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…

Dr. Perry S. Ong is the new dean of the UPD College of Science. Ong was appointed by the UP Board of Regents on October 18 at its 1331st meeting. He will serve until October 17, 2020. Ong is Professor 11 at the Institute of Biology, where he served as director from June 2006 to June 2012. His research interests are in Urban biodiversity, Tarsier Biology, Ecology systematics, Forest restoration, DNA barcoding, Biology of Philippine wildlife, Biodiversity conservation and monitoring of geothermal production fields. Ong, who holds a rank of UP Scientist…

A technology to estimate fish size, population density and biomass developed by researchers of UP Diliman (UPD) won the National Grand Prize of the 2017 Alfredo M. Yao (AMY) Intellectual Property (IP) Awards – Professional Level, at the 43rd Philippine Business Conference Expo on Oct. 18 at the Manila Hotel. FISHDROP (or Fish-i) is an invention by Prospero J. Naval, Jr., PhD and Laura T. David, PhD of the UPD Department of Computer Science…

(OCT.23)—The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) faculty, staff and students celebrated life in a series of activities held at the UP Sunken Garden, Academic Oval and Main Library, Sept. 27 in “Celebrate Life @ UPD.” The event sought to veer away from the concept of suicide prevention towards a proactive perspective, highlighting the positive aspects of mental health. “We want to highlight the fact that by celebrating life we prevent suicide,” said Rolando Delos Reyes II, a guidance specialist…

(Dec. 14) ̶ UP Law student Chad Patrick Osorio was one of the four Award of Brilliance recipients in the United Nations University’s recently concluded 33rd Eisaku Sato Essay Contest. The Eisaku Sato Essay Contest is an international competition established in memory of former Prime Minister of Japan Eisaku Sato. The contest opened in 1980 and is held annually except from 1986 to 1989. This year’s theme centered on the world’s rapid demographic changes, referred as “demographic tsunami,” and United Nations’ potential role in addressing this world phenomenon. Osorio’s…

Pitumpu’t limang mag-aaral ang ginawaran ng parangal ng Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA) sa ilalim ng UP Diliman  (UPD) Performing Arts Scholarship Program (PASP) at UPD Visual Arts and Cultural Studies Scholarship Program (VACSSP), Okt. 9 sa The Forefront, University Theater. Ang mga iskolar ng dalawang programa ay tatanggap ng tuition and other fees waiver para sa unang semestre ng akademikong taon 2017-2018. Ang pagkakaloob ng waiver ay dumaan sa masusing ebalwasyon at rekomendasyon ng OICA Advisory Council at inaprubahan ng Tsanselor. VACSSP.  Ang iskolar sa ilalim ng…

The shift towards social media (SocMed) as the main platform for discussion and information has led to a redefinition of news.  This was the premise of the lecture “Social Media as Site of News and Political Discourse” by Prof. Clarissa C. David, PhD, at the Pi Gamma Mu Inaugural National Conference on Oct. 13 at the NISMED auditorium. The public can no longer tell fact-based from opinion-based stories because the lines have been blurred, David said. Speaking before a gathering of academics and guests, she talked about Facebook in particular, describing it…

The University of the Philippines Men’s Basketball Team opened their second round campaign in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 80 with a victory as they upended the very pesky University of Sto. Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers in the endgame, 71-69, on Oct. 11 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. UP erected its biggest lead of the ball game, 66-55, to usher in fourth quarter festivities courtesy of a Jun Manzo floater. The Diliman-based squad, however, would go on a dry spell, its only basket coming from Ibrahim Outtara, which paved…

“Journalists must advocate to end impunity.” UP College of Mass Communication (CMC) Prof. Danilo A. Arao reiterated the call of Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), in his lecture “Making Sense of the Senseless” at the CMC Research Brownbag Series last Aug. 30 at the CMC Auditorium. In his lecture, Arao discussed his ongoing doctoral dissertation which delves on how the culture of impunity affects journalism (or media practice in general) in the Philippines and vice versa. Arao is currently completing his doctoral…

Dr. Maria Corazon A. De Ungria, head of the DNA Analysis Laboratory of the UPD Natural Sciences Research Institute received the Dangal ng Bayan (DnB) Award during the Outstanding Government Workers Awards Rites on Sept. 20 at the Malacañan Palace. DnB or the Outstanding Public Officials and…