Texts and images by Kevin Brandon Saure  (AUG. 4)—UP Diliman students may now pay their tuition  using locally-issued debit and ATM cards from Aug. 4 to 8 at the University Theater. The new payment scheme was made possible by a Memorandum of Agreement between the Office of the…

By Mariamme D. Jadloc (JUN. 26)—The Jan.-Jun. 2014 issue of“Humanities Diliman” is now online. The year’s first issue of the semi-annual journal on Philippine humanities features five articles about “the conceptual relationship of words in the world and the significances and meanings that motivate that link,” issue editor Jose S. Buenconsejo writes in the Editor’s note. Buenconsejo said the meanings of the words in the articles “are not abstract but completely social in nature as the articles force us to see the complexity of the…

(JUN. 20)—All 24 UPD graduates who took the latest Architect Licensure Examinations passed, making UP Diliman one of only two schools who got a 100% passing rate. According to results posted by the PRC, all 24 examinees, consisting of 23 first timers and one repeater, successfully hurdled the examinations that were held in June 13 and 15, 2014. Two students entered the top ten. Top honors went to Jay Mark Morales Estavillo (85.40%) and Maricar Monzon…

The UP Virata School of Business won the Global Finals in the CFA Institute Research Challenge held in Singapore last April 25, 2014. In the Global Finals, UPVSB beat University of Missouri Kansas City, representing the Americas, and Politecnico Di Milano, representing Europe,…

The first National Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering Conference (NEECECon) was met with overwhelming response, with over 300 participants from the industry, government, and academic institutions attending the two-day conference from July 18 to 19 at the Novotel Manila Araneta City. Organized by the UP Diliman Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI), NEECECon’s theme this year is National Development Through Sustainable Industrialization. According to EEEI Director Lew Andrew Tria the conference is an avenue for the EEEI to show the latest research being done in the institute that has “direct impact…

Imee Su Martinez, PhD, a professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Institute of Chemistry is the new chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Martinez. Photo from UPDIO archive. According to the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands Facebook page, “Martinez was elected during the 38th session of the OPCW-SAB held from…

UP Diliman (UPD) recently entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (AFI) for a scholarship grant. Through the Future Leaders, AFI’s scholarship program, 12 undergraduate students will receive scholarship assistance beginning the first semester of the Academic Year 2024-2025. (From left) Soza, Vistan, Mapa-Suplido, and Cruz. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO According to the MOA, the grantees will receive a monthly stipend of PHP 6,000, a one-time provision for gadget worth PHP20,000, and a board…

To respond to the country’s development agendas, higher educational institutions should not just be well-functioning; they must have “very relevant and up-to-date appropriate institutional policies.” This was what former Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary William G. Padolina said during his keynote message at the UPSkill: The UPPO Certification Program-Batch 2 (UPSkill) held on July 15 at the UP Diliman Institute of Biology Auditorium. Padolina. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO   “It’s not just procurement, it’s recruitment, promotion, access…

Ibarra. Photo from the UP Diliman Department of Political Science In his research Issue-Based Cooperation on Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea: Exploring Roles for ASEAN Beyond the Code of Conduct, Edcel John A. Ibarra states that “the findings .” Ibarra is an assistant professor at the UP Diliman Department of Political Science.

The Philippine Review of Economics (PRE) Volume LXI, No. 1 is now available online. The PRE is a peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the UP Diliman School of Economics (SE) and the Philippine Economic Society (PES). According to the SE and PES, the journal’s contents “are indexed in the Journal of Economics Literature, EconLit, and RePec .” The latest issue has four articles and a book review. Journal cover. Image from the UP Diliman School…