(MAR. 6) — Soothing the hot evening of Feb. 24 with refreshing vocals and rhythms at the University Theater Canopy, Freestyle took center stage as Himigsikan 2019’s featured band. The band performed for the UP community and campus visitors a mix of its original songs and all-time Filipino favorites. In the open-air concert, the audience […]

(MAR. 6) – A film on the struggling sugar industry of Negros island and a film narrating the life of a Lumad couple after being captured and tortured by the military opened “Tahan(an): Pista Pelikula 2019” on Mar. 1 at the Cine Adarna of the UP Film Institute Film Center. The 3-day film festival is […]

(March 4)—Biology professor and UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science dean Prof. Perry S. Ong, PhD, passed away on March 2, due to massive heart attack at the Metropolitan Hospital in Binondo, Manila. Ong was a Professor 11 at the Institute of Biology, where he served as director from June 2006 to June 2012. He […]

(FEB. 28) – Japanese musician Keisho Ohno amazed the audience with traditional Japanese music infused with contemporary rock beats at “Rocking Tradition: A Shamisen Concert with Keisho Ohno” on Feb. 12 at the UP GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. In the 90-minute concert, 43-year-old Keisho performed 12 songs infront of a full-house auditorium using a “tsugaru […]

(FEB. 18)—In commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the split of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the tri-college PhD program in Philippine Studies, a revisiting of history and exhibit launch entitled Pagsasangang-Dunong was held at the Palma Hall (PH) Lobby, Feb. 12. In her opening message, Prof. Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete, PhD, dean of […]

(FEB. 12)⎯Quezon Hall lobby was transformed into a time machine as the University commemorated the 70th year of the transfer from war-torn UP Manila to the Diliman campus during the opening ceremony and launch of UP Diliman Month 2019 on Feb. 11.  Through a mix of movement, music and poetry, the program traced the Oblation’s […]

(FEB. 12)⎯Quezon Hall lobby was transformed into a time machine as the University commemorated the 70th year of the transfer from war-torn UP Manila to the Diliman campus during the opening ceremony and launch of UP Diliman Month 2019 on Feb. 11.  Through a mix of movement, music and poetry, the program traced the Oblation’s […]

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  (JAN. 25)—Like a phoenix, UP Diliman’s Faculty Center (FC), is expected to rise again in 2020. The FC was gutted by fire on Apr. 1, 2016.  At the groundbreaking ceremony held Jan. 25 at the FC grounds, UPD Chancellor Michael L. Tan announced that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will implement […]

To further improve our service to the UPD community and its various publics, UPDIO has re- conceptualized our community newspaper for a more interesting look and content. It is now reformatted into a magazine and renamed “UPDate.”     To view the inside pages click on the photo.