For the second day of the national conference “Bagumbayan: Stories of Place and Identity” (BAGUMBAYAN), 12 research papers were featured by UP scholars and national and international institutes of higher learning. Held on March 10 via Zoom and simultaneously livestreamed on the Facebook pages of the Folklore Studies Program (FSP) of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) and the UP Diliman (UPD) Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA), the conference had four panels each having three paper presentations. Two panels were held in the morning and two in the…

Long-time UP Foundation, Inc. (UPFI) executive director and business administration professor Gerardo Agulto Jr. passed away on March 10.  A professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business (VSB), Agulto was widely known as the UPFI executive director, having held the post from August 2001 until May 31, 2021. Agulto. Photo from the UPDEPPO Facebook page At the VSB, Agulto taught graduate and undergraduate courses in financial management, management of financial institutions, and accounting and control from…

Former College of Home Economics (CHE) dean Eva Beatriz Gonzalez passed away on Mar. 10. The daughter of former UP President Bienvenido Gonzalez, she began serving the University as an instructor in 1952. Gonzalez. Photo from Vicky Gonzalez-Magsino Gonzalez was instrumental in the establishment of the CHE Department of Family Life and Child Development, serving as its very first department head from 1960 to 1970. She was an associate professor when she assumed the CHE deanship…

The Philippine Federation of Professional Associations (PFPA) recently awarded Prof. Zenaida Dela Cruz Galingan of the UP Diliman College of Architecture (CA) with the PFPA Distinction Award 2022 in the academe/research and development category.  “This award came as a total surprise and I’m very grateful to my students, colleagues, and friends, and the support of my family for this recognition,” she said. Established in 2005, the PFPA Distinction Award recognizes the achievements and exemplary contributions of Filipino professionals to the practice of their respective professions locally and internationally.

Sa pagbubukas ng kumperensiyang “Bagumbayan: Stories of Place and Identity,” (BAGUMBAYAN) inilahad ni Prop. Maria Bernadette L. Abrera, PhD, dekana ng Kolehiyo ng Agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiya (College of Social Sciences and Philosophy/CSSP), na ang Bagumbayan ay simbolo ng pinagbigkis na mga hangarin at layunin ng bayan na mabigyan identidad o pagkakakilanlan ang mga Pilipino. Ayon sa dekana at propesor ng kasaysayan, ang kumperensiyang gumugunita sa kamatayan ng tatlong paring sekular na sina Mariano Gomez, Jose Burgos, at Jacinto Zamora (GomBurZa) noong Pebrero 17, 1872, ay nakatuon sa Bagumbayan, ang espasyong nakilala bilang lugar…

Prof. Kristyl Obispado, PhD of the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of History is the winner of the 2021 World History Association (WHA) Dissertation Prize for her dissertation “The Pacific sailors: Global workers at and on the edge of the Spanish empire (1580s-1640s).” According to its website (https://www.thewha.org/about/), the WHA, founded in 1982, is a professional association of scholars, teachers, and students organized to promote world history by encouraging teaching, research, publications, and personal interaction. Obispado. Photo from Obispado

Ngayong Marso 10, mayroong isang aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa UP Diliman at Barangay UP Campus batay sa stat report na gawa ng Special Committee ng UP Diliman COVID-19 Task Force. Ang laban kontra COVID-19 ay nagpapatuloy kaya’t huwag kaligtaang sumunod pa rin sa mga pangkalusugang protokol. Makinig lamang sa mga eksperto hinggil sa mga wastong impormasyon. Sa mga hindi pa nababakunahan at sa mga maaari nang tumanggap ng booster shot laban sa COVID-19, makipag-ugnayan sa lokal na pamahalaan hinggil sa iskedyul ng…

For two consecutive years, UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) graduates led the roster of passers of the Social Worker Licensure Examination (SWLE) administered by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Board of Social Workers. Meneses and Silva-Llana. Image from the CSWCD Alain Matteo Ferrer Meneses topped the 2022 SWLE with an 85.60 percent rating, while Sofia Clare Parcon Silva-Llana placed sixth (83.80%). Meneses graduated magna cum laude, while Silva-Llana graduated cum laude in 2020.

UP Diliman has two new deans in professors Fernando dlC. Paragas, PhD of the College of Mass Communication (CMC) and Dina C. Magnaye, PhD, EnP of the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), and one director in Prof. Pia D. Bagamasbad, PhD of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB). Meanwhile, Prof. Francis Carlos B. Diaz will be serving his second term as College of Human Kinetics (CHK) dean. Their appointments were approved by the UP Board of Regents at its 1368th meeting on Feb. 24. New appointments. Prior to his…

It’s been said that UP Diliman (UPD) is home to some of the most diligent students in the country, and when looking at the performance of UPD College of Architecture graduate Lance Nathan Lim in the January Architect and February Master Plumber Licensure Examinations, it’s easy to agree.   Lim. Photo from Lim’s Facebook page Lim, who graduated magna cum laude in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in architecture, ranked in the top three in not one but two separate licensure examinations,…