(NOV 28)—UP Diliman was the top performing school in the November 2019 Chemical Engineer Licensure Examinations with five of the College of Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering’s (COE-DCE) graduates making it to the top 10. All 119 COE-DCE graduates passed on their first try, giving UPD a 100 percent passing rate and making it number […]

Women in the Philippines have longer lives compared to men: average age of older Filipino women is 70 while for men, 68 years. They also outnumber the men in old age. Six in 10 of Filipinos aged 60 and over are women. These are some of the findings of the nationwide survey the “2018 Longitudinal […]

On 14 November 2019, Thursday, Dr. Imee Su Martinez, Office of International Linkages Diliman (OIL Diliman) Director welcomed 71 frontline service staff of the University of the Philippines to the first Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Seminar (PDEIS). Martinez recognized the attendees, comprised mostly of administrative staff, as the “spine of the University” and provided an overview […]

(NOV. 21)— One of the most significant characteristics of Asian expressive traditions is the concept of integration, National Artist for Music Ramon P. Santos said. Santos was the closing keynote speaker at the “Rhetoric of Creative Partnership: Conversations on Cross-cultural Exchanges” (Rhetoric), a gathering of performing artists from different countries in Asia on Nov. 15. […]

(NOV. 25)—Artistic collaboration is a bit like a storm. Unpredictable, with flashes of blinding inspiration followed by the rolling thunder of applause. And it often leaves those caught in it transformed. This was Japanese playwright Kentaro Matsui’s experience as he talked about several collaborations with other Asian artists during his opening keynote speech at the […]

Call for Nominations to the College of Architecture Deanship PDF

(NOV. 22)— Multi-awarded filmmaker and playwright Bonifacio “Boni” P. Ilagan is this year’s Gawad Plaridel awardee. He was conferred the award in the transmedia category on Nov. 20 at the UP Film Center’s Cine Adarna. Socially-conscious works. The UP College of Mass Communication (CMC) commended Ilagan “For the artistry of his socially-conscious works in theater, […]

Here are the top passers of the November 2019 Geologist Licensure Examinations in UPD.

(NOV. 20)— The “Rhetoric of Creative Partnership: Conversations on Cross-cultural Exchanges” (Rhetoric), a gathering of performing artists from different countries in Asia, was concluded successfully on Nov. 15. The 2-day international conference hosted by the UP College of Arts and Letters Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) and the Japan Foundation, Manila Inc. […]

(NOV. 20) – After taking five years to complete, the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) finally launched the second print edition of the CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art (CCP-EPA 2nd ed.) on Nov. 14 at the UP Asian Center-GT Toyota Auditorium. The launch was part of the activities of the international conference “Rhetoric of […]