(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 […]

(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 […]