Malawak at malalim ang kabuluhan ng hinabing tela sa maraming etnolinggwistikong pangkat sa kapuluan ng Pilipinas. Malawak dahil sa samu’t saring layon ng mga telang ito sa iba’t ibang panahon, lunan, at antas ng pamumuhay ng mga Pilipino: mula pagsilang hanggang pagtawid sa kabilang buhay. Malalim dahil ang gamit ng mga tela ay hindi lamang humahangga sa pagtaklob bilang panangga, kundi pagpapamalas din ng angking kakayahang lumikha ng mga bagong anyo o salaminin ang ginagalawang kapaligiran. Sa taong ito, ang habi ang kakatawan sa Linggo ng Parangal ng Unibersidad…

(May 12)—UP Diliman is home to three more Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in the fields of Teacher Education, Electrical and Metallurgical Engineering, according to CHED Memorandum Order No. 15, Series of 2016 (CMO 17-2016) issued on Mar. 22 and CHED Memorandum Order No. 17 Series of 2016 (CMO 17-2016) issued last Mar. 31. The CoE in Teacher Education is the mandate of the College of Education while the Electrical and Metallurgical Engineering disciplines are in the College of Engineering. CHED defines a CoE as “…a department within a higher education…

At the celebration of the 2015 Bar Examination passers, current UP College of Law Dean Danilo L. Concepcion quoted the text message of former Dean Merlin M. Magallona, “It is good to hear that we are back to normal.” The text message was sent to Concepcion after Magallona learned that the UP College of Law is the top performing school in last year’s bar examination, garnering a passing rate of 89.73 percent,…

(MAY 4)— Four UP College of Law (CL) graduates made it to the top 10 out of the 1,731 examinees in the Bar examination held in November 2015 at the University of Sto. Tomas. According to Inquirer.net, Rachel Angeli B. Miranda, who is also a Philippine Daily Inquirer scholar, topped the bar exam with a rating of 87.40 percent. Other successful examinees who made it to the top 10 were: Jayson C. Aguilar, third place (86.75%); Giselle P. Hernandez, sixth place (86.10%) and Jedd Brian R….

      (ABR. 25)—Idinaos noong Abril 19 ang Pagpapatibay ni Dr. Grace R. Gorospe-Jamon bilang ika-9 na direktor ng UP Diliman Extension Programs sa Pampanga at Olongapo, sa mismong kampus ng UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP) sa Clark Freeport, Mabalacat, Pampanga. Si Gorospe-Jamon ay propesor ng agham pampulitika…

(APR. 25)— Dr. Wilhelmina Q. Ramas, professor emerita at the UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL), passed away on April 17. She was 93. Ramas was born on Feb. 7, 1923. She took up BS Education in UP and graduated magna cum laude in 1948. She obtained a master of arts in Literature at the Northwestern University in Illinois, USA in 1955 and PhD in English Literature at Fordham University in New…

Office of the University Registrar The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) has been revitalized with the UP Board of Regents’ approval of the unit’s proposed restructuring at its 1316th Meeting on Mar. 31. The restructuring involves institutionalizing three offices, namely the General Education Center (GEC), Office of Field Activities (OFA) and the Office of International Linkages (OIL) and “expanding the services of, restructuring and/or renaming the five current offices,” the proposal noted. Prior to its…

Chancellor Michael L. Tan (APR. 7)—This statement updates previous information about the Faculty Center (FC) fire of Apr. 1, as well as responds to the most frequently asked questions, mainly from affected faculty, staff and students. Cause of the fire.  The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) continues to investigate the circumstances around the fire.  Our previous experience is that a report can take several weeks.  Meanwhile, the university itself is conducting a parallel investigation, looking mainly into compliance with several policies related to fire prevention.  A memo issued right after the fire reminds all deans and directors to strictly impose night…

Based on the findings of the team from the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, air pollution levels at the CAL building are 3 to 5 times higher than normal. It is advised that people limit their prolonged stay in the building. Classes at the CAL building and FC are suspended until 8 April 2016, Friday.