(OCT. 2) — Capping its centennial anniversary celebration, the UP College of Music staged a full house closing concert featuring its faculty and resident performing groups on Sept. 15 at the Abelardo Hall Auditorium. Performers. UP Tugtugang Musika Asyatika (UP TUGMA) set the mood with a chant set against the background of gongs and kulintang. UP TUGMA is an organization of student-performers and enthusiasts of Philippine and Asian traditional music based at the CMu. When the ritual ended, the UP Concert Chorus (UPCC) and UP Chorus Class, under the baton of Cyro…

Members of national minorities banded together for a night of music, culture and protest on Sept. 18 as the Office of the Chancellor presented “Hugpungan 2017,” a two-part concert special held at the University Theater as part of “Lakbayan 2017: Kampuhan sa Diliman.” Lakbayan 2017 is a caravan of national minority groups or lakbayanis from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao who trooped to Manila to voice out their situation to a larger audience of faculty, students, staff and communities. Over 2,500…

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 group and…

All 27 graduates of the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Library and Information Studies passed the Sept. 19-20 Librarian Licensure Examination, making UPD the only university with 100 percent passing rate. Six successful examinees also ranked among the top 10. Sylvan Dan Macabante Moldes placed second with a rating of 89.05 percent; Albert Cantos Quebrar placed third with 88.65 percent; Kevin Vincent Macaraeg Enriquez came in fifth place with 88.30 percent; Michelle Anne Suetos De Leon at sixth place with 88.25 percent; Adrian Philip Biñas Luna, seventh place with 88.20 percent; and Kia Cui Celajes 10th place, 87.90 percent. University of…

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) is the biggest campus and the physical seat of the UP System (UPS) Administration. UPD was formally established as an autonomous unit at the 976th meeting of the Board of Regents (BOR) on April 23, 1985. To date, it is the largest constituent university (CU) in terms of the number of degree-granting academic units, student population, faculty and library resources. UPD occupies 493 hectares of prime land in Quezon City, offering a comprehensive array of disciplines in the baccalaureate and…

(26 SEPT.)—Proposed policy directions affecting students, faculty and administrative personnel were announced by Atty. Danilo L. Concepcion during his investiture as the 21st president of the University of the Philippines on Sept. 20 at the University Theater at UP Diliman (UPD). In his speech “Compassion, Our Common Ground,” Concepcion highlighted UP’s overarching vision of “as a leading regional and global university in an environment that sustains 21st century learning,…

(26 SEPT.)—Proposed policy directions affecting students, faculty and administrative personnel were announced by Atty. Danilo L. Concepcion during his investiture as the 21st president of the University of the Philippines on Sept. 20 at the University Theater at UP Diliman (UPD). In his speech “Compassion, Our Common Ground,” Concepcion highlighted UP’s overarching vision of “as a leading regional and global university in an environment that sustains 21st century learning,…

The UP Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team carried over a resilient first half into the second to beat the erstwhile unbeaten De La Salle Green Archers, 98-87, in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 80 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay last Sept. 23. The Fighting Maroons had a slow start and was trailing by 9 points at the end of the first quarter. UP then bucked the flat start outscoring the Green Archers, 29-16 in the second quarter to finish the opening half up by…

Ethical Lingua is an online academic journal published in February and August (e-ISSN 2540-9190) by the Department of English Language Education of Universitas Cokroaminoto Palopo, Indonesia. The journal has been indexed has been indexed in academic publication database such as Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Google Scholar, Science and Technology Index (SINTA), Indonesia OneSearch, and Bielefeld Academic…

(Sept. 15)— Minority groups from all over the country will once again showcase their rich culture and traditions in Hugpungan 2017, to be held on Monday, Sept. 18 at the University Theater at UP Diliman. The show features performance numbers such as a retelling of the Bangsamoro history, the Manobo chant and courtship ritual, traditional dances from Western Mindanao, along with performances from the Mangyans, Dumagats and the Igorots of the Cordillera. Two shows are slated, the first at 3 p.m. and the last at 7 p.m. Organized by the Office of the Chancellor and…