Likas at di-maiiwasan ang magdaan sa pagbabago. Kung minsan ay dikanais-nais, subalit kadalasan ang pagbabagong pinagdaraanan ay tungosa ikaaangkop, ikauunlad, ikabubuti. Sa taong ito, ipagdiriwang ng UP Diliman ang Linggo ng Parangal sa ilalim ng temang “Banyuhay,” halaw sa pariralang ‘bagong anyo ng buhay’, o metamorphosis. Patuloy na inuukit ng oras ang kasaysayan ng ating bansa. Pabagu-bago ang larawan ng lipunang iginuguhit ng pagkakataon. Ang proseso ng pagbabago sa pamamagitan ng dinamikong pag-uugnayan kasabay ng pakikiangkop ang nagbibigay-buhay sa Unibersidad, alangalang sa ikalalago, ikayayabong at ikatitibay nito. Walang-kapaguran mang idinudulot ng paglipas ng panahon…

  (APR. 21)—UP Diliman’s long standing tradition of honor and excellence takes center stage in Linggo ng Parangal, a week-long festivity to recognize the outstanding performance of its faculty, Research and Extension Professional Staff (REPS), students, staff and the community. The festivities, slated from April 24 to 28, carry the theme “Banyuhay”—based on “bagong anyo ng buhay” (metamorphosis). Sir Anril P. Tiatco, chair of the festivities’ Committee on Publications, Promotions and Documentation, explains the theme as: “The process of change through dynamic connections, in conjunction with adaptation,…

(APR. 10) — Benjie Allen D. Aquino, Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (ALYANSA) standard bearer, was elected chairperson of the UPD University Student Council (USC) defeating Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP) standard bearer Ben Galil R. Te in an election held on Apr. 6. Aquino garnered a total of 4, 143 votes while Te earned 2,540 votes. Aquino, a student from Virata School of Business (VSB), succeeds former USC chair and STAND UP member Christian Bryle Leano. This year, Nagkakaisang Iskolar para…

(APR. 10) — Benjie Allen D. Aquino, Alyansa ng mga Mag-aaral para sa Panlipunang Katwiran at Kaunlaran (ALYANSA) standard bearer, was elected chairperson of the UPD University Student Council (USC) defeating Student Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (STAND UP) standard bearer Ben Galil R. Te in an election held on Apr. 6. Aquino garnered a total of 4, 143 votes while Te earned 2,540 votes. Aquino, a student from Virata School of Business (VSB), succeeds former USC chair and STAND UP member Christian Bryle Leano. This year, Nagkakaisang Iskolar para…

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, telefax 924-1881/924-1882, 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…

MAR. 30—“Utang natin sa mga ilustradong Filipino ang pagtitipon at pagsusuri ng mga elemento na bumubuo ng ating kaalamang bayan,” ani Dr. Ma. Luisa T. Camagay, kilalang historyador at Professor Emeritus ng Kasaysayan sa UP Diliman Tinalakay ni Camagay sa kanyang pananaliksik, “Kaalamang Bayan: Balon ng Kaalaman ng mga Ilustradong Filipino,” ang interes sa kaalamang bayan sa hanay ng mga iIlustradong Filipino.  Aniya, ito ang naging paraan upang ipamulat sa mga Kastila na may kultura o sibilisasyon ang mga Filipino bago pa man sila dumating. Ang mga ilustrado ay mga…

The UP Lady Maroons overpowered the National University (NU) Lady Bulldogs with a four-set victory, 25-14, 25-27, 25-21, 25-12, at the 79th UAAP Women’s Volleyball tournament on March 26 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum. With service aces and power attacks, UP easily took the first set. The Lady Maroons appeared to cruise for another easy conquest when they were leading 23-19 in the second set, but NU fought back to steal the second set. In the third set, UP again led by as much as 9 points, 20-11, when NU made a huge…

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Using rod puppets, shadows, dance drama and music, Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas (Mulat) staged the immortal epic “Ramayana” on Feb. 18-19 at the Institute of Biology Auditorium at UP Diliman (UPD) in celebration of UPD Month 2017. Entitled “Sita & Rama: Papet Ramayana,” the play, which was initially staged in 2004, was also in celebration of the 40th Founding Anniversary of Mulat. “The play was originally staged in 2004 which helped us to be recognized among Asian puppeteers,” UPD Professor Emeritus Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio said. Before 2004, “there…

  Faculty, students, staff and other guests were left enthralled after watching a hundred performers weave through the audience in choreographed rhythmic steps, in an almost clockwork pattern while holding MP3 players at the UP Vargas Museum. The players emanated what sounded like soft raindrops, leading to rattling bamboos, climaxing into screeching insects and other assorted sounds such as those produced by gong, clappers, shells and human voices, ending in an abrupt silence with all the performers lying prone on the floor as if lifeless or in a trance. The avant-garde interactive performance was the…