UP Diliman (UPD) bids farewell to four former faculty members and an administrative staff member: Carlos Ojeda Aureus, PhD, a former faculty member of the Department of English and Comparative Literature (DECL); Elsie S. Ramos, a lawyer and a former faculty member of the Departamento ng Kasaysayan; David M. Kummer, PhD who once taught at the Department of Geography (DGeog); Daniel G. Santos, a lecturer at the Department of Broadcast Communication (DBC); and Ma. Elena C. Ignacio, an administrative officer at the National Engineering Center (NEC). Aureus passed away on April 23, Ramos on…

The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Music staged a rare moon viewing musical event, with traditional music from the Philippines, India, and Thailand filling the air, at Buwan ang Tanglaw: An Asian Music Concert Under the Full Moon (Buwan ang Tanglaw) at the UPD College of Science Amphitheater. Event poster. Image from the DMusicology Facebook page The nine-part musical event featured CMu’s UP Tugtugang Musika…

Nagtipon ang mga kinatawan ng yunit para sa All UP Workers Union-Diliman (AUPWU-Diliman) para sa ika-11 nitong assembly na may temang Ibayong Pagmumulat at Solidong Pagkakaisa para sa Kawani at Sambayanan sa Bulwagang Tandang Sora sa UP Diliman (UPD) Kolehiyo ng Gawaing Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad ng Pamayanan noong Abril 25. Cabrera. Larawang kuha ni Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Ayon kay Clodualdo “Buboy” Cabrera, pangulo ng AUPWU-Diliman, pinag-usapan sa assembly ang mga naganap sa unyon at UPD sa loob ng tatlong taon,…

Tatlong guro ng UP Diliman (UPD) ang binigyang pagkilala ng iba’t ibang organisasyon nitong Abril. Ang mga pinarangalan ay sina Dekano Jimmuel C. Naval ng Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura at Apolonio B. Chua, PhD, professor emeritus sa UPD Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas; at Nicanor G. Tiongson, PhD, professor emeritus sa UP Film Institute (UPFI). Naval. Larawan mula sa UPDIO Archive

A memorial service for former UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) dean Evelina Asuncion Pangalangan gathered former students, colleagues at the CSWCD, colleagues from National Association for Social Work Education, Inc. Philippines (NASWEI), and members of her family at the college’s Bulwagang Tandang Sora recently. CSWCD Dean Lenore Polotan-dela Cruz said Pangalangan was a major driving force in the CSWCD’s development. Polotan-dela Cruz speaking before the attendees. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO Known as…

Prizewinning journalist, bestselling author, and UP Diliman (UPD) alumna, Patricia C. Evangelista was back in the University to talk about her book Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country (Some People Need Killing), the activity that starts the Philippine tour of the acclaimed book. Event poster. Image from the DSCTA Facebook page Organized by the UPD Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA), the book talk had a good audience…

UP Diliman (UPD) was the lone top-performing school in the April 2024 Electronics Engineers Licensure Examination (EELE) with a 90.91% passing rate and five examinees landing in the top 10. Fifty examinees from the UPD Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute passed the rigorous exam. To qualify as a top-performing school, an institution must have 50 or more examinees and an at least 80% passing rate. The EEEI building. Photo by Jerald Caranza, UPDIO

Jan Carlo B. Punongbayan, PhD is among the recipients of The Outstanding Young Men Awards 2023 (TOYM 2023). Punongbayan. Photo from the SE website TOYM 2023, with the theme Passionate Leaders Embracing Innovations, honored Punongbayan in the field of economics. According to a Facebook post of TOYM Philippines, “These outstanding individuals have demonstrated unparalleled commitment, innovation, and leadership in their respective fields, embodying the spirit of positive change and progress. They have not only excelled in their fields…

Fresh from its win as world champion of the 2024 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the UP College of Law (UP Law) once again triumphed as the champion of the 28th Stetson Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition (Stetson IEMCC). According to the Stetson Law website, this year’s theme is Mountain Gorillas and Impact Assessment, with the UP Law among the 29 universities invited by Stetson Law to participate in the international finals this April. UP Law Stetson…

Four programs of UP Diliman (UPD) have been certified by the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) University Network Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) this April. These are the BA (political science) of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, the BS (hotel, restaurant, and institution management) and MS (food science) of the College of Home Economics (CHE), and BS (tourism) of the Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT). Publicity material…