The UP Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team kicked off their campaign in Season 80 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) on a winning note, barely escaping the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers, 74-73, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. With the game on the line and UST leading by two points, 73-71, the Fighting Maroons wrested their hopes on its best player, Paul Desiderio, who repaid the Maroon faithful by drilling the go-ahead 3 pointer off a Jun Manzo assist to give UP the victory….

Noted food scientist and College of Home Economics (CHE) professor Dr. Alonzo A. Gabriel is one of the 10 recipients of this year’s Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos Award. The Metrobank Foundation Inc. (MBFI) announced the winners on August 10 in a press conference in Quezon City. A food security advocate who generously shares his innovations and research in food science and technology with micro and small-scale enterprises, Gabriel said the award validates the relevance of his and the rest of the UP community’s efforts to serve…

Office of the Chancellor UP Diliman For more information, call 929-5401. UP Diliman joins the family of Carl Angelo M. Arnaiz, a former UP Diliman student, in mourning his death and calling for immediate justice. Caloocan City police claim that at around 3 AM on August 18, Carl used a gun to hold up a taxi cab driver along C3.   The driver sought police assistance and Carl was shot to death supposedly because he had fired at the police and resisted arrest (nanlaban).  The police also claimed they found marijuana in his pockets and shabu in a backpack. It was not until August…

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) athletes were able to flex their muscles before they battle it out at the 80th Season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) at the 2017 Pep Rally on Aug. 29 at the University Gym, where audience were treated to their dancing skills. The Pep Rally ran for two shows: one in the afternoon and one in the evening.  Both shows were packed to the rafters as the students came eager to see the athletes perform.  And the athletes did not fail to…

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…

(AUG. 30) — “Journalism’s best weapon against lies is to be transparent, thorough and provocative.” This was the gist of seasoned broadcaster Ma. Cristina Monzon-Palma’s message at the UP Gawad Plaridel 2017. “You cannot be challenged if you know the truth, if you personally know the truth, you trust the organization and the people you work with. They cannot break it, they can only invent things,” she said, asking journalists, “What role do we play in this new wave of authoritarianism and hate speech? Do we still matter—as the role of gatekeeper shifts…

The Philippine Performance Archive is a digital humanities project by professors and inter-disciplinary research specialists from the University of the Philippines (UP). It is a consolidation of performance practices (dance, rituals, festivals, and theater) in an online database of multimedia materials gathered from the different Philippine regions in collaboration with the constituent universities of the UP System. The project, with a grant from the Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Program (EIDR) of the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA), is composed of four distinct archival projects: Philippine Cultural Performances, Philippine Dance, Philippine Theater, and…

​​ The University of the Philippines Diliman, through the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA), College of Arts and Letters (CAL) and the Asian Center (AC), is hosting the Joint 2018 International Federation for Theatre Research Conference and Asian Theatre Working Group Colloquium 2018 (IFTR-Asia 2018) with the theme, “Bodies in/and Asian Theatres” from 20 to 23 February 2018.  Abstract submissions are now open. Deadline of submissions: 15 September 2017. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE A growing interest on the body as a starting point…

ATTENTION UP DILIMAN STUDENTS WITH VALIDATED FORM 5A OR ASSESSED FORM 5: Posted on: August 22, 2017 04:30 pm To complete your registration for the First Semester A.Y. 2017-2018, proceed with the steps outlined in the following flowcharts. Processing of registration will be on August 24-25, 29-31, 2017. Please refer to: https://crs.upd.edu.ph FLOWCHART FOR STUDENTS WITH VALIDATED FORM 5A FLOWCHART FOR STUDENTS WITH ASSESSED FORM 5