A group of students from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) designed an electric-powered propulsion system for the bangka, the country’s traditional rural fishing boats. Their project, Electrification of Boats for Small-Scale Rural Fishing, was conducted by students Marissa Munar and Sheryl Diokno, along with […]

A research team from UP Diliman (UPD) found microorganisms in Mabini, Batangas whose genes have potential medical and biotechnological applications. Joshua T. Veluz, Paul Christian T. Gloria, Laurence Anthony N. Mallari, Ann Elizabeth R. Enova, and Maria Auxilia T. Siringan from the Natural Sciences Research Institute and the Marine Science Institute of the UPD College […]

Researchers from the UP Diliman (UPD) National Institute of Physics (NIP) have developed a data analytical technique for tracking temporal cultural evolutions. An information-retrieval method for creating time-dependent culture maps was created and demonstrated by the research team composed of Caesar A. Saloma, John Lawrence Euste, and Hannah Christina Arjonillo. The research team made use […]

The Philippine Review of Economics (PRE) Volume LXI, No. 2 is now available online. The latest issue has seven articles. The articles were presentations in a roundtable discussion on industrial policy on Oct. 17-18, 2024, and then revised for publication. Each article was followed by comments from the discussants on the said roundtable discussion. The […]

A study by a team of researchers from the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Archaeology (SA) revealed that a strong and meaningful link between the Filipinos and pigs exists throughout history (and prehistory). The research This Little Piggy: Pig-Human Entanglement in the Philippines (This Little Piggy) by authors Joan Quincy Lingao, Juan Rofes, Michelle Eusebio, […]

Digitization and Performance of Asian Music Arranged for Guitar Ensemble by Lester Demetillo is a research project fulfilled in honor of the UP Guitar Ensemble founder. This was how the team described the research —a project of the Department of Strings and Chamber Music (DSCM) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Music (CMu).                       […]

In his research Issue-Based Cooperation on Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea: Exploring Roles for ASEAN Beyond the Code of Conduct, Edcel John A. Ibarra states that “the findings [of the study] can help foreign policy makers craft targeted strategies to enhance cooperation on conflict resolution in the South China Sea [West Philippine Sea].”

The Philippine Review of Economics (PRE) Volume LXI, No. 1 is now available online. The PRE is a peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the UP Diliman School of Economics (SE) and the Philippine Economic Society (PES). According to the SE and PES, the journal’s contents “are indexed in the Journal of Economics Literature, EconLit, and […]

The January to June 2024 issue of Humanities Diliman is now available online. In her editor’s note, Ruth Jordana L. Pison, PhD said, “In revisiting topics which are either often written about or taken for granted, the critical works in this collection stimulate discussions on cultural expressions, social media, politics, language, class, and taste.” She […]

The latest issue of the Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies (PhJLIS) by the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) is now available online. According to the SLIS, this second issue of Volume 43 contains articles on “health sciences librarianship in the Philippines, modern Thai archival education, and teachers’ sense-making […]