By Haidee C. Pineda (November-December 2014) A total of 13, 820 students availed of the Socialized Tuition System (ST-S) at UP Diliman (UPD) in the first semester of Academic Year 2014-2015. The total represents 74 percent of the total undergraduate student population (18, 660) who may apply for the tuition discount. Of the beneficiaries, 4,574 […]

By Anna Regidor, images by Leonardo A. Reyes   (FEB. 5)—UP Diliman Month is off to a good a start with the staging of Meredith Monk’s A Celebration Service and a grand parade around the academic oval as the center pieces of the monthly flag retreat and flag raising ceremonies, respectively. A celebration service. Ushering […]

By Benito V. Sanvictores Jr., image by Leonardo A. Reyes. (FEB. 3) – The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) and Loei Rajabhat University, Thailand (LRU) entered into a 3-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Feb. 2 at the UPD Office of the Chancellor. UPD and LRU agreed to develop activities in areas of mutual […]

By Anna  Regidor, image by Jefferson Villacruz (November-December 2014) Hindi ka nagkikiskis ng bato para magluto. #BracketAKaNa. May flush yung CR niyo? #BracketAKaNa. The launch of the Socialized Tuition System (ST-S) in August 2014 brought out the funny and furious among UP students across the system. Reactions ranged from apathy to mouth-frothing, with the hashtag […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc, image by Leonardo A. Reyes   (November-December 2014)—A new financial assistance program for UP students, the Socialized Tuition System (ST-S) was implemented in the constituent universities in August 2014, coinciding with the first semester of UP’s new academic calendar. The ST-S provides tuition discounts at rates based on the assessment of […]

(FEB. 2)—Dr. Jose Dalisay Jr. served as a Pacific Leadership Fellow with the Center for Emerging and Pacific Economies at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies of the University of California, San Diego from January 20 to 30. Dalisay is a Professor 12 with the Department of English and Comparative Literature (DECL) at […]

  By Albino C. Gamba Jr., image by Jefferson Villacruz (JAN. 7)—The Senate of the Philippines honored Dr. Alonzo A. Gabriel of the UPD College of Home Economics (CHE) on Dec 15 for being one of the 2014 Junior Chamber International (JCI) Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World (TOYP). Gabriel was recognized under the […]

Text and images by Benito V. Sanvictores Jr. (November-December)—When you thought every information you need is in the web, think again. The Microforms Section of the University of the Philippines (UP) Main Library contains information “you will not find online,” Grace Tabiendo, Media Services Head, said. With a collection of 12,975 reels of microfilms (MCF) […]

By Chi A. Ibay, image by Jefferson Villacruz (November-December)—On Nov. 9, a post in a social network site on the killing of a bird in the UP Diliman (UPD) campus went viral. To recap, a Nov. 10 article at GMA News online reported that Amado Bajarias and his wife, Lu-Ann Fuentes, witnessed how the bird—a […]