Francisca “Babes” Custodio, a veteran radio practitioner and DYVL’s station manager from Tacloban City,  graced the UP Film Institute’s red carpet on Aug. 24 to receive the prestigious Gawad Plaridel 2016 award. The UP College of Mass Communication (CMC) honored Custodio as the 12th recipient of the Gawad Plaridel Award for her outstanding contribution to […]

  A team of faculty members, engineers and musicians from UP Diliman combined art, engineering and science to create a quality classical guitar for Juan Dela Cruz and which may hopefully revive the declining industry of guitar-making in the Philippines. Gitara ni Juan (GnJ) project. The UP College of Music (CMu), in collaboration with the […]

They say necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of popular global positioning system (GPS)-based navigation app Waze, frustration and a gift were the seeds that drove its creators to find a better way to navigate the busy streets of Tel Aviv, Israel. Dror Cohen, Ads Product Manager and one of the original […]

The latest issues of UP Diliman’s (UPD) three refereed journals “Humanities Diliman” (Vol. 13 No. 2), “Science Diliman” (Vol. 28 No. 1) and “Social Science Diliman” (Vol. 12 No. 1) are now online. Edited by Dr. Reuben Ramas Cañete, “Humanities Diliman” has six articles: “Ang Talaban ng Pangingibabaw at Pagtutol sa Pangingibabaw sa Manga Tagobilin […]

  Six researchers from UP Diliman were among the 12 Filipinos honored as world-class by The Philippines Promising Star Awards 2016 of Thomson Reuters on Jul. 26. Honored were Clarissa C. David (College of Mass Communication) and Armand Salvador Mijares (Archaelogical Studies Program) for Social Science; Joseph M. Pasia (College of Science/CS) for Computer Science; […]

The UP Institute of Biology (UPIB) in partnership with the Diliman Science Research Foundation and the Philippines Tropical Forest Conservation Foundation launched the book “Mammals of Luzon Island: A Biogeographic Perspective in Evolution, Ecology and Conservation” on Aug. 10 at the UPIB Auditorium. Authored by Dr. Lawrence R. Heaney, Dr. Danilo S. Balete and Eric […]

Pouring outlay into research and development (R&D) should be a sound investment for economic growth. After all, scientific knowledge, when discovered and applied successfully, boosts labor productivity, creates wealth and enhances quality of life. The Philippines followed this premise by increasing budget allocation in the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) by 115.11 percent from […]

Seven performing arts groups were conferred the honorific title of “Official Student Performing Arts Groups of UP Diliman (UPD)” as 49 students were awarded scholarships at the launch of UPD HASPAG (UP Diliman Honorific Award for Student Performing Arts Group) and the revitalization of the UPD Performing Arts Scholarship Program (PASP), Aug. 26 at the […]

  The National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Philippines recognized five UPD professors for their outstanding contributions to science and technology in the country. Dr. Alfredo Mahar A. Lagmay of the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) was conferred the title Academician for his researches in natural hazards and disasters. The title Academician is […]

In October 2013, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Bohol, killing 28 people and destroying some of the country’s oldest and most iconic churches, including the Church of San Pedro Apostol in Bohol and the Basilica Minore del Santo Niño in Cebu. While no one could have predicted, much less prevented the earthquake, the incident highlighted […]