 87 examinees fielded by the College of Engineering Department of Geodetic Engineering (UPD-DGE) passed on their first try, giving it a 100 percent passing rate, making it number 1 of […]

(Oct. 21) — The Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing and UP Press held the seventh installment of the Interdisciplinary Book Forum (IBF) on Oct. 17 at the CAL AVR (PH1209-1210), Pavilion 1, Palma Hall.  The IBF was established in 2016. Held once every semester, it seeks to provide an academic venue in which to […]

(OCT. 21)—Every graduate the UP Diliman College of Engineering Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (UPD-DMMME) fielded in the October 2019 Metallurgical Engineer Licensure Examination passed, giving the University a 100 percent passing rate, with six examinees getting into the top 10. The top board passers are Bryan Patrick Carrasco (2nd place, 83.25%), Kielvin […]

(OCT. 16)—New College of Engineering (COE) dean Ferdinand G. Manegdeg wasted no time at the podium during his affirmation address on the afternoon of Oct. 8 at the Engineering Theater, firing off a laundry list of tasks to improve services in the college. Pillars. Manegdeg, a member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME), outlined […]

(Oct. 14) — “One hundred thirty years after its first publication, it is still very much alive today,” said Prof. Anna Marie Sibayan-Sarmiento, PhD from the UP Department of European Languages (DEL) as she gave the opening remarks to Dr. Axel Gasquet’s, talk on the latter’s French translation of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere on […]

(OCT. 11)— UP Diliman’s celebration of 2019 Science and Society Month kicked off on Oct. 4 with the simple opening program “Pasundayag” at the Palma Hall Lobby. With a theme “Habi: Kapilipinuhan sa Agham at Lipunan,” the opening program featured a mini exhibit of some of the collections from the College of Home Economics’ (CHE) […]

(OCT. 11)  ̶ Soka University officials turned-over to the UP System (UPS) and UP Diliman (UPD) officials replicas of eight framed photographs taken by Dr. Daisaku Ikeda. A Japanese peace advocate and Soka University founder, Ikeda was the donor of Balay Kalinaw where the actual photographs, ranging from 18 by 24 inches to 42 by […]

(OCT. 10)— Former UP College of Mass Communication dean Luis V. Teodoro is among the six journalists who will receive this year’s “Titus Brandsma Freedom of Press Award.”    Titus Brandsma Award (TBA) is a biennial recognition for outstanding media and communications practitioners given by the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines. The award was […]

(Oct. 8) — In the book “The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right,” it is said Fascism has been “used as a pejorative term of abuse directed at people who are conservative, right wing or authoritarian in the traditional sense” since the end of World War II. This is due to its negative […]