The Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) urges all faculty, administrative staff, and students to register for the 2022 elections before the Sept. 30 deadline. Established in 1967, PASUC comprises state universities and colleges under the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). In the PASUC Advisory No. 100, s. 2021, Prof. Tirso A. Ronquillo, PhD states that “all our SUCs are highly enjoined to encourage and support all our personnel, faculty members, and students in the registration…

Prof. Deo Florence L. Onda, PhD of the UP Marine Science Institute (MSI) was recognized as one of the 40 Gen. T “leader of tomorrow” honorees from the Philippines in 2021, given by Tatler Asia. Onda was recognized for his contributions to the sciences. An associate professor and the deputy director for research at MSI, Onda’s research interests are in microbial biogeography, diversity, dynamics and trophic interactions, and consequences of changing conditions using -omics approaches (genomics, transcriptomics and metagenomics), other molecular methods and…

The National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) invites students to submit their research abstract for the NIGSCON 2021, NIGS Research Symposium. The deadline is on September 24. To submit, visit https://tinyurl.com/nigscon2021. Outstanding Student Presentation Awards (OSPAs) will also be given. The NIGSCON 2021 will be held from October 13 to 14. Pre-register at https://tinyurl.com/nigscon2021reg. For more details, visit https://nigscon.wixsite.com/nigscon2021, or inquire at nigscon@nigs.upd.edu.ph.

Former UP College of Business Administration (CBA) professor Teresa F. Bernabe passed away on Sept. 4. She was 88. Her passing was relayed by her grandson, Erich Trinidad, through an email sent to the UP Diliman Office of the Chancellor last Saturday, Sept. 4. Bernabe “quietly passed away on the morning of Sept. 4 in her farm house at San Fabian, Pangasinan, where she spent her retirement days.” Professor emerita and former CBA dean Erlinda S. Echanis said that when Bernabe was the budget director of UPD…

Mayroong 91 aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa UP Diliman at Barangay UP Campus ngayong Setyembre 9. 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. Tumaas ang bilang ng aktibong kaso ngayong linggo mula sa 83 noong nakaraan. Patuloy pa ring hinihikayat ang lahat na mag-ingat. Makipag-ugnayan din sa inyong lokal na pamahalaan hinggil sa pagpapabakuna. Tiyakin ding kumukuha tayo ng impormasyon mula lamang…

The two graduates that UP Diliman fielded in the August 2021 Social Worker Licensure Examination entered the top 10, securing the University a 100-percent passing rate—and the top spot. Digna Millondaga-De Guzman and Leanne Feliz Ordillano Pastorpide of the College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) passed their examinations with flying colors, taking first (83%) and seventh place (91%), respectively. Millondaga-De Guzman earned both her master’s in social work and bachelor of science degree in community development from…

The UP Sustaining Collaboration in an Advanced Learning Environment (UPSCALE) Innovation Hub, the technology business incubator of UP Diliman, is now accepting applications for Batch 11 of the UPSCALE Enterprise Incubation Program. Teams with technology-based products or services (preferably with prototype), with at least two members, a full-time founder, and are operating for one to three years are encouraged to apply. Interested groups may submit their applications through bit.ly/UPSCALEbatch11, or scan the QR code on the…

UP’s center for local innovation of surgical devices adapted to the health needs of Filipinos, UP Surgical Innovation and Biotechnology (UP SIBOL), will formally launch on September 8 at 9 a.m. via Zoom. Implemented by the UP Manila College of Medicine and the Philippine General Hospital, the UP SIBOL program is the umbrella program responsible for the invention of many of the health devices and innovations co-created by UP Diliman engineers and scientists in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the…

The UPSCALE Innovation Hub is now accepting applications for Batch 11 of its Enterprise Incubation Program. To submit, visit bit.ly/UPSCALEbatch11.  

The Philippine Linguistics Congress (PLC) for this year has gone virtual due to the COVID-19 situation. Now on its 14th year, PLC was streamed live on the official Facebook page ( ) and YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0CTbBubzFNEn_eNq1Lvq3g) of the UP Department of Linguistics from August 24 to 27. Prof. Jem R. Javier, department chair, remarked that although the face-to-face gathering with its perks of “the smell of good brewed coffee, a hearty ‘lugaw’ for breakfast, luncheon comparable…