The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) takes to social media in its effort to counter online misinformation regarding Martial Law (ML) with a TikTok challenge in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the declaration of ML. Tugon at Tindig: Martial Law Memorial TikTok Challenge was launched on Sept. 14, 2 p.m. via Zoom and is available on YouTube. The contest is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate students of the UP System and currently enrolled students in Grades 11 and 12 of the UP Integrated School.

Isa sa mga tapat at matibay na tagasulong ng wikang Filipino bilang midyum ng pagtuturo, linguist o dalubwika, iskolar ng bayan, at batang UP, si Consuelo Morales Joaquin Paz, PhD, ay payapang namaalam noong Setyembre 15. Paz. Imahe mula sa DLingg website Kilala bilang Dean Paz o Dean Connie, siya ay naging dekana ng UP Diliman (UPD) Kolehiyo ng Agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiya (College of Social Sciences and Philosophy / CSSP) mula 1992 hanggang 1998 at dalawang beses naging tagapangulo ng…

Applications for the new UPD program, PhD in data science, this first semester of AY 2022-2023, are now accepted until Aug. 22.  According to the announcement on the UPD College of Science (CS) website, data science “is a multidisciplinary approach that studies data as a vehicle of information throughout its natural cycle of production, storage, retrieval, processing and purification, analysis, and presentation including visualization, in relation to the scientific questions connected to it.” Approved by the UP Board of Regents on July 28 at its 1372nd meeting, the program “aims to…

The 111th General Commencement Exercises of UP Diliman (UPD) saw the return of face-to-face attendance after two years of virtual commencement exercises since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. Students were allowed to attend the ceremony in person, strictly observing health and safety protocols. Only key participants and essential staff were allowed to attend with the graduates and their guests (only one guest per graduate). The theme for the 2022 ceremony was Dásig, a Cebuano word of various nuances, most commonly of liveliness and cheer but also more profoundly of…

“The answer is simple, isa lang ang aking duyan, at ito ang Pilipinas. Ang ugoy nito ang ugoy ng buhay ko,” said Fernando dlC. Paragas, PhD, 10th dean of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC), during his oath-taking on April 22 at the UPD Film Institute Cine Adarna and livestreamed via Vimeo. His response was to the questions repeatedly asked of him upon his return to the CMC in 2015 after years of teaching abroad: Why give up the good life where there are many research grants and teaching load is…

Justice for Chad Booc and the New Bataan 5! The University Council UP Diliman (UPD) stands with the College of Engineering, the UPD Office of the Chancellor Executive Staff, and other units of the University in calling for justice for our slain iskolar ng bayan, Chad Booc, along with Lumad school volunteer teacher Gelejurain Ngujo II, community health worker Elegyn Balonga, and their accompanying drivers Tirso Añar and Robert Aragon, together known as the “New Bataan 5.” We condemn, in the strongest terms, the killings of the NEW BATAAN 5, as well that of…

Dina C. Magnaye, PhD, a professor at the UP Diliman School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), formally took her oath of office as SURP’s ninth dean on April 8 at the B.V. Cariño Multi-purpose Hall. Magnaye, who succeeded Hussein S. Lidasan, PhD, was appointed on Feb. 24 at the 1368th meeting of the UP Board of Regents. Nemenzo and Magnaye with her brother Carlito Magnaye. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO In his message, UPD Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo said,…

Long-time UP Foundation, Inc. (UPFI) executive director and business administration professor Gerardo Agulto Jr. passed away on March 10.  A professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business (VSB), Agulto was widely known as the UPFI executive director, having held the post from August 2001 until May 31, 2021. Agulto. Photo from the UPDEPPO Facebook page At the VSB, Agulto taught graduate and undergraduate courses in financial management, management of financial institutions, and accounting and control from…

UP Diliman has two new deans in professors Fernando dlC. Paragas, PhD of the College of Mass Communication (CMC) and Dina C. Magnaye, PhD, EnP of the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP), and one director in Prof. Pia D. Bagamasbad, PhD of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB). Meanwhile, Prof. Francis Carlos B. Diaz will be serving his second term as College of Human Kinetics (CHK) dean. Their appointments were approved by the UP Board of Regents at its 1368th meeting on Feb. 24. New appointments. Prior to his…

Two initiatives of the UP Department of Communication Research (Comm Res) won the gold and silver awards in the 57th Anvil Awards. Comm Res was awarded the Gold Anvil for its “Primer on Communication and Media Research,” while its “Gender in Ads Research and Communication Initiative” took home the Silver Anvil. Cover page of the 57th Anvil Awards brochure. Image from the PRSP The Anvil Awards, which is considered to be one of the country’s most prestigious professional recognition…