(AUG. 13)—Rachel Angela Penuliar Ferrer, a graduate from the UP Diliman College of Engineering Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (DMMME) topped the nationwide August 2019 Mining Engineer Licensure Examinations held on Aug. 8 with a 91.20 percent rating. Two other UPD DMMME graduates made it to the Top 10. Gian Carlo Masagca Seblos […]

(AUG. 8) – The Philippines’ foremost World War II historian and 2-time UP Diliman Gawad Tsanselor Natatanging Guro recipient Prof. Ricardo Trota Jose, PhD, is among this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos (Teacher Award). The Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos is the most prestigious career-service award in the academe, military and police sectors that recognizes a […]

(AUG. 7)—Prof. Ferdinand G. Manegdeg is the UP College of Engineering’s 19th dean. Manegdeg’s appointment was approved at the Board of Regents’ 1346th Meeting on Jul. 31. He is set to replace incumbent dean Dr. Rizalinda De Leon and will serve from Sept. 1 to Aug. 31, 2022. He is a Professor of the Department […]

(AUG. 6)— Prof. Giovanni A. Tapang, PhD is the new dean of the UPD College of Science (CS). Tapang, appointed by the UP Board of Regents on July 31 at its 1346st meeting, will serve until July 30, 2022. Tapang is Professor 3 at the National Institute of Physics (NIP). His research interests are in […]

(AUG. 5)—National Artist for Music Raymundo “Ryan” Cipriano P. Cayabyab is one of the five recipients of the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Awards (RMA). Named after the Philippine’s 7th president, the Ramon Magsaysay Awards (RMA) was established in 1957. It is considered as Asia’s premier prize and highest honor celebrating the “greatness of spirit and transformative […]

(AUG. 1)—A 2017 study by UP professors confirmed the presence of fine particulate pollutants from East Asia in the cold air coming into the country during the northeast monsoon (Hanging Amihan). The New York State Department of Health defines fine particulate matter refers as “tiny particles or droplets in the air that are two and […]

(JUL. 30) — On Jul. 20, at 3 p.m., the UP Department of Sociology posted on its Facebook page the passing of Professor Emeritus Ofelia Regala-Angangco, “beloved mentor to many generations of sociologists, social scientists and educators and former UP College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) dean.” Diliman Preparatory School also posted at its Facebook […]

(JULY 19)— Science Diliman Volume 31, No. 1 (2019), an internationally refereed semi annual journal of pure and applied science, is now online. The latest issue has four articles and a short communication. “Benthic Microinvertebrates of the University of the Philippines Diliman Campus Waterways and their Variation Across Land Use in an Urban and Academic […]

(JUL. 12) — The Vol. 15 No. 1 issue of “Social Science Diliman” (SSD) now online deals with “the construction of identity in the context of Southeast Asian nations and its relations with the West,” according to its editor’s notes. Prof. Grace Barretto-Tesoro, PhD, the editor of the latest SSD, said in her notes that […]

(JUL. 9) — Professor of Mathematics since 2000, Polly W. Sy, PhD is now Professor Emeritus in Mathematics at the Institute of Mathematics of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS). Sy mentored many known UP faculty members including former UPD Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Lorna I. Paredes, former UP Assistant Vice President […]