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(ABR. 1)—Sa kanyang huling taon ng panunungkulan bilang direktor ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino UP Diliman (SWF-UPD), iniulat ni Prop. Rommel B. Rodriguez, PhD noong Mar. 29 sa Oblation Lounge, University Hotel ang mga nasimulan, natapos at kasalukuyang tinatapos ng yunit na mga proyekto at gawain sa ilalim ng kanyang termino. Sinimulan ni Rodriguez ang kanyang ulat sa hamon na kinakaharap ng wikang Filipino at ng panitikan ng Pilipinas dahil na rin sa kalalabas na resolusyon ng Korte Suprema hinggil sa paglift ng Temporary Restraining Order na nagtatanggal ng mga kurso…

Ugnayan Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman(Ugnayan) is a publication of the UP Diliman Information Office under the Office of the Chancellor, UP Diliman. Its editorial office is located at 2/F University Theater (Villamor Hall), Osmeña Avenue, UP Diliman, Quezon City, with telephone numbers 981-8500 loc. 3982/3983, email address upd.ugnayan@gmail.com. Ugnayan accepts announcements of activities and call for papers of UPD academic and administrative units and student organizations. Text should not exceed 400 words and must contain the title of the event, venue, date and time of the activity, contact information of the organizing…

(MAR. 29) – Retired UP Diliman (UPD) Prof. Benito O. Lim passed away on Mar. 21.  Lim served UP in the late 1950s as an instructor at the UP Los Baños College of Forestry, then at the UP campus in Tarlac in the 1960s. He left teaching to pursue his master’s degree, first in UPD, then at the University of Pennsylvania, USA where he finished MA Communication in 1970. He returned home and was hired by UPD where he taught Asian Studies at the Asian Center (AC), communication and journalism at…

(MAR. 28)—The University Health Service (UHS) has opened an Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy Clinic to serve the UP Diliman faculty, staff and students.  Located at two rooms inside Llamas Hall near the individual doctors’ offices, the clinic operates from Monday to Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and accepts patients by referral for a fee.  According to one of its current resident consultants Prof. Pauline Aguhob of…

(MAR. 26) — A choir conductor and music educator were named as the Flora Zarco Rivera Gender and Development Award (FZR-GAD) recipients on Mar. 25 at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium. The FZR-GAD awardees were Maria Lourdes Venida-Hermo, Virlanie Voices choirmaster and choral clinician, and Engracia Reyes Lim, a music educator and founder of the Quezon Memorial Circle Golden Nightingale Chorale and the Open School for Music. Now on its second year, the FZR-GAD Award is given annually to community leaders who are advocates of women empowerment and children’s rights in music and the arts. It was established in 2018 by the…

(MAR. 25)—The UP Women’s Volleyball Team (UPWVT) completed a season sweep of De La Salle University (DLSU) Lady Spikers in the UAAP Season 81 Volleyball Tournament on Mar. 24 at the Ynares Sport Center in Antipolo City. The UP Lady Maroons crushed the defending champion DLSU Lady Spikers in straight sets, 25-16, 26-24, 25-19. After an opening-set win, UP started slow in the second canto as DLSU pulled away and established a five-point lead, 17-12. The Fighting Maroons then regrouped and slowly crawled back to even the score at 19 apiece. The…

(Mar. 21)— Flora and fauna, historical event, public arts, architecture and historical buildings highlight the Lakad-Gunita Walking Tours in UP Diliman (UPD). Lakad-Gunita Walking Tours is part of the UPD Arts and Culture Month 2019 celebration. Organized by the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) and the UP Asian Institute of Tourism, the free tour which begun on Feb. 11, is held from Mondays to Fridays with each day carrying a corresponding theme.

(MAR. 21)—Starting Apr. 1 there will be changes in the parking scheme in two areas of the University: J.P. Laurel Street near the PhilPost office and Agoncillo and Apacible streets along the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice (PHS).  Memorandum number JECL-19-19 issued by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs (OVCCA) now designates J.P. Laurel Street as a No Parking Zone except for lessees of the housing units on the area. Business owners and customers of the concessionaires…

(MAR. 20) — “We are here not to train, we are here to educate.”  This was said by UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Michael L. Tan at the international symposium, “Recalibrating Compasses: Global and Local Knowledge Production Today” on Mar. 6 at the Benitez Hall Auditorium. Speaking before international social scientists and members of the university academe, Tan underscored the University’s role as educator while addressing the issue of performance indicators and ranking.  Performance indicators are used for institutional evaluation and what the Chancellor called “as pressures UP face from legislature and public…