Two Chinese scholars presented opposing views on China’s territorial claim on the South China Sea (SCS) in a public lecture at the UP Asian Center. “Between Assertiveness and Self-Restraint: Understanding China’s South China Sea Policy” had Dr. Zhou Fangyin and Dr. Chen Hanxi of the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) presenting their analysis on the topic based mainly on China’s foreign policy agenda and national or core interests. Opposing views. Zhou, professor and director of the Center for China’s Regional Strategies, Guangdong Institute…

(JULY 5) —UP Diliman’s (UPD) eventful 106th General Commencement Exercises held on June 25 at the University Amphitheater was the talk of the town with 36 summa cum laude (SCL) graduates, a stirring valedictory speech by a Maranao student and the conferment of an honorary degree on a cabinet secretary. Summa cum laude.  This year, 36 SCLs led the 4,610 graduates from UPD’s 27 degree-granting units.  (For photos, click here.) A Latin phrase meaning “with the greatest honors,” the SCL is the university’s highest academic distinction for graduates…

Sixty-three UP Diliman (UPD) students were conferred the honorific title “UP Performing Arts Scholar” and receiving their certificates of scholarship on Apr. 25, 2017 at the Balay Kalinaw. Recipients of the Performing Arts Scholarship Program (PASP) of the Office of the Chancellor, and administered by the UPD Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA), the scholarship is for the 2nd semester of Academic Year (AY) 2016-2017. The scholars are members of the seven current UPD Official Student Performing Arts Groups (OSPAG) chosen through the Honorific…

Two units of the College of Science were recognized at the Parangal Para sa Programang Pang-Ekstensiyon 2017, held on Apr. 25 at the Malcolm Auditorium, College of Law. The Microbiological Research and Services (MRSL) Extension Program of the UP Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) and The Marine Science Institute’s (MSI) Bolinao Marine Laboratory (BML) Training and Extension Program, were recognized in the non-degree granting units category and in the degree granting units category, respectively. The MRSL provides high quality and timely microbiological services, technical advice and training programs relevant to the safety…

Prof. Armin Sarthou Jr. was affirmed as the 8th dean on Mar. 9 of the UP College of Architecture (UPCA) at the UPCA Auditorium as witnessed by the unit’s faculty, student and employees. After an opening performance of UDD’s (formerly Up Dharma Down) “Tadhana” by UPCA students Adelijoy Manuel and Kirstela Pangilinan and an introduction by Cathy Saldaña-Siegel of the UPCA Alumni Foundation, Inc. The short but meaningful affirmation ceremony was officiated by UPD Chancellor Michael L. Tan. Among those present were Sarthou’s…

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(MAR. 27)—The January to June 2017 issue of Humanities Diliman (HD Vol. 14, No. 1) is now available online. The UP Diliman’s (UPD) official internationally-refereed journal in the Arts and Humanities has four articles and two exhibition reviews. The articles are:  “The Celebritization of Pope Francis during His Five-Day Visit to the Philippines” by Gerry M. Lanuza of UPD; “Click-analysis of a Lesbian Online Community in Facebook Using the Critical Discourse Analysis and Natural Language Processing” by researchers Alona Jumaquio-Ardales of De La Salle University (DLSU) Science and Technology Complex, Nathaniel Oco…

UP Diliman’s (UPD) celebration of the National Arts Month kicked off on Feb. 1 with the unveiling of Sansinukob, an installation art exhibit, at the UP Lagoon, UP Amphitheater and College of Mass Communication (CMC) Hill. The exhibit featured art works created by UPD visual artists Leo Abaya, Anton del Castillo, Rita Gudiño, Gerry Leonardo, Leeroy New, Junyee and Reg Yuson depicting Philippine stories on the origin of the “sansinukob” (universe). It was a glimpse of the ethno-astrology and ancient cosmology of Philippine cultures. According to professors Sir Anril P. Tiatco and Jem R. Javier, Sansinukob exhibit’s project leaders, each layer of…