Pinarangalan kamakailan ng Lungsod Quezon si Judy M. Taguiwalo, PhD sa kaniyang makabuluhang kontribusyon sa pagsusulong ng karapatan ng mga kababaihan, mga manggagawa, at mga maralita ng bayan. Isang retiradong propesor ng UP Diliman Kolehiyo ng Gawaing Panlipunan at Pagpapaunlad ng Pamayanan (College of Social Work and Community Development / CSWCD), at dating kalihim ng Kagawaran ng Kagalingan at Pagpapaunlad Panlipunan (Department of Social Welfare and Development) mula 2016 hanggang 2017, tinanggap ni Taguiwalo ang 2024 Gawad Tandang Sora mula kay Maria Josefina Tanya “Joy” Go Belmonte, alkalde ng Lungsod Quezon at ang bumubuo…

Three UP Diliman (UPD) faculty members and a research, extension, and professional staff (REPS) recently received recognition from the Philippine Federation of Professional Associations (PFPA) at the 11th PFPA Distinction and Excellence Awards. Violeta V. Bautista, PhD was honored with a distinction award in the Government Service category, while Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, PhD, Manolo G. Mena, PhD and Geomilie S. Tumamao-Guittap were honored in the Academe / Research and Development category. Bautista (third from left) with Carmona…

Rene Abesamis, PhD of the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute (MSI) has been recently conferred with the 2024 Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation Award by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Abesamis. Photo from the Australia Global Alumni website Abesamis is currently working on climate-resilient coral reefs in two marine protected areas at the South Negros Marine Key Biodiversity Area. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts website, he “will collaborate with local researchers, train citizen scientists to survey and assess reefs, and…

Sa palatuntunang UP Fight: Isang Pagdiriwang ng Utak at Pusong Palaban, binigyang-pugay ng komunidad ng UP ang mga iskolar-atleta ng Pamantasan. Sa pangunguna ng UP Office for Athletics and Sports Development (OASD), kinilala ang mga nakamit na tagumpay ng UP Fighting Maroons, na may kabuuang 172 puntos at nasa ikalawang puwesto sa general championship sa collegiate level sa pagtatapos ng unang semestre ng University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86. Ayon sa The UAAP Facebook page, itinanghal na kampeon ang UP Men’s Judo Team (UPMJT) at ang UP Women’s…

Books by UP Diliman (UPD) authors were part of the 31 titles the UP Press recently launched at Semeyaan: Paglulunsad ng mga Bagong Aklat ng UP Press 2023. Seven were authored or co-authored by faculty members from the UPD Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas / DFPP. The authors, editors, and UP Press officials and staff. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO The books are Maliit na Bagay Lang ang Nakapupuwing by Rommel B. Rodriguez, PhD, a professor at the DFPP; Mula Ilog…

UP Diliman (UPD) celebrated the 75th year of the University’s transfer to the Diliman campus with Pagdiriwang ng Pamamalagi at Pamamahagi: Seremonya ng Pagbubukas ng UP Diliman Arts and Culture Festival 2024 (ACF 2024) at the Carillon Plaza. UP Arco String Orchestra with Music Director Edna Marcil Martinez. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO In his message, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II said, “Pinagninilayan sa festival…

Books written and edited by four UP Diliman (UPD) faculty members won at the 41st National Book Awards by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and the Manila Critics Circle (MCC). Cleto. Image from The UP Repertory Company Facebook page Book cover of Huni at Pakpak: Mga Dula, Mga Sanaysay. Image from the UP Press Online Store

UP Diliman (UPD) was recently honored by the Procurement Service-Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) for its support to the agency and for being among its primary stakeholders at the ONE in Procurement and Service 2024, with the theme Transformative Public Service in the Digital Age. UPD was one of the four agencies that received the Sigasig Award. Ofilada (fourth from left) receives award for UPD from PS-DBM officials including Santiago (third from left) and…

The UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics (DLing) of the UPD College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) recently held a symposium commemorating this year’s International Mother Language Day (IMLD), where multilingual education (MLE) was the focus. Co-organized by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Manila, the symposium was titled Multilingual Education: An Essential Strategy for Transforming Education Symposium. CSSP College Secretary Jem R. Javier, who hosted the event said, “The IMLD was proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in November 1999. The idea to celebrate IMLD was the initiative of…

The strategies to implement a multilingual education (MLE) were central in the presentation of Dina Joanna S. Ocampo, PhD at the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics symposium Multilingual Education: An Essential Strategy for Transforming Education, in celebration of International Mother Language Day 2024. A professor at the UPD College of Education whose expertise is literacy difficulties, Ocampo said language is essential in advocating for peace. Ocampo. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO