(Oct. 14)—“Fashion design is architecture: It is a matter of proportions.” JJ Aquino, an architect and  fashion designer, shared this quote from Coco Chanel at his presentation for “Space + Silhouette,” the second installation in the activity series of this year’s Diliman Science and Society Month on Oct. 11 at the College of Architecture. With […]

(OCT. 11)— UP Diliman’s celebration of 2019 Science and Society Month kicked off on Oct. 4 with the simple opening program “Pasundayag” at the Palma Hall Lobby. With a theme “Habi: Kapilipinuhan sa Agham at Lipunan,” the opening program featured a mini exhibit of some of the collections from the College of Home Economics’ (CHE) […]

(OCT. 11)  ̶ Soka University officials turned-over to the UP System (UPS) and UP Diliman (UPD) officials replicas of eight framed photographs taken by Dr. Daisaku Ikeda. A Japanese peace advocate and Soka University founder, Ikeda was the donor of Balay Kalinaw where the actual photographs, ranging from 18 by 24 inches to 42 by […]

(OCT. 10)— Former UP College of Mass Communication dean Luis V. Teodoro is among the six journalists who will receive this year’s “Titus Brandsma Freedom of Press Award.”    Titus Brandsma Award (TBA) is a biennial recognition for outstanding media and communications practitioners given by the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines. The award was […]

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If you are at UP DILIMAN, this is for you! Sign up here: http://bit.ly/diwaFGD The Diwa Mental Health Survey concluded in May 2019. Nearly one-third of students expressed feeling down, depressed or hopeless. A sizable number expressed feeling anxious or on edge. Almost half of the randomly selected students believe that mental health is a low […]

The UP Asian Center invites graduate students (MA and PhD students) to submit abstracts to “The 2019 Graduate Students’ Conference @ UP Asian Center,” which will be held on 23 November 2019, 8 am to 12 noon, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE What does the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” mean for […]

(Oct. 8) — In the book “The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right,” it is said Fascism has been “used as a pejorative term of abuse directed at people who are conservative, right wing or authoritarian in the traditional sense” since the end of World War II. This is due to its negative […]

(OCT. 8)—To commemorate the 59th birth anniversary of Prof. Perry Ong, PhD, the Biodiversity Research Laboratory (BRL) of the UP Institute of Biology (UPIB) held a tree-planting activity at the IB-EDC BINHI Threatened Species Arboretum. Ong served as IB director from 2006 to 2012 and College of Science (CS) dean from Oct. 17, 2017 until […]

(OCT. 8)— Professor Emeritus Antonio Ocampo Mabesa passed away on Friday night, Oct. 4. He was 84. Popularly known as Tony Mabesa, he was dubbed as the “Lion of the Theater” by columnist Amadis Ma. Guerrero. He was a notable director, educator and actor having directed over 170 productions staged locally and internationally. He starred […]