The UP Diliman (UPD) Research, Extension, and Professional Staff (REPS) Welfare Council and the UPD Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD) conducted the Scientific Career System (SCS) Orientation for UPD REPS, with the theme Usaping Galing at Talino, UP Diliman REPS Hindi Patatalo. The event, with close to 60 attendees, aimed to familiarize REPS with the SCS. The SCS is a merit system program of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) and the Department of Science and Technology-National Academy of Science and Technology (DOST-NAST). Pierangeli…

The Pilot Project for Plastic-Free Vending in UP Diliman (Plastic-Free Vending in UPD) that encouraged the removal or replacement of plastic containers among food vendors in UPD resulted in “considerable reductions in the use and disposal of single-use plastics among customers, with an overall reduction of 43%.” Compostable cups being used in a food kiosk. Screenshot of YouTube Video Pilot Project for Plastic-Free Vending in UPD The result was part of the report Breaking the Plastic Habit: A Guidance Note and Practical…

UP Diliman (UPD) bids farewell to former faculty members Emmanuel E. Buendia, DPA and Cris Vertido who recently passed away. Buendia, a former professorial lecturer at the UPD National College of Public Administration and Governance, passed away on March 29. Buendia. Image from the NCPAG Facebook page According to an email the NCPAG Publications Office sent to UPDate Online, Buendia was a professorial lecturer…

“As the three components—katawan, utak, puso—converge in a deeply meaningful synthesis in the new normality that we continue, at present, to navigate, it is inevitable that ginhawa is attained. Ginhawa is associated with the word hininga, or breath, the life force itself which produces physical, mental, and emotional comfort attained through sound and idea.” This was part of the message of Ma. Patricia Brillantes Silvestre, PhD at Kanlungan: Ginhawa sa Musika, her investiture and oath-taking as the 15th dean of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Music (CMu).

UP Diliman (UPD) celebrated all women by hosting the University’s first women’s congress and women’s art festival. The 1st UP Diliman Women’s Congress aimed to “propagate conversations on women’s and gender issues within and outside UPD, respond to timely community and national issues through resolution building, and strengthen solidarity with women and gender advocates within and outside UPD,” stated the UPD Gender Office (DGO). Organized by the DGO, it consisted of three simultaneous panel discussions on sexual and reproductive health, absolute divorce bill, and contractualization and gender. Each panel featured three…

A personal account of a social worker as a volunteer is the core of the book, The True Taste of Water: A Social Worker’s Lived Experience of Volunteerism (The True Taste of Water). Book cover. Photo by Jacelle Isha B. Bonus, UPDIO In the book, Angelito B. Meneses, DSD, an associate professor at the Department of Social Work (DSW) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD), recounted his journey as a volunteer development worker, particularly in Pakistan…

The Philippines needs to strengthen its existing support programs, such as those for indigenous people (IP), women, and climate change resilience, to step closer to social sustainability, according to Louise Cord, PhD. Cord is the World Bank global director for social sustainability and inclusion in the World Bank’s sustainable development practice. Cord said social sustainability occurs “when communities and societies are able to work together to deal with common challenges such as flooding, droughts, poor quality education, a poorly stocked health center in a way that all people thrive over time…

The UP Diliman (UPD) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) signed a memorandum of agreement for the development, prototyping, and pilot test deployment of an eco-friendly ferry system along the Pasig River Ferry System (PRFS). (From left), Tria, San Juan, Agpaoa, and Solidum. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Funded by the Department of Science and Technology, the project Development, Prototyping, and Pilot Deployment of Electric Passenger…

A panel discussion on Speech 30: Public Speaking and Persuasion was recently held in observance of the 65th anniversary of the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA), with the theme DSCTA@65: Honoring the Past, Reckoning With the Present, Priming the Future. At the My Persuasion Can Build a Nation: Discourses on Speech 30 (My Persuasion), DSCTA Chair Oscar T. Serquiña Jr. explained the transition of Speech 30 from its two predecessors, Speech 1: Speech Fundamentals (Speech 1) and Communication 3: Practical Speech Fundamentals (Comm. 3).

UP Diliman (UPD) bids goodbye to five of its faculty members, three of whom passed away on the same day. Ramos. Photo from the UPDIO Archive The University mourns the loss of Henry J. Ramos, PhD who passed away on March 11, Romulo G. Pizaña, PhD who passed away on March 13, and Salvador T. Carlota, Monaliza Adviento-Maghanoy, and Evelina Asuncion Pangalangan, who passed away on March 15. Ramos and Pizaña were former faculty members of the UPD…