(NOV. 27)—Books published in 2016 by Prof. Jose Wendell P. Capili, PhD of the College of Arts and Letters (CAL) and Prof. Nick Deocampo of the College of Mass Communication (CMC), won in two categories of the 36th National Book Awards (NBA). The award is given yearly by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and Manila Critics […]

(NOV. 23) Graduates from the UP College of Engineering Institute of Civil Engineering snagged two of the top spots (including first place) and bested five other schools to become the top performing institution in the November 2017 Civil Engineering Licensure Examinations. With a rate of 97.41 percent, 113 out of the 116 examinees from UPD passed […]

Parada at Paligsahan ng Parol 2017

(NOV. 21)-The UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Chancellor announces the 2017 year-end program with the theme “UP Diliman: Paaralan, Palaruan.” This year’s theme is inspired by “Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture,” a book written in 1938 by Dutch historian and philosopher Johan Huizinga, who used the term “homo ludens” […]

(Nov. 20)–The Confucius Institute (CI) at the University of the Philippines Diliman will offer the Mandarin Language Course at the Bureau of Immigration (BI). According to BI commissioner Jaime H. Morente, the move is designed to train its frontline officers “to enhance their communication skills with respect to conducting arrival and departure formalities to Chinese […]

(NOV. 16)—Eight ceramic artists who are celebrities and icons of the ceramic art world graced the formal opening of “Paglulual: International Ceramic Art Project 2017” (Paglulual) on Nov. 7 at the UP College of Fine Arts (CFA). Organized by the UP CFA Ceramics Studio, Paglulual is a project led by Prof. Ma. Rita Badilla-Gudiño. Now […]

(NOV. 10)—The College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) has a new dean in the person of Dr. Sylvia Estrada-Claudio. The 13th dean, Claudio was appointed by the UP Board of Regents on Sept. 7 at its 1330th meeting and will serve until Sept. 6, 2020.  She succeeded Dr. Jocelyn T. Caragay. A professor […]

The Philippines seems to have discovered a powerful disaster response weapon.  Whenever there are strong rains, all you need is to suspend classes and the weather improves dramatically. We have no choice but to l comply with the Quezon City directive to suspend classes today.  The suspension is only for classes.  Offices will remain open.

It is with deep sadness that we are informing everyone the passing of a well-loved faculty of the UP School of Economics, Prof. Ruperto “Ruping” P. Alonzo, who died yesterday, 7 November 2017. read more…  

(NOV. 7) The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) was the top performing school at the October 2017 Board Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants (BLECPA) with all its 69 examinees (68 first timers and one repeater) passing the Board. The only top performing school with a perfect passing rate, UPD was followed by the […]