Lorelisa Ethel Luya, BS EE class of 2016, was awarded as the Best Female Presenter in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Power and Energy Society (PES) Innovative Smart Grid Technologies 2016 Asian Conference (ISGT 2016) on Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Luya presented their paper entitled Simulation Platfrom for Supply Deficient Microgrids. This research, co-authored by Patrick Gan and Michael Pedrasa, suggests a modeling tool that can forecast possible outcomes and effects of the renewable…

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…

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) opens the Christmas season with a musical variety show and the traditional switching on of the decorative lights on campus in the program “Hagkan ang Gabi,” to be staged at the Oblation Plaza Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. With the Christmas 2016 theme “Himig ng Diliman,” the season’s opening salvo features an interesting spread of the various sounds and rhythms on campus that blend and harmonize into a grand musical expression. Opening the program is Carol Bello, a UP alumna and singer-composer of indigenous…

(NOV. 29)—Some 2.3 kilometers of sewer pipelines and roads are now being rehabilitated by the Manila Water Company, Inc. (MWCI) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to upgrade the sewage systems and maintain the roads in UP Diliman (UPD). Parts of Ylanan, Roces, JP Laurel, Africa, RP de Guzman and Archery Streets will be undergoing maintenance until the second quarter of 2017. These are some of the busiest streets in UPD, with several jeepney routes going through them. The MWCI is laying sewer pipelines…

(DEC. 1)— The University of the Philippines (UP) launched its own internet television network called TVUP on Nov. 24 at the Executive House. The online broadcast network owned and operated by UP aims to provide professionally-produced and curated content for educational purposes. It also aims to showcase high-quality programs on scientific breakthroughs, Philippine culture and society, national issues and concerns, and other special topics. Ten programs lined up for TVUP’s debut are: “Financial Sense,” a financial literacy…

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The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) was the top performing school of the October 2016 Board Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants (BLECPA) with all its 69 examinees passing the Board. The only university with a perfect passing rate, UPD was followed by the University of Santo Tomas (90.72%), De La Salle University–Manila (88.66%), Ateneo de Zamboanga (87.14%), Bicol University–Daraga (84.93%) and Far Eastern University–Manila (82.35%). The top performing schools have 50 or more examinees and with at least 80% passing percentage. UPD was the top performing school since 2009 and with a perfect passing rate in 2014, 2012 and…

Minority groups, UP Diliman performers together for concert On Oct. 26, members of national minority groups, and UP Diliman (UPD) performing arts groups will share the stage for the first time to echo the call for right to self-determination in a concert called “Hugpungan” at the University Theater. Chanters and performers from five national minority groups, or Lakbayanis, from all over the country—including the Mangyan, the Aeta and Dumagat from Luzon and Visayas and the Lumad and Moro from Mindanao—will join forces with the UP Dance Company and the UP Kontemporaryong Gamelan Pilipino…

Three years. Same opponent. Same outcome. Determined to defend their title and clinch a 3-peat, the UP Lady Shuttlers mustered all their energy to conquer Ateneo Lady Shuttlers, 3-1, in Game 3 of the UAAP Season 79 Women’s Badminton Best-of-3 Finals, Oct. 15 at the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall, Manila. In the first singles match–a battle of former most valuable players (MVP)–UP’s Paola Beatriz Bernardo, 2015 MVP, despite…

(OCT. 7)—UP Diliman is the top performing school in the latest Psychometrician Licensure Examinations held from Sept. 12 to 14 with a 98.39-percent passing rate, according to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Sixty-one out of the 62 examinees from UPD passed, making it the top-performing school among the 272 educational institutions who fielded candidates for the examination period. Ten examinees were in the top ten: Pamela Danielle Tanglao Lanuza (3rd place, 85.20), Maria Angelie Diño Gerena (5th place, 84.60), Francis Simonh Manzanero Bries (6th…