By Haidee C. Pineda (DEC. 11)— Out of 23 entries, the UP Dance Company’s (UPDC) piece “Layag” emerged as the grand prize winner of the 2014 Sayaw Pinoy: The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) National Dance Competition (Sayaw Pinoy) for the contemporary dance category. The UPDC took home a trophy and a […]

  By Albino C. Gamba Jr. (Dec. 11)—The second issue of Science Diliman Volume 26, No. 2 (2014) is now online. Science Diliman is a Philippine Journal of Pure and Applied Science. The current issue features four articles and two communications. The first article “Transitive Perfect Colorings of 2-Uniform Tilings” was co-authored by Rene Felix […]

(December 10)—Colorful floats, twinkling lanterns, festive participants and spectacular fireworks: nothing defines Christmas at UP Diliman (UPD) better than the annual Lantern Parade. From its beginnings as a simple homage to an old Christmas tradition, to the elegant, colorful, sometimes controversial creations that strut (or sometimes sputter) around the UPD Academic Oval each Yuletide, the […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr., image by Leonardo A. Reyes (DEC. 9)—The creation of Research Laboratories (RLs) is the top priority for Dr. Dennis S. Mapa, dean of the School of Statistics (SS). Mapa said RLs are enhanced study groups with specific objectives and outputs, headed by one or two senior faculty members with a […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc (DEC. 5)—It was a welcome though unexpected turnout as close to 400 UP personnel took part in the “Seminar on the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act 9184, Including Updates and Latest Issuances” on Dec. 1-2 at the NISMED (National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development) Auditorium. Faculty, […]

By Haidee C. Pineda  (DEC. 4)—Over 1,000 language educators across the globe were at UP Diliman (UPD) from Nov. 20-22 to participate in the international conference “Mother Tongue and National Language in the K+12 Curricular Enhancement as Framework for Development: An International Conference-Workshop.” Experts from Australia, China, France, Hawaii, Indonesia, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Thailand […]

By Anna Regidor, images by Leonardo A. Reyes (DEC. 4)—The street lights were dim as Quezon Hall and its surrounding areas were shrouded in darkness in the early evening of Dec. 1. Yet, the crowd that gathered at the Oblation Plaza was anything but apprehensive as the annual Pag-illaw—the ceremony where Christmas lights on campus are […]

By Chi A. Ibay, image by Leonardo A. Reyes (September-October)—It was to be a venue to craft a new General Education (GE) program fit for the first K-to-12 graduates, who will be UP Diliman’s (UPD) freshmen in Academic Year 2018-2019. Instead, more issues were raised than resolved in the 2014 UPD General Education Conference held […]

Text and image by Albino C. Gamba Jr. (September-October)—“Do not follow the path of a river because it causes the path of least resistance,” said Dr. Henry J. Ramos.. The quotation best describes Ramos’ journey: from his humble beginnings as an instructor of Mathematics at UP Baguio, to becoming a well-loved physics professor at the […]

Teksto at kuha ni  Haidee C. Pineda   (September-October)—Itinanghal ang “selfie” bilang salita ng taon matapos makakuha ng pinakamataas na boto mula sa mga kalahok ng “Pambansang Kumperensiya sa Pagpapayaman ng Wikang Filipino at Sawikaan 2014: Pagpili ng Salita ng Taon.” Higit 100 na mga guro at manunulat mula sa iba’t ibang institusyon ang dumalo […]