Former UP Diliman Information Office (UPDIO) director Prof. Sir Anril P. Tiatco, PhD and Prof. Allan Gil S. Fernando, PhD of the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) are among the eight recipients of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) 2021 Achievement Award. Tiatco. Image from the DSCTA Facebook page Tiatco will be honored for his contributions to the field of humanities, while Fernando will be honored for his contributions to the field of earth and space sciences.

Retired mathematics professor Cesar G. Tapia, PhD passed away on Sept. 21. He was 73. Tapia worked in UP as instructor at the then Department (now Institute) of Mathematics (IM) immediately after he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1970.  There he stayed up until his retirement in 2012 with the rank of Professor 12. Tapia handled courses on linear programming, non-linear programming, integer programming and combinatorial optimization, dynamic programing, and numerical analysis. As UP administrator, Tapia served as UP Diliman…

A team composed of students from all over the UP System emerged as one of the three winners in the Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC) 2021 Solution Challenge. UP Systeam, composed of Rex Ronter Ruiz (UP Diliman), Jian Asiado (UP Los Baños), Joerian E. Gauten (UP Open University), and Patricia Marie C. Garcia (UP Visayas Miag-ao Campus), created the cloud-based disaster risk management system called Island Response and Intervention for Systemic Evacuation (i-RISE). Their system was chosen based the technology they used and their project’s impact. According…

The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) recently entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with UP Diliman (UPD) to bring science and technology innovations to the Philippine maritime industry. The MOA signing ceremony was held on Aug. 17 via Zoom and streamed live on DOST-PCIEERD’s (Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Industry Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development) official Facebook (FB) page.  Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo represented UPD, while MARINA was represented by its administrator, Vice Admiral Robert A. Empedrad. The partnership between…

July 1st this year marked two important milestones for the UP School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS): the celebration of its 60th anniversary and the swearing in of its 10th dean. The event was streamed live from the school’s official Facebook, YouTube and Twitch channels. Productive pandemic. At 1 p.m., hosts SLIS professors Paul Jason Perez and Elijah Dar Juan began with the pre-show “Balik-Tanaw,” which recapped SLIS’ various initiatives and achievements in the year leading up to the anniversary, even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Faculty and Staff of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB) of U.P. Diliman are saddened to announce the passing of Prof. Cynthia T. Hedreyda in the afternoon of 6 July 2021. She was 65. Prof. Hedreyda completed her B.S. Biology and M.S. Genetics degrees from the University of the Philippines Los Banos, and her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Georgia, GA, USA. She joined the NIMBB faculty in 1996 and became the Institute’s director from 2003-2012. She remained a distinguished member of the NIMBB faculty until her retirement in December, 2020. She will be fondly remembered…

Are you a scientist in the Philippines who works with artists, or an artist who works with scientists? Is your background in the arts and humanities but your work in the Philippines has an impact on scientific knowledge or practice? We’d love to hear more about your work! A research team led by UP Open University Associate Professor Diego S. Maranan is conducting a study to map out art-science collaborations in the country. The study,  entitled Science By Way of Art, is part of a larger exploratory research project supported by the British…

DZUP 1602 (DZUP) won a total of nine awards in the recently concluded “Gandingan 2021: The 15thUPLB Isko’t Iska’s Multi-media Awards” (Gandingan 2021). The radio station took home four general and five core awards at the ceremony livestreamed via the UP Community Broadcasters’ Society Inc. (UP ComBroadSoc) Facebook page on May 22. Gandingan 2021 with the theme “Midya: Kaagapay ng Bayan sa Pagharap sa Krisis sa Pampublikong Kalusugan” honored DZUP with general awards Most Development-Oriented AM Station; Most Development-Oriented AM Program (“On Point: Indigenous Peoples and the Pandemic and Social…

(March 19)—In celebration of International Women’s Month, the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS) chose to highlight their women scientists who made big strides in their fields and how they advanced scientific research. In focus now is Prof. Betchaida D. Payot, PhD of the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS). Payot has carved a name in the male-dominated field of Geology and is recognized for her expertise in the operation of the only electron probe micro-analyzer in the Philippines…

(MAR. 15)—Maya-2, the second cube satellite (cubesat) designed and made by Filipino engineers under a joint program by UP Diliman (UPD) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), is now orbiting the earth. In a livestream from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Maya-2 was released into space from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 14, at 7:20 p.m. Philippine Time. Maya-2 was designed and developed by Mark Angelo Purio, Izrael Zenar Bautista, and Marloun Sejera, Filipino scholars who were sent to Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) by the Space…