The UP Diliman (UPD) Housing Office will implement a new policy on Jan. 1, 2018 requiring all retiring employees occupying UPD housing units to file a one-time request of extension before they can be allowed to stay. Approved in 2016, it also states that the extension will only last six months, after which the occupant […]

“I am a grade conscious student, but I am the balanced type,” Arman Ali Ghodsinia said. He was the class representative at the 106th General Commencement Exercises held June 25. Ghodsinia, a summa cum laude (SCL) graduate of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (MBB), has a weighted average grade of 1.173. Ghodsinia is the first Maranaw […]

A study on the views on aging of Filipina migrants to New Zealand found that some older women have more relaxed beauty standards and still consider themselves successful in their lives. The research “Erasing/Embracing the marks of aging: Alternative discourses around beauty among Filipina migrants” by Michelle G. Ong and Virginia Braun revealed that there […]

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno at its 106th General Commencement Exercises held June 25 at the University Amphitheater. The Doctor of Laws, honoris causa is the University’s highest academic rank and honor. It is awarded […]

Prof. Maria Patricia V. Azanza, PhD and Prof. Casiana Blanca Villarino, PhD, both faculty members of the College of Home Economics’ Department of Food Science and Nutrition (CHE-DFSN), received accolades from the Philippine government and from a non-profit international organization, respectively. Azanza is this year’s recipient of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) 2017 […]

(JUL. 12)—There has been news going around that UP Diliman will no longer collect tuition fees this schoolyear. I need to clarify that this is a misinterpretation of our decision to suspend collection of any kind of fee during the ongoing pre-registration for the 1st semester, 2017-2018. The suspension of tuition collection is not unique […]

CRS ADVISORY posted July 12, 2017 9 a.m.:

Call for Nominations to the Search for the UP Integrated School (UPIS) Principal

NIP Professor Jose Perico “Perry” H. Esguerra received the 2016 National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Achievement Award last March 22, 2017 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. The NRCP Achievement Award is the highest recognition bestowed by the Council on its members whose works greatly contributed to the advancement of […]

(JUL. 6)—Prof. Evangeline C. Amor, PhD and Ma. Theresa T. Payongayong, PhD, have been appointed to head the offices of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the University Registrar, respectively. Amor, a professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the College of Science, served as University Registrar from April 2011 to April 2015. Recognized […]