Art for Alice Guillermo: Ma’am Alice is a person who has affected, inspired and touched her friends, colleagues, artists, and students’ lives. She has dedicated her life as a professor of the University of the Philippines. As a committed art critic, educator, art historian and a cultural, she has significantly contributed to the flourishing of Philippine art. Friends from different sectors and colleagues from various colleges of the University have joined forces to organize the “Art for Alice Guillermo” arts raffle from supportive artists. We have set the price at PhP5,000 per ticket. For tickets, please contact Janette or SC…

(APR. 17) — More than 65,000 houses and buildings were mapped by 16 schools from five local government units with assistance from the UP Diliman Department of Geography of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP-Geog) and UP NOAH Center from February to April this year.  The schools belong to five of the eight participating municipalities of the Youth Mapathon, an online mapping competition for high school students where…

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…

UP recognized the hard work and exceptional research productivity of its faculty members by appointing 71 of them as UP Scientists of various ranks under the Scientific Productivity System (SPS) in ceremonies at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni on Mar. 21. The scientists were appointed for the period 2017 to 2019. Of the total appointees, 13 or 18.3 percent were from UPD. Named Scientist I were: College of Science (CS) professors Dr. Fredegusto Guido P. David; Dr. Laura T. David; …

(MARCH 15)— A registered nurse and a music teacher received the first ever Flora Zarco Rivera Gender and Development Award (FZR-GAD) in a ceremony held at the UP College of Music (CMu) Abelardo Hall Auditorium on Mar. 12. The GAD awardees are Grace G. Santos, a registered nurse at the UP Health Service (UPHS), and Ferdinand D. Medina, a guitar teacher at the CMu. FZR-GAD is an annual award for community leaders who have advocated for women and empowerment and children’s rights established by the CMu in cooperation with the Diliman Gender…

Dr. Michael L. Tan Chancellor, UP Diliman March 9, 2018 There was a fire yesterday at the UP Shopping Center (SC) that started around 7 am, with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) declaring fire out at 8:54 am. Thanks to the quick responses of the BFP, and UP Diliman’s security, maintenance and various service offices, there were no injuries or casualties.  The fire was kept within the SC even as our agencies secured a nearby dorm and shops, UP’s Accounting, Budget and Cash offices, and two banks.  People were evacuated and crowd control was…

“No one deserves this honor. Subalit sa harap ninyong lahat, sa ngalan ng tradisyon ng aking pamilya at ng Kolehiyo, tinatanggap ko po ito. I accept knowing that the work will not be tiring or difficult but passionate and joyous. I am certain of this because CSWCD has always and will always serve the people.” With these words, Dr. Sylvia Estrada Claudio affirmed her post as 12th dean of the College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) before UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Michael L. Tan on Feb. 21 at the…

(MAR. 8)—The UP Diliman (UPD) community mourned the passing of National Artist for Sculpture Esabelio Napoleon “Billy” Veloso Abueva on Feb. 16 at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City. He was 88. The news was announced by his daughter, Amihan, in a message posted on Abueva’s Facebook page. Honoring Abueva. A necrological service was held on Feb. 23, 7 p.m., at the Parish of the Holy Sacrifice attended by friends, relatives, colleagues, students and UP officials. It was organized by the UP College of Fine Arts (CFA), led by…

Dear Fellow Alumni: This is to remind you about the call we made earlier for you and all UP alumni chapters to assist in obtaining nominations for the 2018 UPAA Alumni Awards: UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awards UPAA Distinguished Service Awards UPAA Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award UPAA Multi-Generation U.P. Alumni Family Awards We repeat this request with some urgency.  Approaching closer each day are two red-letter dates: April 2, 2018, the deadline for submitting nominations, and August 18, 2018, the UP Alumni Homecoming, during which event the awarding ceremonies will be held. For…

The UP College of Music Gender Committee in cooperation with the Diliman Gender and Development Office is pleased to inform everyone that the nominations for the Flora Zarco Rivera Gender and Development Award is now open. The GAD Gawad Flora Zarco Rivera is an annual award for community leaders who have advocated for women empowerment and children’s rights in their community initiatives. While the citation is open to all fields, the award is especially important to community members who have made inroads in arts…