The UP Diliman (UPD) Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) celebrated its 60th founding anniversary on June 25 with the theme, Celebrating NSRI Legacy, Charting New Directions in Research and Extension. The event featured presentations from the four in-house laboratories, namely the Biological Research and Services Laboratory, the DNA Analysis Laboratory (DAL), the Microbiological Research and […]

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the UP Diliman Housing Office (UPDHO) held Bahaginan at Bayanihan 2024: The UPD Housing Office 50th Anniversary Housing Fair from June 26 to 28 at the UPD College of Fine Arts Atrium. The three-day event featured free seminars on financial literacy as well as housing loans, acquired assets, MP2 […]

In celebration of Pride Month, UP Diliman (UPD) through the UPD Gender Office held Rampa, Kweens! Tungo sa Kaligtasan, Kalusugan, Kalayaan (Rampa, Kweens!) on June 28 around the Academic Oval. Rampa, Kweens! began with a community street fair at 10 a.m. along Osmeña Avenue, followed by Pride March starting at the Palma Hall Steps by […]

It is said that excellence is found not in moments of brilliance but in the accumulation of everyday effort, and this was on full display at the two-part 2024 Parangal at Pagkilala para sa mga Kawani at Retirado ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas (Parangal at Pagkilala para sa mga Kawani at Retirado). The first part of […]

UP President Angelo A. Jimenez presented to the press his administration’s strategic plan for UP, which carried the theme Transformative University in the Service of the Nation. According to a brief the UP System presented, the UP Strategic Plan 2023-2029 “embodies UP’s commitment to contribute to national growth and sustainable development” and is “rooted in […]

Every examinee from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Architecture (CA) passed the June 2024 Licensure Examination, giving the University a 100% passing rate. Four examinees entered the top 10. Leading the 27 passers are Anna Patricia R. De Leon in second place (83.40%), Alyssa Rose C. Napoles in third (83.10%), Ida Talia A. Hernandez […]

Three of UP Diliman’s faculty members and two of its administrative staff passed away in June. Armando Lao, former lecturer at the UP Film Institute (UPFI), passed on June 18; Virgilio U. Manzano, PhD, a retired professor of the College of Education (CEd), passed on June 15; Edwin M. Varona, retired professor of the College […]

The UP Integrated School (UPIS) recently held Hakbang 2024, a ceremony where 101 of its students transitioned from elementary to high school, at the UPIS Gymnasium on June 21. Organized by the UPIS Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Hakbang 2024 featured performances from each of the sections of Batch 2030: Amethyst, Garnet, and Sapphire. According to PTA […]

UP Diliman (UPD) once again recognized its international community through the Chancellor’s International Reception 2024 (CIR 2024). A part of the UPD Linggo ng Parangal, the CIR is an event where the chancellor celebrates UPD’s good relations with its international academic partners. In his message, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II recalled how 75 […]

Sa katatapos na Gawad Tsanselor 2024, ibinahagi ni UP Diliman (UPD) Tsanselor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II na “nawa ang paglagong ating inaasam ay magsilbing hamon at inspirasyon sa atin.” Aniya, ito ay isang hamon “sapagkat kinakailangan nating magpatuloy hangga’t mayroong Pilipinong dumaranas ng hindi patas na pagtrato sa lipunan; isang hamong magpapaalala sa atin […]