UP Diliman (UPD) held a necrological service to honor its fifth chancellor, Dr. Roger D. Posadas, on Aug. 24 at the Loyola Memorial Chapel along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. Paying their last respects were former colleagues in the academe, friends and former students. Among those who spoke were UP President Danilo L. Concepcion, former UP […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Housing Office will implement a new policy on Jan. 1, 2018 requiring all retiring employees occupying UPD housing units to file a one-time request of extension before they can be allowed to stay. Approved in 2016, it also states that the extension will only last six months, after which the occupant […]

Ugnayan Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman(Ugnayan) is a publication of the UP Diliman Information Office under the Office of the Chancellor, UP Diliman. Its editorial office is located at 2/F University Theater (Villamor Hall), Osmeña Avenue, UP Diliman, Quezon City, with telephone numbers 981-8500 loc. 3982/3983, email address upd.ugnayan@gmail.com. Ugnayan accepts announcements of activities and call for papers […]

The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication is pleased to announce the recipient of the U.P. Gawad Plaridel 2017 in the person of MS. TINA MONZON PALMA. Tina Monzon Palma is a veteran broadcaster who is cited for her pioneering efforts that opened doors/opportunities for women at a time when men dominated the […]

  Labing-tatlong kasapi ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman (UPD) at isang pook sa kampus ang nagtamo ng Gawad Tsanselor 2017, na ipinagkaloob sa palatuntunang ginanap sa Awditoryum ng Linangan ng Biolohiya, 6 ng gabi noong Abril 27. Sa mga ginawaran ng pinakamataas na karangalan ng Unibersidad, tatlo ang hinirang na Natatanging Guro, isa ang Natatanging […]

  (MAY 5)—Policy changes to benefit UP Diliman (UPD) retirees and service awardees were implemented in this year’s Parangal sa Retirado at Gawad Paglilingkod held Apr. 26 at the GT Toyota Auditorium. Speaking before guests and honorees at the Parangal, Administration vice chancellor Virginia C. Yap said the five policy changes resulted in an increase […]

Prof. Emilita L. Cruz, one of the country’s leading experts in Philippine Linguistics and Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia, passed away on Apr. 23.  She was 74. A professorial lecturer at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) Department of Linguistics, Cruz served for more than four decades at UP Diliman.  Upon her retirement in 2008, she […]

With 7,641 islands and over 100 ethnolinguistic groups, the wealth of the Philippines’ folklore was at the heart of UP Diliman (UPD) Month 2017, with activities in both the visual and performing arts as well as a full academic conference devoted to the subject in the whole of February. Carrying the theme “Salaysayan: K’wentong Bayan, […]

The UP Dance Company (UPDC) once again conquered the stage as it presented Rody Vera’s “Ang Unang Aswang” on Feb. 25 and 26 and Mar. 4 and 5 at the College of Architecture (CA) amphitheater. UPDC, UP Diliman’s official contemporary dance group, marked a milestone as it successfully interpreted the award-winning 1-act play into a […]

Concurrent with the theme “Salaysayan: K’wentong Bayan, Kaalamang Bayan” of the UP Diliman Month 2017, two artists serenaded the UP community for the two-part Himigsikan 2017 held at the University Theater Canopy, 6 p.m. of Feb. 10 and 24. Known for their brand of alternative music, Noel Cabangon and Bayang Barrios rendered songs anchored on […]