In a simple ceremony held at the UP Board of Regents’ Room, UP Diliman (UPD) renewed its partnership with the Fluor Daniel, Inc.-Philippines (FDIP) for another five years. The FDIP is part of the multinational engineering and construction firm FLUOR Corporation. Under the MOA, FDIP “is a corporation engaged in the business of engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction (EPFC), maintenance, and project management across a broad range of industries, whose corporate initiatives, among others, are to uplift social, cultural, and economic growth of the communities in which it is holding business.”

The UP Diliman (UPD) Office of Counseling and Guidance (OCG) said they are expecting some 2,000 UPD students and job seekers at this year’s edition of the University Job Fair (UJF), which carries the theme, Soar Ahead. The UJF featured over 40 exhibitors from the Philippine industries of real estate, telecommunications, banking, software, food, transportation, finance, energy, and applied behavior analysis services. Organized by the OCG for the UPD Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) and in partnership with the University Student Council, college councils, and student organizations…

Isang eksibisyong nagbabalik-tanaw sa 75 taong pamamalagi ng UP sa Diliman at sa mga pagbabago ng Unibersidad sa UP Diliman (UPD) ang pormal na pinasinayaan kamakailan. Ginugunita rin ng eksibisyong UGNAYAN: Mga Kuwento ng Talában sa Pamayanang UP Diliman (Ugnayan) ang paglipat ng UP Oblation mula sa kampus ng Ermita patungong Diliman. (Mula kaliwa) Vistan at Lugue. Larawang kuha ni Jerald Caranza, UPDIO

Guitar exercises are viable augmentative treatments for those with hand impairments brought about by a chronic stroke. This was the conclusion reached by the researchers of GTARA (Grip/Grasp Training with Active Range of Motion Activities Using Guitar): Guitar Lessons for Restoring Hand Function Among Patients With Unilateral Hand Impairment From Chronic Stroke (GTARA). (From left) Agana and Morabe. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO “Ang pag-aaral na ito ay naglalayong subukan ang paggamit ng gitarang klasikal—isang instrumentong pangmusika na madali at murang mabibili sa…

Team Emerald Equities of the UP Diliman Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business (VSB) recently won at the CFA Institute Research Challenge Local Finals 2024 of the Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Institute. In a correspondence with UPDate Online, Mikhael Anjelu B. Magana said this year’s challenge was for participants to do an investment valuation of Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures. Magana is an assistant professor at the VSB and the team’s coach. He also said Emerald Equities bested teams from Far Eastern University, Ateneo de Manila University, University of San Carlos, and…

Officials and practitioners from all over the UP system gathered at the Student Union Building in UP Diliman (UPD) for a two-day conference on the state and future of basic education in the University. Suma’t Suri: UP Basic Education Summit 2024 had attendees from most basic education institutions in the UP system, namely UP Integrated School in UPD, UP Rural High School in UP Los Baños, UP High School Cebu in UP Cebu, and UP High School in UP Visayas in Iloilo.

After two weeks, the UP Diliman (UPD) Asian Institute of Tourism closed the program Keheton Kenhulung Tboli: Weaving Indigenous Tboli Art, Culture, and Tourism (Keheton Kenhulung Tboli) on Feb. 19. The lecture-workshop held demonstrations of the Tboli culture including chants and dances, culinary and intangible heritage, tinalak weaving, beadwork, and musical instruments, along with an artist talk led by Manlilikha ng Bayan, Rosie Godwino Sula. Sula. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO National Artist for Music Ramon P. Santos…

The UP Softball Varsity Team (UPSVT) recently completed their eight-day training camp and cultural exchange program in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. The UPSVT training and practice games with Kaohsiung softball club teams. Image from Diaz The 23-member delegation, headed by UP Diliman College of Human Kinetics Dean Francis Carlos B. Diaz, had a joint training and practice games with Kaohsiung softball club teams. They also visited and toured the Kaohsiung National Stadium and the Taiwan Olympic Training Center.

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