Books written and edited by four UP Diliman (UPD) faculty members won at the 41st National Book Awards by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC). Huni at Pakpak: Mga Dula, Mga Sanaysay by Luna Sicat Cleto, PhD won the Best Book on Drama and Film. Cleto is a professor […]

Officials and practitioners from all over the UP system gathered at the Student Union Building in UP Diliman (UPD) for a two-day conference on the state and future of basic education in the University. Suma’t Suri: UP Basic Education Summit 2024 had attendees from most basic education institutions in the UP system, namely UP Integrated […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics (DLing) of the UPD College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) recently held a symposium commemorating this year’s International Mother Language Day (IMLD), where multilingual education (MLE) was the focus. Co-organized by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Manila, the symposium was titled Multilingual Education: An Essential Strategy for […]

The strategies to implement a multilingual education (MLE) were central in the presentation of Dina Joanna S. Ocampo, PhD at the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics symposium Multilingual Education: An Essential Strategy for Transforming Education, in celebration of International Mother Language Day 2024. A professor at the UPD College of Education whose expertise is […]

After two weeks, the UP Diliman (UPD) Asian Institute of Tourism closed the program Keheton Kenhulung Tboli: Weaving Indigenous Tboli Art, Culture, and Tourism (Keheton Kenhulung Tboli) on Feb. 19. The lecture-workshop held demonstrations of the Tboli culture including chants and dances, culinary and intangible heritage, tinalak weaving, beadwork, and musical instruments, along with an […]

Every species has one common ancestor, while having varying resilience types and levels in dealing with changes. This was tackled by Cecilia Conaco, PhD, at her lecture Stress and Sensitivity: What “Simple” Animals Can Teach Us About Coping With Change on Feb. 19 at the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute (MSI) Audiovisual Room. Conaco is […]

Rosie Godwino Sula, Tboli expert of intangible and tangible cultural heritage, said she intends to pass on what she has learned to future generations so that they will have an understanding of indigenous knowledge or katutubong kaalaman. Sula imparted this at the lecture-workshop Keheton Kenhulung Tboli: Weaving Indigenous Tboli Arts, Culture, and Tourism (Keheton Kenhulung […]

Belen D. Calingacion, PhD, one of the country’s experts in oral interpretation (OI) and UP Diliman’s (UPD) very own, fittingly opened the 65th anniversary celebration of the UPD Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) with her retirement lecture on Feb. 12, at the Teatro Hermogenes Ylagan in Pavilion 3 of Palma Hall. DSCTA […]

Three UP Diliman (UPD) faculty members and two artistic groups received the Philippine Live Entertainment, Arts, and Festival (LEAF) Awards at the Metropolitan Theater on Feb 8. Victor Emmanuel Carmelo “Vim” D. Nadera Jr., PhD, and Felipe M. de Leon Jr., PhD were recipients of the Golden LEAF Presidential Award, while Basilio Esteban S. Villaruz […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Institute of Biology (IB) turned 38 this year, and the institute celebrated with a program honoring its alumni on Feb. 12 at the IB auditorium. IB Director Ian Kendrich Fontanilla, in his welcome remarks, said the IB dedicated the event, with the theme Pagpupugay sa Tagumpay ng IB Alumni, to their […]