The Philippine Linguistics Congress (PLC) for this year has gone virtual due to the COVID-19 situation. Now on its 14th year, PLC was streamed live on the official Facebook page ( ) and YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CTbBubzFNEn_eNq1Lvq3g) of the UP Department of Linguistics from August 24 to 27. Prof. Jem R. Javier, department chair, remarked that […]

UP College of Law (CL) professor Raul C. Pangalangan was elected one of 22 new associate members of the Institut de Droit International (IDI/Institute of International Law) on August 23. IDI members are invited by the organization, and they comprise the world’s leading public international lawyers and professors, including judges of the International Court of […]

“Patuloy tayong dinaraya ng ningning ng kanluraning liwanag. At nakaugalian na nating tanggapin ang liwanag na ito,” pahayag ni Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Panitikan Virgilio S. Almario sa isang birtuwal na panayam noong Agosto 26. Ang panayam na “Ang Filipino at ang Karunungang Filipino,” bilang pakikiisa sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wika 2021, ay […]

The UP Cherubim and Seraphim (UPCS) turns 50 this year. To celebrate its golden year, UP’s official children’s choir will hold a virtual concert, “Aurea Carmina” (Golden Songs) to be streamed live on its official Facebook page (@UP Cherubim & Seraphim) on September 25, 7 p.m. It will feature songs by National Artist for Music […]

Memorandum No. GEC-OVCAA-NAKG 21-007: Launching of LINANGAN: The GE Faculty Development Extension Program and Invitation to Teach Talk: How to Teach and Manage your Gen Z Class (Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas Edition) PDF

Retired UP Third World Studies Center (TWSC) administrative assistant Bienvenida C. Lacsamana passed away on August 27 at the age of 67. Fondly called “Ate Bien” or “Tita Bien,” her colleagues remember her being good natured and cheerful, and one who made working at TWSC enjoyable and light. Frequent callers to the TSWC offices would […]

After combing through over 90 entries, the UP College of Law (CL) revealed the contributors to its “first ever UP Law Literary Folio in the time of COVID-19.” To choose the works to be published in the online folio titled “Dito sa UP Law: Many Voices, One Community,” CL held a competition earlier this year […]

Prof. Emeritus Antonio “Tony” Ocampo Mabesa was honored with an Ani ng Dangal award.

The next generation of Maya cube satellites (cubesat), named Maya-3 and Maya-4, were launched into space from the Kennedy Space Center on August 29, 3:15 p.m. aboard a commercial rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Measuring 10 x 10 x 11.35 cm with an estimated mass of 1.1 kg, both satellites are carrying […]