(NOV. 6)— Dr. La Verne C. Dela Peña is the UP College of Music’s (CMu) new dean. The UP Board of Regents approved his appointment at its 1331st meeting effective Oct.18.  The 14th CMu dean will serve until Oct. 17, 2020. An associate professor, Dela Peña teaches courses in music of Asia and Oceania, 20th […]

(NOV.7)— The July to December 2017 issue of “Humanities Diliman” (HD Vol.14 No. 2) has a new editor-in-chief (EIC) and is now available online. At the helm of the journal’s latest issue is Prof. Patrick F. Campos, Assistant Professor at the UP Film Institute and UP College of Mass Communication Office of Research and Publication’s current […]

Dr. Perry S. Ong is the new dean of the UPD College of Science. Ong was appointed by the UP Board of Regents on October 18 at its 1331st meeting. He will serve until October 17, 2020. Ong is Professor 11 at the Institute of Biology, where he served as director from June 2006 to […]

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A technology to estimate fish size, population density and biomass developed by researchers of UP Diliman (UPD) won the National Grand Prize of the 2017 Alfredo M. Yao (AMY) Intellectual Property (IP) Awards – Professional Level, at the 43rd Philippine Business Conference Expo on Oct. 18 at the Manila Hotel. FISHDROP (or Fish-i) is an […]

(OCT.23)—The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) faculty, staff and students celebrated life in a series of activities held at the UP Sunken Garden, Academic Oval and Main Library, Sept. 27 in “Celebrate Life @ UPD.” The event sought to veer away from the concept of suicide prevention towards a proactive perspective, highlighting the positive […]

(Dec. 14) ̶ UP Law student Chad Patrick Osorio was one of the four Award of Brilliance recipients in the United Nations University’s recently concluded 33rd Eisaku Sato Essay Contest. The Eisaku Sato Essay Contest is an international competition established in memory of former Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato. The contest opened in 1980 […]

Pitumpu’t limang mag-aaral ang ginawaran ng parangal ng Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) sa ilalim ng UP Diliman  (UPD) Performing Arts Scholarship Program (PASP) at UPD Visual Arts and Cultural Studies Scholarship Program (VACSSP), Okt. 9 sa The Forefront, University Theater. Ang mga iskolar ng dalawang programa ay tatanggap ng tuition […]

The shift towards social media (SocMed) as the main platform for discussion and information has led to a redefinition of news.  This was the premise of the lecture “Social Media as Site of News and Political Discourse” by Prof. Clarissa C. David, PhD, at the Pi Gamma Mu Inaugural National Conference on Oct. 13 at […]

A low-cost and portable handheld device coupled with sensors has been developed by researchers from UP Diliman (UPD) and UP Los Baños (UPLB) to upgrade the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) strand of the K to 12 program of the Department of Education (DepEd). The Versatile Instrumentation System for Science Education Research or VISSER […]