A group of UP Diliman scholars under the Space Technology Applications, Mastery, Innovation, and Advancement (STAMINA4Space) Program is set to build the largest earth observation satellite the Philippines has ever deployed. The 16-strong team who will build the satellite, named Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA), is composed of project manager John Leur Labrador, Julie […]

A team composed of students from all over the UP System emerged as one of the three winners in the Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) 2021 Solution Challenge. UP Systeam, composed of Rex Ronter Ruiz (UP Diliman), Jian Asiado (UP Los Baños), Joerian E. Gauten (UP Open University), and Patricia Marie C. Garcia (UP Visayas […]

All 10 examinees the UP Diliman School of Library and Information Studies (UPD SLIS) fielded in the September 2021 Librarian Licensure Examination passed, clinching the top spot in both school performance and individual rankings. UP Diliman was the top performing school in the examinations with a 100-percent passing rate, with six out of the 10 […]

The two graduates that UP Diliman fielded in the August 2021 Social Worker Licensure Examination entered the top 10, securing the University a 100-percent passing rate—and the top spot. Digna Millondaga-De Guzman and Leanne Feliz Ordillano Pastorpide of the College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) passed their examinations with flying colors, taking first […]

The UP Cherubim and Seraphim (UPCS) turns 50 this year. To celebrate its golden year, UP’s official children’s choir will hold a virtual concert, “Aurea Carmina” (Golden Songs) to be streamed live on its official Facebook page (@UP Cherubim & Seraphim) on September 25, 7 p.m. It will feature songs by National Artist for Music […]

The Office of the University Registrar released the latest adjusted Academic Calendar for AY 2021-2022, listing important dates for the first and second semesters as well as major holidays. For the first semester, registration is from Sept. 13-15, while classes begin on Sept. 17. The mid-semester arrives on Oct. 30. Final examinations are from Jan. […]

College of Music (CMu) student Ryle Nicole Q. Custodio wins the top prize in the inaugural Composition Competition of the 2021 Busan Choral Festival & Competition (BCFC). According to a July 20 news posted in the BCFC website, Custodio’s winning piece “Tagu-Taguan” for Soprano-Alto-Tenor-Bass (SATB) a capella bested 54 other works from 28 countries for […]

Team Fighting Balloons of the UP Virata School of Business (VSB) was declared the first grand champion of the 2021 Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) Student Case Competition Global Finals last Jul. 10 via Zoom. The Fighting Balloons beat the teams from India and Romania. Fighting Balloons, composed of Nicole Chelsey Pua, Clarizze Faye Mondoy, […]

One would be forgiven for thinking a student who has reached summa cum laude status twice for vastly different programs would find studying easy, but for Michelle Mariel Mariposa, it has not. Mariposa who graduates summa cum laude this year as a BA Music major, had her first “summa” in 2016 when she graduated from […]

Every UP Diliman examinee who took the July 2021 Metallurgical Engineering Licensure Exam passed, giving the University a 100 percent passing rate, with three examinees landing on the top five. All 10 first-time examinees from UPD joined 20 others who managed to pass the examinations administered by the Board of Metallurgical Engineering in Manila and […]