(MAY 1) — Professors Ma. Crisanta N. Flores, PhD and Priscelina P. Legasto, PhD were among the 11 recipients of the “2020 Gawad Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas” (Gawad Balagtas). Launched in 1988, Gawad Balagtas is a lifetime achievement award given to Filipino writers by the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (UMPIL), the country’s largest […]

(MAY 1)—It is a time of transformation for the UP School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS), from the move to a new home, to having a new dean in Prof. Mary Grace Golfo-Barcelona and now their “Journal of Philippine Librarianship” (JPL) has been renamed to the “Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies” (PhJLIS). […]

(MAY 1) — Former UP School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) associate professor Cynthia Dioniso-Turingan passed away on Apr. 29 due to natural causes.  She was 81. Dionisio-Turingan served at the then Institute of Environmental Planning (IEP) as a research assistant, researcher and instructor, before joining SURP in 1967 as Assistant Professor and eventually […]

Dear Members of the UP Diliman Community,   The novel coronavirus has given me an unusual welcome at the start of my term as Chancellor. Within a week, I had to form the UPD COVID-19 Task Force, composed of the Chancellor, Vice Chancellors, University Health Service personnel, students, staff and faculty from the different disciplines […]

Home COVID-19 Info  UPD Initiatives   Donate   Hotlines  Bulletin Advisories   UP Memos   Learn Online   Post-ECQ  They used their minds and expertise to produce face masks, alternative PPEs, testing center designs and psychosocial support programs to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, faculty members are sharing their financial resources to provide food, essential items and cash for sectors […]

(APR. 28)—Former UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL) professor Randolf M. Bustamante passed away on Apr. 19. He was 49. Bustamante was a writer, poet, editor and translator who taught writing and humanities courses at UP and Ateneo de Manila University in the 1990s. According to the UP Gazette (Vol. XXXL No. 1), Bustamante […]

(APR. 24) — In an unprecedented move, the UP Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) will conduct its search for the next CSSP Dean completely online, beginning with its Call for Nominations today, Apr. 24 until May 6. According to the Search Committee for the Next CSSP Dean, the move was made because […]

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(APR. 13)—UP Institute of Mathematics (UPIM) professor Noli N. Reyes, PhD, passed away on Apr. 10. He was 56. “Prof. Reyes died due to an aggressive illness. He was admitted to a hospital in March and underwent surgery. While recovering at home, he was again confined this week due to complications and expired this morning, […]