(11 Apr.)—A delegation from Hokkaido University (HU) in Japan and officials of the University of the Philippines formally opened the HU nook at UP Diliman (UPD) on Mar. 6. Located at the ground floor of the Diliman Interactive Learning Center, the nook is the first facility of its kind set up by an international university at UPD, Chancellor Michael L. Tan said. The nook is a liaison office designed to facilitate the participation of UPD students and faculty members…

They say necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of popular global positioning system (GPS)-based navigation app Waze, frustration and a gift were the seeds that drove its creators to find a better way to navigate the busy streets of Tel Aviv, Israel. Dror Cohen, Ads Product Manager and one of the original developers of Waze, described the popular app’s beginnings in a teleconference held at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) Auditorium on Jul. 19. The conference is part of a partnership between the EEEI, the Ateneo Graduate School of Business and the Embassy of Israel in…

  Books in the Philippines generally tend to have short shelf lives.  Our environment is host to many conditions that are not friendly to books, conditions that constantly threaten their survival.  One of such is the frequency of fires. As a book historian, I know this all too well, for there is no dearth of accounts of the burning of books throughout Philippine history.  Take, for example, the fires at the San Agustin convent in Intramuros in…

(NOV. 6, National Institute of Physics)—The National Institute of Physics (NIP) of the College of Science co-sponsored the 32nd  Physics Congress of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP) from Oct. 17 to 20 at the NIP Intel Center for Science Innovation. In his opening remarks, NIP Director Roland V. Sarmago emphasized the importance of the partnership with the SPP. He said the SPP provides NIP researchers a venue for intellectual discourse, sharing of ideas as well as an opportunity for scientific leadership. Together, NIP and SPP have a…

History The University of the Philippines was established in 1908 by Act No. 1870 of the Philippine Legislature to “give advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to give professional and technical training to every qualified student regardless of age, sex, nationality, religious belief and political affiliation.” Three colleges initially comprised UP: the College of Fine Arts, College of Liberal Arts and the College of Medicine and Surgery, all located along Padre Faura and R. Hidalgo streets in the City of Manila. Another academic unit, the School of Agriculture, was established in Los Baños, Laguna. The succeeding years…

Students from the two departments of the UP Diliman College of Home Economics (CHE)—Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management (DHRIM) and the Department of Food Science and Nutrition (DFSN)—made their mark at the recent 18th Manila Food and Beverage Expo (18th MAFBEX) and the 50th Department of Science and Technology Food and Nutrition Research Institute Seminar Series Undergraduate Research Competition (50th DOST-FNRI Competition), respectively. Team Ayam Na! composed of DHRIM third year students Audrey Chan, Trishia de Guzman, and Kathleen Mogol were named champions of the Food Wars Asian Hawker Street Food Challenge…

Edcel John A. Ibarra, an assistant professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Political Science, is this year’s recipient of the Aileen San Pablo Baviera Prize by the Graduate Research and Development Network on Asian Security (GRADNAS) for his research paper Issue-Based Cooperation on Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea: Exploring Roles for ASEAN Beyond the Code of Conduct. Ibarra. Photo from the UPD Department of Political Science website In Ibarra’s research paper, he stated that “the article offers an original…

UP President Angelo A. Jimenez presented to the press his administration’s strategic plan for UP, which carried the theme Transformative University in the Service of the Nation. According to a brief the UP System presented, the UP Strategic Plan 2023-2029 “embodies UP’s commitment to contribute to national growth and sustainable development” and is “rooted in the principles of honor, excellence, and service.” (From left) UP Executive Vice President Jose Fernando T. Alcantara, Alampay, Alagao-Flores, Mangahas, Jimenez, Gonzales, Tuazon, Drilon, and UP Vice President…

The UP Integrated School (UPIS) recently held Hakbang 2024, a ceremony where 101 of its students transitioned from elementary to high school, at the UPIS Gymnasium on June 21. Organized by the UPIS Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), Hakbang 2024 featured performances from each of the sections of Batch 2030: Amethyst, Garnet, and Sapphire. Batch 2030 collectively serenades their families and teachers. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO

Industry and government experts recently came together and joined students from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Architecture (CA) to discuss urban design and land-use issues in the Philippines, mainly in and around Metro Manila. Event poster. Photo from the CA Held at the CA Benito Sy Pow Auditorium, the Urban Design Forum 2024 featured presentations from the CA graduate and undergraduate students, followed by…