The UP Diliman College of Law (LAW) bagged first place at the 40th Jean-Pictet Competition (Pictet) held from Feb. 25 to March 4 in Durrës, Albania, beating 44 other teams from universities worldwide. The LAW team of Micah “Bob” Ecarma, Mika Andrea Ramirez, and Luis Alfonso Manlangit brought the title to the college after the 2022 team prevailed as champions at the 39th Pictet. Manlangit was also a nominee for the Gilbert Apollis Prize for best speaker. (From left) Ramirez,…

The University Job Fair (UJF) finally returned to provide job opportunities and work-related guidance to college students within and outside of UP Diliman (UPD), from March 20 to 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Student Union Building (SUB). Previously put on hold due to the pandemic, Conquering Boundaries: University Job Fair 2023 offered a variety of workshops, talks, and counseling sessions, all intended to provide students with the help they need to build their careers, search for employment, and make work-related decisions.

The UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Chancellor invites the UPD community to participate in the sectoral consultations for the search for the next UPD chancellor. Interested participants may register here: faculty and students, REPS and administrative staff, and UPD community and alumni. Those who cannot attend the sectoral consultations may send questions or comments to the search committee through this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuRStFTBFWIUoaq_ACIFMHHh6gQXWsUMNRx. Watch the full coverage of the public forum at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct8OAOA7RT4&t=653s.

Former UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) Dean Luis V. Teodoro passed away on Mar. 13. He was an educator, veteran journalist, writer, press freedom advocate, editor, and official of various media organizations.  Media practitioners, university colleagues, and co-advocates for press freedom paid him tribute and posted their messages and memories of Teodoro on their respective websites and online pages. Teodoro. Image from the CMC Facebook page Educator and dean. Teodoro served as chair of the CMC Department of…

After accrediting UP Diliman (UPD) as a PRIME-HRM Maturity Level II (ML II) government agency in September 2021, the CSC visited UPD on March 16 this year to personally hand over and award the University’s certificate to Ma. Theresa T. Payongayong, PhD, UPD’s officer-in-charge, at the Office of the Chancellor (OC). UPD’s ML II certificate. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO According to the CSC website, PRIME-HRM (Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resources Management) is “a mechanism that…

At a recent meeting with the Office of Sen. Juan Edgardo M. Angara (OSEA), a team of experts from UP Diliman (UPD) presented university initiatives that can possibly dovetail with the senator’s Tatak Pinoy program that aims to strengthen the country’s industries. Led by UPD Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo, the experts from UPD were composed of Maria Antonia N. Tanchuling, PhD, dean of the UPD College of Engineering (COE); Laura T. David, PhD, director of the Marine Science Institute (MSI) of the UPD College of Science; Francisco J. Lara Jr., PhD, a professor of…