Sustainable design should be incorporated into every aspect of the University’s built environment to reduce its carbon footprint and preserve its natural landscape. The University shall actively use green technologies whenever possible, and shall tap the expertise of its faculty and staff toward the realization of this objective. UP Promenade. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Specifically, the University aims to… evaluate the sustainability influence of its built structures in all stages of their development,…

The UP College of Law (LAW) emerged as champion of the Philippine National Rounds at the 2022 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held virtually from Feb. 26 to March 1. For the fifth consecutive year, the LAW team will represent the country in the competition’s global rounds. The LAW Team (from left): Dayday, Padilla, Dela Cruz, and Bresnan. Image from the LAW Facebook page According to the International Law Students Association webpage, “Jessup is the world’s largest…

Ngayong Marso 24, mayroong tatlong aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa UP Diliman at Barangay UP Campus. Ang mga purok o komunidad sa UP Campus kung nasaan ang mga aktibong kaso ay nasa mapang kasama sa stat report na gawa ng Special Committee ng UP Diliman COVID-19 Task Force. Panatilihin nating nakataas ang ating mga depensa laban sa COVID-19. Huwag kaligtaang sumunod sa mga pangkalusugang protokol tulad ng…

Prof. Excelsa C. Tongson, DSD of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics (CHE) is the new chairperson of the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC), the organization announced on March 22 on their Facebook page. A faculty member at the CHE Department of Family Life and Child Development, Tongson is also the deputy director for Training, Outreach, and Extension Program of the UP Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. Tongson. Image from the PSSC Facebook page She…

The 2022 national election is merely two months away. To help voters evaluate the candidates, the UP Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) launched the seven-part webinar series “Persuasion and the Polls” on March 8 on the DSCTA website and social media pages. The webinar series feature panel discussions with UP faculty members from different departments and disciplines that explore and explain the explicit and implicit persuasive strategies employed by the presidential candidates — from their fashion style to their campaign jingle and social media posts.

Two graduate students from the UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) recently won the first and third prizes of the first ever Loretta Makasiar Sicat (LMS) Prize for the Social Sciences. Sanny Boy Afable won the top prize for his thesis on depression among older Filipinos entitled “Demographic Correlates of Late-life Depression in the Philippines: Exploring Gender Differences.” Afable. Image from the PSSC Facebook page Using the baseline data from the 2018 Longitudinal Study of Ageing…

To kick off the celebration of 100 years of broadcasting in the Philippines (100 YBP), the Department of Broadcast Communication (DBC) will feature an eight-part series of a Palawan folk epic on March 31, Thursday, 1 p.m. over DZUP 1602 khz. “Pag-uugat, Pagpapatuloy: Ang Epikong Dumaracol ng mga Tagbanua Kalamianen ng Hilagang Palawan” showcases never-before-heard recordings of the epic, calling to mind the primal origins of mass communication in pre-colonial times, which continues in the contemporary period. The Tagbanua Kalamianen chanters of…

Mayroong tatlong aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa UP Diliman at Barangay UP Campus ngayong Marso 17. Ang mga purok o komunidad sa UP Campus kung nasaan ang mga aktibong kaso ay nasa mapang kasama sa stat report na gawa ng Special Committee ng UP Diliman COVID-19 Task Force. Hinihikayat ang lahat na doblehin ang pag-iingat at patuloy na sundin ang mga pangkalusugang protokol. Kumuha lamang ng mga wastong impormasyon mula…

In preparation for the coming elections on May 9, the UP Law (LAW) Center Training and Convention Division and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) recently held a live training program for military officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Reserve Command. Held on March 11, the training featured relevant discussions on constitutional and electoral laws as well as the Omnibus Election Code. The program likewise discussed matters relating to security, such as the proper use of firearms and the guidelines that must be followed in the operation of checkpoints.

The entire Academic Oval, from the front of the Oblation Plaza to Vinzons Hall including part of Roces Street between the old Faculty Center and the College of Engineering, will be closed to the public from March 19 (Saturday), 10 p.m. to March 22 (Tuesday), 9 p.m. to make way for the Special Bar Examinations for the Shari’ah Courts that will be held in UP Diliman (UPD). It will be closed to motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, and joggers as well as other unauthorized persons or entities.