By Anna Regidor, image by Leonardo Reyes (JUL. 1)—Health economics expert Dr. Orville Jose C. Solon was affirmed as the eighth dean of the UP School of Economics (UPSE) on May 25 at the Julius T. Limpe Lecture Hall. A Professor IV, he currently teaches Health Economics, Public Economics, Economics of…

By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUL.1) Volume 11 No. 1 of “Social Science Diliman” for the year is now online. The journal features six articles: three on tourism and its intersection with development and culture, and the rest on the “sociality of food science,” the “contest of views of framers of the party-list system” and an article that “examines place as a social text,” editor-in-chief Eulalio R. Guieb III writes. The articles are “Mining or Tourism: The Development Preferences of Settlers Along Pagatban River in Negros Oriental, Philippines”…

(JUN. 26)—For centuries, the grand theaters of Europe have been…

Ni Kevin Brandon E. Saure (March-April) –May limang kinikilalang babaeng martir ang nagmula sa UP Diliman (UPD). Ayon kay Prop. Bernadette Neri, tagapag-ugnay ng UP Diliman Gender Office (UPDGO), sila ay sina Ma. Lorena Barros, Purificacion Pedro, Tanya Domingo, Christine Puche at Recca Monte. Ipinakilala ni Neri ang mga babaeng martir ng UPD sa pagtitipong Gabi ng Parangal at Pagtatanghal para sa Kababaihan noong Marso 26 sa Quezon Hall Lobby. Ang patitipon ay isa sa mga gawain na idinaos para sa Buwan ng mga Kababaihan nitong Marso. Anu-ano ang mga katangian ng mga babaeng martir? Ibinibigay ang lahat para sa pag-ibig? Nasasaktan at…

Text and image by Benito V. Sanvictores Jr. Six out of 10 sick Filipinos die without seeing a doctor, revealed a 1990 study by the UPecon Foundation, Inc. (UFI) of the UP School of Economics (SE). Twenty years later, the same statistics held true, according to the UP National Health Institute. It is estimated that 50 percent of medicine costs, hospital bills, laboratory and doctor’s fees are paid by the household. “This is the reason why we shouldn’t be surprised that majority of Filipinos die without getting healthcare. Many Filipinos cannot afford to get sick,” SE professor Dr. Stella Luz A. Quimbo said. A…

By Haidee C. Pineda (JUN. 10)—Lual, a fiery, glowing sculptural kiln created by University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts (UPCFA) professor and ceramicist Rita Gudiño, will represent the Philippines at the International Ceramics Festival (ICF) to be held in Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom in July 2015. Lual, which means birth, is a clay sculpture incorporating a kiln in the shape of a birthing woman. Gudiño created the kiln drawing inspiration from her experience in giving birth and its equivalence…

By Benito V. Sanvictores Jr. (March-April) Lower cost of living and reminders of a nostalgic past: these are the two main reasons why some 8,000 South Koreans (Koreans) chose to retire in the Philippines. In the lecture, “I am a Half Retiree, But Soon to be Pure: Korean Retirees in the Philippines” held at the Asian Center on Mar. 23, Dohye Kim, a visiting fellow at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication, discussed the results of her preliminary research on retiring and retired Koreans in the Philippines. Dohye…

By Haidee C. Pineda, images by Jefferson Villacruz (March-April)  Former dormers and dorm managers had an afternoon of reminiscing and “throwbacks” at the “Tara Tena: balikUPDorm Grand Launch and Fellowship” held at the University…

By Haidee C. Pineda, images by Leonardo A. Reyes (JUNE 5)— UP Diliman recognized 4,378 University Scholars in the undergraduate and graduate levels and those who have distinguished themselves in various fields at the Parangal sa Mag-aaral 2015, May 6 at the University Theater. The University Scholars (US) are students who have earned a General Weighted Average (GWA) of not lower than 1.25 in the second semester of Academic Year (AY) 2013-2014 and first semester of AY 2014-2015.