By Anna Regidor (JUN. 20)—The UP Diliman (UPD) community is one with the family of former UPD Chancellor Ernesto G. Tabujara, who passed away this morning at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City. He was 85. In an interview with UPDate, his lawyer son Ernesto Tabujara Jr. said his father died at 7 a.m. this […]

(JUN. 20)—All 24 UPD graduates who took the latest Architect Licensure Examinations passed, making UP Diliman one of only two schools who got a 100% passing rate. According to results posted by the PRC, all 24 examinees, consisting of 23 first timers and one repeater, successfully hurdled the examinations that were held in June 13 […]

By Anna Regidor (JUN. 20)—The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has recognized four UPD professors as the outstanding professional of the year in their respective fields. Dr. Carlos A. Arcilla of the National Institute of Geological Sciences, Dr. Raquel B. Florendo of the College of Home Economics, Dr. Florentino C. Sumera of the Institute of Chemistry  and […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Jefferson Villacruz. (JUN. 19)—Music filled the Balay Tsanselor in the morning of Independence Day as the Voices of Aloha of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa (UH-Mānoa) paid the Chancellor a visit as part of a tour of the Philippines from Jun. 8 to 17.  UP Diliman was the fourth […]

By Anna Regidor, images by Leonardo A. Reyes (JUN. 18)—The 7:15 a.m. call time and the early morning sun did not deter an estimated 1,000 faculty, staff, upd varsity teams and students who came to Quezon Hall and walked, cheered and grooved to celebrate UP’s 106th Foundation Day. The festivities began with a warm-up activity led […]

 By Albino C. Gamba Jr.,  image by Jefferson Villacruz (JUN. 13)—Dr. Windell L. Rivera, director of the UP Natural Sciences Research Institute, bagged the 2014 Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Research and Publication (REPUBLICA) National Awards for the natural sciences and agriculture category. The CHED REPUBLICA Award is given biennially “to recognize and reward outstanding […]

By Haidee C. Pineda, image by Leonardo A. Reyes (JUN. 10)— UP will be at The Fort next year. “By next year, the UP Professional Schools will make its presence felt at The Fort! This should not only excite us, but also make us proud,” says UP President Alfredo E. Pascual last May 28 at […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUN. 9)—Supreme Court of the Philippines (SC) Associate Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-de Castro was elected president of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) on May 5.  She was sworn into office on May 9 in an IAWJ event in Arusha, Tanzania, succeeding Justice Eusebia Nicholas Munuo of the Court of […]

By Haidee C. Pineda, images by Dr. Eloisa May P. Hernandez (JUN. 6)—The UP Dance Ensemble (UPDE) won two gold medals and a bronze at the 2014 Philippine National Games Cheerleading Championships (PNGCC) on May 25 at the Makati Coliseum. The PNGCC is an annual competition organized by the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine […]

  By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUN. 6)—This year’s first issue of “Social Science Diliman” (January-June 2014) is now online. Eight entries can be found in the January-June 2014 issue comprising five articles, two reviews and an appreciation piece by Carolyn I. Sobritchea on Professor Emeritus F. Landa Jocano.  The current issue is edited by Eulalio R. […]