Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo formally opened the UP Diliman (UPD) Arts and Culture Festival (ACF) 2022 on Feb. 17, coinciding with the 150th year of the martyrdom of Catholic priests Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora (collectively known as GomBurZa) who were executed by the Spanish government on charges of subversion.   Livestreamed on the UPD Office for Initiatives […]

The UP Resilience Institute (UPRI) virtually launched the disaster resilience board game, Sakunwari, on Feb. 11 via Zoom and livestreamed on its YouTube channel and Facebook page. The Sakunwari board game is one of the outputs of UPRI’s Woke4COVID Project. Woke4COVID Project aims to raise awareness, enhance disaster risk management, and help Filipinos arrive at […]

Bilang paglilinaw sa angkop na salitang gagamitin bilang pagtutol sa mga bumabago sa kasaysayan, hindi “revisionism” ang dapat gamitin kundi “negationism.” Ito ang binigyang linaw ni Professor Emeritus Maria Luisa T. Camagay, PhD ng UP Departamento ng Kasaysayan ng Kolehiyo ng Agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiya. Madalas na ginagamit ng publiko ang salitang “historical revisionism” at […]

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) on, Feb. 14, launched the online back-to-school kit, “Start UPD.” Start UPD is a comprehensive compendium of updated student-related resources and services, academic support programs, COVID-19 support services, academic policies for the semester and related memoranda, updates on remote/blended learning, mental health and psychosocial support, […]

“The archaeology of the colonial landscape is very central to the trajectory of Philippine history and culture today,” said Prof. Victor J. Paz, PhD in his keynote lecture at the online conference, “Indigenous Responses to Colonial Incursions,” of the UP Archaeological Studies Program (ASP). In the second part of his lecture, entitled, “An Archaeology of […]