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Pasko 2015 Programa PDF Aninag 2015 opens Christmas at UP Diliman

(NOV.27)—The University of the Philippines Press (UP Press), in partnership with the College of Arts and Letters, will hold an exhibit and book launch in February 2016 honoring the National artists whose books have been published by the institution. The 13 National Artists are: Amado V. Hernandez (Literature, 1973), Leonor Orosa-Goquingco (Dance, 1976), Francisco Arcellana (Literature, 1990), Edith L. Tiempo (Literature, 1999), Dr. Nestor Vicente Madali (NVM) Gonzalez (Literature, 1997), Rolando S. Tinio (Theatre, 1997), Dr. Jose M. Maceda (Music, 1997), Dr. Francisco Sionil Jose (Literature, 2003), Dr. Virgilio S. Almario (Literature, 2003), Dr. Bienvenido L. Lumbera (Literature, 2006), Lazaro…

Intricate Pampanga lanterns and the latest installation art by sculptor Toym Imao will take center stage at Aninag 2015, the program opening the Christmas festivities on campus on Nov. 27. Inspired by the Kapampangan tradition of the Lubenas, the University’s acclaimed performing groups will lead the parade around six stations on campus, illuminated by some 40 exquisite lanterns created by Pampanga craftsmen exclusively for the event. Lubenas are evening processions during the nine days of the “simbang gabi” leading to up to Christmas Eve. The procession is lit by two rows of six…

Dr. Elena E. Pernia, dean of the UP Diliman College of Mass Communication (CMC), is one of the 14 CEO EXCEL Awardees for 2015 of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Philippines. Standing for “communication excellence in organizations,” Pernia was recognized for “her influence and contributions to the field of communication… through her articles and journals; her advocacy of communication research; and her work as a newspaper ombudsman or readers’ defender, in a leading broadsheet.” Pernia is honored for the expansion of the CMC-based Communication Research Student Conference (CRSC)…

Kerkvliet Pro-democracy movements in Vietnam have increased because of the rampant corruption in government, restraint against basic freedoms, abuse of human rights and the government’s perceived inaction on foreign relation issues. “Since the mid-1990s, public criticism against the government of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) spread to the point that by 2014, it became a prominent feature of the country’s political scene,” said Dr. Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet in his lecture “Democratization Advocates in Vietnam, 1990s-2014.”

The UP Law community mourns the passing of Atty. Antonio Marquez Santos, Director of the National Library of the Philippines and former College Librarian of the UP Law Library. Atty. Santos died of a heart attack in Malaysia last Thursday while attending an international conference. more…

(SEP. 18)— Martha Isabel S. Dealino, 2015 BS Electrical Engineering cum laude graduate, topped the September 2015 Electrical Engineer Licensure Examinations with a rate of 90.95 percent. Ten other examinees successfully hurdled the exam, giving UPD a 100 percent passing rate. Of the successful examinees, three more made it to the top 10, they were: Anderson S. Ongsyping, third place (90.65%); Eldion Vincent H. Bartolo, fifth (89.90%) and Mark Brian O. Dastas, seventh place with 89.75%. According to the Professional Regulation Commission, 2,536 out of 3,772 examinees made the…

(January 20)— Science Diliman Volume 27, No. 2 (2015) is now online. The current issue features four articles. The first article “Trace Invariance for Quaternion Matrices” by Ralph John de la Cruz discusses the classical result in linear algebra concerning the trace of matrices with complex entries and determines whether this result holds true for the set of quaternion (used in quantum mechanics and 3D animation in computing movement and rotation) matrices. The second article co-authored by Marry Donnabelle L. Balela and Kathy Lois S. Amores is entitled “Formation of Highly Antimicrobial…

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…