Events (JUL. 15)—Win some, lose some. It was a tired but happy basketball team that came home after despite winning two of five games in the 2014 Buddha Light International Association Cup (BLIA Cup). The BLIA Cup is a sport cultural exchange organized by the Fo Guang Shan Monastery (FGSM) held from July 2 to […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr. (JUL. 11)— The National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) Philippines has recognized five UPD professors for their outstanding contributions in the advancement of science and technology in the country. Dr. Porfirio Alexander M. Aliño of The Marine Science Institute (MSI) was conferred the title Academician (Acad.) for his works […]

By Benito V. Sanvictores Jr. (JUL. 2) – Sixteen graduates of the College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) passed the 2014 Licensure Examination for Social Workers held from Jun. 29 to 30, making the college one of the 21 schools with a 100 percent passing rate. The graduates’ recent performance is a continuation […]

By Haidee C. Pineda (JUL. 1)—Nagtipon ang mahigit 200 na mga guro, manunulat, mananaliksik at mga mag-aaral mula sa iba’t ibang pamantasan para sa talakayang “Bantay Wikang Filipino: Ang Pagtuturo ng Filipino sa Kolehiyo” noong Hunyo 23 upang suportahan ang pahayag na inilabas ng Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP) na tumututol sa pagpapatupad […]

By Albino C. Gamba Jr., image by Leonardo Reyes (JUN. 27)— In simple ceremonies, the Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) celebrated its golden year on Jun. 19 with the theme “Celebrating Research Productivity: 50 Years and Beyond.” “This is an appropriate theme because NSRI boasts of its outstanding track record in research and in technical […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUN. 26)—The Jan.-Jun. 2014 issue of“Humanities Diliman” is now online. The year’s first issue of the semi-annual journal on Philippine humanities features five articles about “the conceptual relationship of words in the world and the significances and meanings that motivate that link,” issue editor Jose S. Buenconsejo writes in the Editor’s […]

  By Anna Regidor, images by Leonardo Reyes and Jefferson Villacruz (JUN. 25)—The UP Diliman community bid a fond farewell to it’s first chancellor, Dr. Ernesto G. Tabujara, the man who gave exemplary service to the University, steering it through the aftermath of the EDSA Revolution and towards the end of the 20th century. Necrological service. […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUN. 24)—Two of the six National Artists declared by the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines on Jun. 20, are from the UP Diliman College of Music (CM): Dr. Ramon P. Santos and Dr. Francisco F. Feliciano. UP university professor emeritus Santos belongs to the new and experimental […]

By Mariamme D. Jadloc, images by Leonardo A. Reyes (JUN. 23)—A dance concert and a special flag retreat on Jun. 20 at the Oblation Plaza wrapped-up the 3-day celebration of UP’s 106th birthday in UP Diliman (UPD). “Alay Sayaw!” promptly started by 5 p.m. where an estimated 500 people watched the free concert organized by the […]

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 […]