LnP 2024 omnibus poster. Poster na gawa ni Jacelle Isha B. Bonus, UPDIO Bibigyang-pugay at pararangalan ang mga huwarang kasapi ng komunidad ng UP Diliman (UPD) sa Linggo ng Parangal 2024 (LnP 2024) na gaganapin mula Hunyo 18 hanggang 20. Sa taong ito, ang parangal ay may temang Lagô. Sa buong linggo, kikilalanin ang mga kasapi ng komunidad ng UPD na naghatid ng karangalan, nagpamalas ng kahusayan, at naghandog ng mga natatanging ambag…

Masaya at maagang sinalubong ng UP Diliman (UPD) ang Hunyo 18. Bukod sa ginunita nito ang Ika-116 na araw ng pagkakatatag ng UP, ito rin ay nagdaos ng unang araw ng taunang Linggo ng Parangal (LnP), ang Pagbubukas ng UPD Linggo ng Parangal 2024 (Pagbubukas ng LnP 2024) sa Bulwagang Quezon. Ang pagtataas ng watawat sa Bulwagang Quezon. Larawang kuha ni Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO  Sa pangunguna ng Opisina ng Bise Tsanselor para sa mga Gawaing Pangkomunidad (Office of the Vice Chancellor…

Kabilang ang 14 na miyembro ng komunidad ng UP Diliman (UPD) sa mga binigyang-pugay at pinarangalan ng UP System sa Pagkilala, isang bahagi ng Linggo ng Unibersidad na may temang Hayag: Pagpupugay sa Lingkod Bayan. (Mula kaliwa) Katuwang na Pangalawang Pangulo para sa mga Gawaing Akademiko Jose Antonio R. Clemente, Vistan, Rehente ng Kaguruan Carl Marc Ramota, Punongbayan, Cao, Encarnacion, Magnaye, Napalang, Reyes, Tadem, Caragay, Gabo-Ratio, Aurelio, at Jimenez. Larawang kuha ni Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO Ginanap sa Ang Bahay ng Alumni noong…

UP Diliman (UPD), through the UPD Office for Athletics and Sports Development (OASD), celebrated the achievements of student-athletes at this year’s Varsity Night. The event which carried the theme Laban UP! was held on June 10 at the Varsity Training Center. OASD Director Dolreich Bo Perasol said the Varsity Night was an event to recognize student-athletes’ achievements at the recently concluded Season 86 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). “This is our way of recognizing all the efforts and achievements of UPD student-athletes, and to…

At the book talk and signing event of Mighty Flower: How Cannabis Saved My Son that the University Hotel and UP Press jointly organized, author Annabelle Manalo-Morgan emphasized that she advocates for research on medicinal cannabis. Manalo-Morgan is a cell and developmental biologist. She is on the board of directors and the lead scientific officer of Flora Growth. She also started the medical company Masaya Medical Inc. in 2019. Manalo-Morgan is of Filipino descent, whose parents Arturo and Luzviminda hail from Batangas and Laguna, respectively.

UP Diliman (UPD) participated in a special flag-raising ceremony that served as the kickoff event of the UP System’s first Linggo ng Unibersidad. While the main program was held at UPD on June 10, every constituent university (CU) / autonomous college in the UP System also simultaneously held their own flag-raising ceremony and joined the UP System’s ceremony via Zoom. Attendees of the flag-raising ceremony. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO The ceremony proper was followed by a special program where…

The workshop class of Alegria O. Ferrer, DPA, staged the musical Mayo… Bisperas ng Liwanag in celebration of the National Heritage Month last May 22 at Paco Park. Ferrer, a professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Music Department of Voice, Music Theater, and Dance, directed the musical. Mayo… Bisperas ng Liwanag is an adaptation of the short story May Day Eve by National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin, and features the libretto of National Artist for Music Fides Cuyugan-Asensio and music by Rey Paguio.

Somnambulance, the theme of Haraya 2024 was in full display at the projects, renderings, physical models, and theses exhibited at Building 1 of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Architecture (CA). Haraya 2024. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne website defines somnambulance as sleepwalking “when a child partly wakes from their sleep and walks around, yet they are still asleep.” According to the CA, somnambulance “…creates a dreamlike atmosphere, inviting attendees to explore a realm where…

It is with sadness that the UP Diliman (UPD) community bids farewell to three faculty members and one administrative staff who passed in May 2024. Cecilia Fugoso-Chan, PhD a former professor of the Department of European Languages (DEL) passed away on May 30; Leonardo De Castro, PhD a former professor of the Department of Philosophy (DPhilo), and Anunciacion V. Lara, PhD a former professor of the College of Education (CEd) passed on May 12; and Benjamin P. Hipolito, staff member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering (DME) passed on May 24.