All 26 first-time examinees from the UP Diliman College of Architecture (CA) passed the January 2024 Licensure Examination for Architects, giving the University a 100% passing rate. CA building. Photo by Jerald DJ Caranza, UPDIO Among the examinees from the CA, four landed in the top 10. The examinees were led by Kryzia Maryzela Ortiz who garnered an 84.7% rating (ranked third). She was followed by Andrew…

The UP Diliman Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD), in a recent email to UPDate Online, announced the online release of Humanities Diliman Vol. 20, No. 1, the publication’s July-December 2023 issue. Cover of latest issue. Image from Humanities Diliman In her editor’s note, Jordana L. Pison, PhD wrote, “We close 2023 with an issue that brings together contributions from scholars of different research backgrounds working individually or collaboratively. The threads of discussions are interdisciplinary in method,…

After a successful seminar-workshop on indigenous and traditional cultures in Quezon City, the committee in charge of the UP Diliman (UPD) Culture Bearers-in-Residence Program embarked on another seminar-workshop, this time in Baguio. According to UPD Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Maria Vanessa Lusung-Oyzon, one of the key roles of UP is to lead in protecting indigenous knowledge or the katutubong kaalaman and kaalamang bayan. “ UPD Culture Bearers-in-Residence Program was conceptualized as one of the ways UPD innovates the promotion and preservation of indigenous and local knowledge,” Lusung-Oyzon said.

“We tend to compare ourselves to other actors but that’s not fair to us. So try to stay away from that. Don’t compare yourself to other actors because you are competing with yourself. Because there’s this saying we always use in theater: ‘We’re only as good as our last performance.’ So it’s always us that we have to watch over.” Award-winning theater and film actress Dolly de Leon shared this to the participants of the workshop Auditioning for a Role and Landing It.

All 37 examinees fielded by the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics (CHE) in the November 2023 Nutritionist-Dietitian Licensure Examination passed, giving the University a 100% passing rate. UPD was among the three top-performing schools. CHE building. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO To qualify as a top-performing school, an institution must have 30 or more examinees and have an at least 95% passing rate. Three CHE alumni also placed in the top 10 successful examinees: Michelle Udarbe (2nd, 92.05%),…

“Your contribution as an individual is more important,” said Joselin Marcus E. Fragada, as he began his keynote speech at the 2nd Manila Bulletin Sustainability Forum 2023 (Sustainability Forum 2023) with the theme If Not Now, When?: Addressing the Urgency to Go Sustainable at the Malcolm Hall on Nov. 21. Fragada is the undersecretary for field operations of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). He represented DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga at the forum. Fragada. Photo by Jefferson…