Sixty-three UP Diliman (UPD) students were conferred the honorific title “UP Performing Arts Scholar” and receiving their certificates of scholarship on Apr. 25, 2017 at the Balay Kalinaw. Recipients of the Performing Arts Scholarship Program (PASP) of the Office of the Chancellor, and administered by the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts […]

(MAY 5)—The Philippine Microsat Program (PHL-Microsat) celebrated the first anniversary of Diwata-1’s launch into space last Apr. 27 with a showcase of space technologies. This includes a live demonstration of the Philippine Earth Data Resource Observation (PEDRO) facility housed at the DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI). Called Pinoy Showcase of Space Technologies (PSST), the […]

  (MAY 5)—Policy changes to benefit UP Diliman (UPD) retirees and service awardees were implemented in this year’s Parangal sa Retirado at Gawad Paglilingkod held Apr. 26 at the GT Toyota Auditorium. Speaking before guests and honorees at the Parangal, Administration vice chancellor Virginia C. Yap said the five policy changes resulted in an increase […]

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(MAY 4) — UP Diliman’s (UPD) best and the brightest University Scholars (US) in the undergraduate and graduate level and those who distinguished themselves in various fields were recognized at the Parangal sa Mag-aaral 2017 in a ceremony held at the University Theater on Apr. 27. The Office of the University Registrar shows that in […]

Mega journal Scientific Reports named the paper of UP Diliman scientists, which showed that light could be slowed down, one of its 100 most-read articles in 2016. While modern physics tells us that the speed of light remains the same in a vacuum, physicists around the world have been exploring the possibility that it is not […]

The Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman welcomes applications to its MA program in Asian Studies for the first semester, Academic Year 2017–2018, which starts August 2017. Application period is from 17 April 2017 to 15 May 2017. The MA Program in Asian Studies comes in two tracks (thesis or non-thesis) and offers four specializations on […]

Prof. Emilita L. Cruz, one of the country’s leading experts in Philippine Linguistics and Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia, passed away on Apr. 23.  She was 74. A professorial lecturer at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) Department of Linguistics, Cruz served for more than four decades at UP Diliman.  Upon her retirement in 2008, she […]

With 7,641 islands and over 100 ethnolinguistic groups, the wealth of the Philippines’ folklore was at the heart of UP Diliman (UPD) Month 2017, with activities in both the visual and performing arts as well as a full academic conference devoted to the subject in the whole of February. Carrying the theme “Salaysayan: K’wentong Bayan, […]

The UP Dance Company (UPDC) once again conquered the stage as it presented Rody Vera’s “Ang Unang Aswang” on Feb. 25 and 26 and Mar. 4 and 5 at the College of Architecture (CA) amphitheater. UPDC, UP Diliman’s official contemporary dance group, marked a milestone as it successfully interpreted the award-winning 1-act play into a […]