(MAR. 29) – Retired UP Diliman (UPD) Prof. Benito O. Lim passed away on Mar. 21.  Lim served UP in the late 1950s as an instructor at the UP Los Baños College of Forestry, then at the UP campus in Tarlac in the 1960s. He left teaching to pursue his master’s degree, first in UPD, […]

(MAR. 28)—The University Health Service (UHS) has opened an Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy Clinic to serve the UP Diliman faculty, staff and students.  Located at two rooms inside Llamas Hall near the individual doctors’ offices, the clinic operates from Monday to Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and accepts patients by referral for a […]

(MAR. 26) — A choir conductor and music educator were named as the Flora Zarco Rivera Gender and Development Award (FZR-GAD) recipients on Mar. 25 at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium. The FZR-GAD awardees were Maria Lourdes Venida-Hermo, Virlanie Voices choirmaster and choral clinician, and Engracia Reyes Lim, a music educator and founder of the Quezon […]

CALL FOR PAPERS Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, a peer-reviewed journal published since 1963 by the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, welcomes original contributions in the form of: • Full-length research articles • Reviews • Commentaries and documents • Literary writings (poetry and short fiction), and • Travel narratives. There […]

(MAR. 25)—The UP Women’s Volleyball Team (UPWVT) completed a season sweep of De La Salle University (DLSU) Lady Spikers in the UAAP Season 81 Volleyball Tournament on Mar. 24 at the Ynares Sport Center in Antipolo City. The UP Lady Maroons crushed the defending champion DLSU Lady Spikers in straight sets, 25-16, 26-24, 25-19. After […]

(MAR. 22)—Almost a thousand job seekers, mostly UP students and graduates seeking job opportunities, flocked to the Ang Bahay ng Alumni in this year’s University Job Fair (UJF) held from Mar. 19 to 22. More than 90 companies participated in the UJF consisting of private and small scale businesses, government and non-governmental organizations, both local […]

(Mar. 21)— Flora and fauna, historical event, public arts, architecture and historical buildings highlight the Lakad-Gunita Walking Tours in UP Diliman (UPD). Lakad-Gunita Walking Tours is part of the UPD Arts and Culture Month 2019 celebration. Organized by the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) and the UP Asian Institute of […]

(MAR. 21)—Starting Apr. 1 there will be changes in the parking scheme in two areas of the University: J.P. Laurel Street near the PhilPost office and Agoncillo and Apacible streets along the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice (PHS).  Memorandum number JECL-19-19 issued by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs (OVCCA) now designates […]

(MAR. 20) — “We are here not to train, we are here to educate.”  This was said by UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Michael L. Tan at the international symposium, “Recalibrating Compasses: Global and Local Knowledge Production Today” on Mar. 6 at the Benitez Hall Auditorium. Speaking before international social scientists and members of the university […]