In the latest installment of Bahaginan of the UP Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA), four academics discussed the synergy of theory and practice in theatre. Topics in acting/directing, dramaturgy, festival management, and costume and scene design were featured in A Very Good Artist: Theatre Arts and the Creative Industry on Nov. […]

Key personalities from the academe, government institutions, and nongovernmental organizations gathered at UGNAYANG KAALAMANG BAYAN: A Seminar-Workshop on Philippine Indigenous and Traditional Culture on Nov. 9 at Microtel, Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. Organized by the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the seminar-workshop discussed matters on indigenous knowledge and […]

UP Diliman (UPD) recently launched the PASCAL Regional Centre for Asia-Pacific, to be housed at the UPD School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP). “We are confident that this collaboration will trigger innovation in education, research, and public service in the 21st century given the challenges of a volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous world,” SURP Dean […]

UP Diliman (UPD) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow or AMKP through the UPD College of Music (CMu) on Nov. 8 at the Office of the Chancellor. According to its website, the Polish academy in Krakow is a public higher education institution (HEI) offering undergraduate, […]

“Isipin ninyo ang bayan. Kayo ang kinabukasan ng bayan,” habilin at hamon ni Manuel Urbano Jr. sa mga kabataang dumalo sa pagtanggap niya ng Gawad Plaridel 2023. Ang Gawad Plaridel na ipinagkakaloob ng UP Diliman (UPD) Kolehiyo ng Komunikasyong Pangmadla (College of Mass Communication / CMC) ang tanging parangal sa buong UP System na kumikilala […]

Advocating cultural heritage conservation was the topic of lawyer Nicolas B. Pichay in his lecture Heritage Law: Vital Signs and Symbols that was recently held at the UP Diliman (UPD) Asian Center (AC). Pichay is the director of the Legislative Research Service of the Senate of the Philippines. “Done within an established legal framework, cultural […]

Elizabeth L. Enriquez, PhD, professor emeritus of broadcasting at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) and an authority in Philippine broadcasting, recently completed several lecture engagements and media events participation in four European universities and one cultural institution this October. She was a guest at institutions in Germany (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s Institute […]

At his investiture, UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II outlined UPD’s direction in the next three years. Under his stewardship, Vistan said the University will focus on three strategic directions: (1) mainstreaming of a culture of honor and excellence, (2) pursuing sustainable development more aggressively, and (3) developing the campus as a […]

UP Diliman (UPD) through the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) of the UPD College of Arts and Letters (CAL) just signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) through its LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE). According to its website, the UAS is Singapore’s first arts […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT) and the Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management (HRIM) of the UPD College of Home Economics jointly organized the Philippine Research Conference on Tourism and Hospitality 2023 (PRCTH 2023) held from Oct. 23 to 24 at the AIT Lounge. PRCTH 2023 carried the theme Reimagining […]