(SEPT. 2)—Students of the College of Engineering (COE) now have somewhere to escape to when they want a break from their hectic studies with the inauguration of the 24/7 Study Area (SA) and the Student Wellbeing (SWELL) Room on Aug. 29 at the COE ground floor. 24/7 Study Area. Located at the ground floor of […]

(AUG. 20)—Students, staff and faculty in UP Diliman staged a protest in response to a call against the entry of military personnel on campus on Aug. 20.  Dubbed “UP Day of Walkout and Action,” mobilization began as early as the night before (Aug. 19), with the hashtag #DefendUP and #UPWalkout appearing on Twitter Philippine trends […]

(AUG. 14) – The UP Law Moot Court Team is this year’s overall champion at the recently concluded Asia Cup 2019 International Law Moot Court Competition last Aug. 6 and 7 in Tokyo, Japan. The Team was the country’s sole representative in the international rounds competing against 16 qualified teams. The Team later won over […]

(AUG. 13)—Rachel Angela Penuliar Ferrer, a graduate from the UP Diliman College of Engineering Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (DMMME) topped the nationwide August 2019 Mining Engineer Licensure Examinations held on Aug. 8 with a 91.20 percent rating. Two other UPD DMMME graduates made it to the Top 10. Gian Carlo Masagca Seblos […]

(AUG. 8)—UP Diliman (UPD) welcomed more than 2,000 freshmen, graduate students and transferees at the University Welcome Assembly (UWA) held from Jul. 30 to 31 at the UP Film Center. UWA, formerly known as the Freshmen Welcome Assembly, is a yearly tradition organized by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) to […]

(JUL. 26)–The UP Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) completed a 5-game sweep to capture the 2019 Buddha’s Light International Association (BLIA) Cup’s title in Kaohsiung Arena in Taiwan on Jul. 21. UPMBT won over Taiwan’s Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology in the finals, 97-93, behind the heroics of Kobe Paras and Jun Manzo in […]

(JUL. 10)—Gearing up for college life at UP Diliman (UPD), more than 2,000 incoming freshmen (freshies) participated in the Freshmen Orientation Program (FOP) 2019 held at the School of Statistics (STAT) Auditorium from Jul. 2 to Jul 6.  The FOP was organized by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA), in cooperation […]

(JUL. 1) —Wet grounds, rain-soaked-but-still-radiant-as-ever sunflowers and moist grasses and soil welcomed some 5,000 graduates who were conferred their respective degrees, together with their parents, guardians, guests, faculty and staff, at UP Diliman’s (UPD) 108th General Commencement Exercises at the University Amphitheater on Jun. 30. At 5 a.m., it was still drizzling. The graduates came […]

(JUN. 28)—The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) will graduate some 5,000 students led by 54 summa cum laude at the University’s 108th General Commencement Exercises on June 30, 7 a.m. at the University Amphitheater. Summa cum laude.  Summa cum laude, a Latin phrase meaning “with the greatest honors,” is the university’s highest academic distinction for […]

(JUN. 26)— Incoming University Student Council (USC) Chairperson Sean Angelo Thakur, 12 councilors and 17 college representatives, together with the 2019 “Philippine Collegian” (Kulé/Collegian)  editorial board and editor-in-chief (EIC) Beatrice Puente, were affirmed by UPD Chancellor Michael L. Tan on Jun. 25 at the Balay Kalinaw Conference Hall.  The newly appointed student officials and Kulé’s […]