Ever wonder why the sculptures on opposite sides of the corner of University Avenue and E. Jacinto street suddenly vanished? The artworks, “Captivity” and “Contemplation,” were moved to the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Fine Arts (CFA) as part of the art conservation project by the Project Management Office under the UP Office of the […]

A dedicated staff member of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Arts and Letters (CAL) Office of the Dean, Evelyn Dela Cruz Mariano, passed away on Sept. 16. She was 58. Mariano first worked at UPD on June 1, 1989 as a research assistant under then CAL dean Vivencio R. Jose. Later on, she was […]

Chemistry professor Florentino C. Sumera, PhD passed away on Oct. 18. He was 70. Sumera started teaching at UP Diliman (UPD) in 1976 as an instructor and eventually became a professor, a post he held until his retirement in 2016. He served as director of the UPD Institute of Chemistry from 1993 to 1996. Sumera […]

One of the pillars of special education (SPED) in the country, Prof. Trinidad C. Baldo, PhD, passed away on Oct. 3. She was 83. Known for being kind, loyal, and supportive to both students and colleagues, Baldo was author of several modules in education. She also served as consultant and resource speaker at the Department […]

The UP Diliman Office of the Chancellor, through the Technical Working Group on Biodiversity Management in UP Diliman (TWGBM UPD), will virtually launch the “Biodiversity Management Handbook” tomorrow, October 26, at 1 p.m. The event will be livestreamed on YouTube (https://bit.ly/BuhayIlangsaUPD). The launching dubbed as “Buhay Ilang sa UPD: Launch of the ‘Biodiversity Management Handbook’” […]

Former UP College of Human Kinetics (CHK) dean and baseball coach, Artemio O. Isidro, passed away on Oct. 12. The CHK dean from May 1, 1993 to April 30, 1996, Isidro began his UP service in the early 1970s as instructor under the then Department of Physical Education. He was the UP Varsity Baseball Team […]

Former UP College of Arts and Letters Department of European Languages (DEL) administrative assistant Dominador C. Policarpio passed away on Aug. 29. He was 74. Mang Domeng, or Kuya Domeng, is fondly remembered as a quiet, friendly, and helpful staff at DEL. Former UP Diliman (UPD) students may remember him assisting students back in days […]

Beloved. That is how to best describe Prof. Ruben Figueroa Balane of the UP College of Law (CL) who passed away on Oct. 11. He was 80. In preparing this piece and scouring through posts online, this writer saw how well respected and how well loved Balane was by his colleagues and former students. Not […]

Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson, Jose Luis Martin “Chito” C. Gascon, passed away on Oct. 9 from COVID-19, the CHR announced. He was 57. Gascon was the youngest member of both the Constitutional Commission that drafted the 1987 Constitution and the 8th Philippine Congress, in which he was tasked with preparing the draft articles […]