Former UP College of Arts and Letters Department of European Languages (DEL) administrative assistant Dominador C. Policarpio passed away on Aug. 29. He was 74. Mang Domeng, or Kuya Domeng, is fondly remembered as a quiet, friendly, and helpful staff at DEL. Former UP Diliman (UPD) students may remember him assisting students back in days when enlistment for general education (GE) subjects was at the Palma Hall lobby. Kuya Domeng first started working in UPD as…

Ngayong Oktubre 14, mayroong 93 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. Upang makamit ang hangaring mas mapababa pa ang bilang ng mga aktibong kaso sa komunidad, maging mas masigasig tayong lahat sa pagsunod sa mga ipinatutupad ng mga eksperto na pangkalusugang protokol at magpabakuna bilang dagdag na proteksyon…

UP Diliman (UPD) was the top performing school in the October 2021 Chemical Engineer Licensure Examinations, and adding to that, Al Christian R. Gobres notched the top spot with an 84 percent rating. All 14 examinees passed the examinations, making UPD the only school who fielded 10 or more examinees to get a 100-percent passing rate. According to the Professional Regulation Commission, 321 of 679 passed the examination given by the Board of Chemical Engineering in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao,…

Former UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) director, Paterno V. Viloria, Ph.D. passed away on Sept. 22. He was 97. Viloria started working in ISSI in 1968 and became its third director from 1976 to 1979. During his term as ISSI director, Viloria co-founded the Small Enterprises Research and Development Foundation (SERDEF), a private company recognized as one of the pioneers of small and medium enterprise (SME) growth. IISI forged an alliance with SERDEF to undertake pilot and demonstration programs…

Mayroong 103 aktibong kaso ng COVID-19 sa UP Diliman at Barangay UP Campus ngayong Oktubre 7. 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. Muling tumaas ang bilang ng mga aktibong kaso ngayong linggo mula sa 98 noong nakaraan. Pinapaalalahanan ang lahat na pangalagaan nang husto ang kalusugan at huwag kaligtaang sumunod sa mga ipinatutupad ng mga eksperto na pangkalusugang protokol at…

More than 650 individuals from the National Capital Region’s (NCR) at-risk populations were vaccinated at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Human Kinetics (CHK) gymnasium on Sept. 24 and 25. Individuals of at-risk populations include the homeless, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), severely marginalized constituents such as those belonging to the informal sectors, and people at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. This event was part of the World Health Organization Philippines’ (WHO Philippines) campaign to address vaccine inequity among NCR’s poor…

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Panoorin ang birtuwal na pagtataas ng watawat ng Pilipinas sa UP Diliman. Tampok dito ang mensahe ni Dr. Jose Antonio R. Clemente, direktor ng Opisina para sa Pagpapaunlad ng Pagtuturo, na nagbibigay-pugay sa ating mga mahal na guro para sa nalalapit na Araw ng mga Guro. Saksihan din ang pagtatanghal ng UP Cherubim and Seraphim ng awiting “Mga Munting Tinig” ni Dr. Marie Jocelyn Marfil.

The UPD Psychosocial Services (UPD PsycServ) needs volunteers for “Bahaginan 2021.” The sessions will be held on October 28 and 29, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Sign up at bit.ly/Bahaginan2021Volunteer, or scan the QR code on the poster.