Cultivating Reasonableness in Education, a philosophy book edited by Leander P. Marquez, an assistant professor at the Department of Philosophy of the UP Diliman College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, has recently been published by Springer and is available online. Marquez. Photo from the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network or USERN website According to the Springer Link (Springer’s online platform) post, the book “presents global experiences, criticisms, discoveries, and solutions in building communities of inquiry.” It also has…

UP Diliman (UPD) faculty, students, and staff are encouraged to participate in an LGBTQI+-themed exhibit for UP Pride. Artworks may be submitted until 12 a.m. of Sept. 30 (Saturday). The exhibit, which carries the theme Dangal, Husay, Pagkakapantay-pantay, is in celebration of UP Pride 2023 and echoes the call for the passage of the SOGIESC Equality Bill. It will be held at the UP Diliman Parola: Fine Arts Gallery from Oct. 23 to 27. Quezon…

The government of Venezuela has expressed its interest in a possible academic and cultural partnership with UP Diliman (UPD). This was conveyed by Venezuelan Chargé d’Affaires Richard Gregorio Espinoza Lobo as he paid a courtesy call to UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II on Sept. 12 at the UPD Office of the Chancellor. Accompanied by Sarah Raymundo, an assistant professor at the UPD Center for International Studies, Lobo met with Vistan for an exploratory talk for possible partnerships with universities in Venezuela.

The representatives of the Türkiye government recently met with UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II to explore a possible academic partnership with the University. Macit Koç, director of the Yunus Emre Institute Turkish Cultural Center, together with Gladymier Ortega of the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye in the Philippines paid Vistan a visit at the UPD Office of the Chancellor on Sept. 12 and proposed a tie-up with UPD to teach the Turkish language and culture.

UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II believes that civil servants must be agile, dynamic, and resilient agents of transformation for any government institution to remain relevant. Vistan said in his experience as a lawyer and a professor at the UP College of Law, he has seen institutional constraints—however legal—that prevent many institutions from adopting easier, more efficient, and more responsive courses of action. Vistan. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO

Learning at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering (COE) is about to get a boost with the ceremonial signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the upgrading of EEEI’s laboratory facilities and the development of a Smart I-Lab. (From left, seated) The primary signatories Guevara, Sy, Albarracin, Vistan, Tanchuling, Mantaring, and Tria joined by guests of the MOA signing. Photo from the EEEI EEEI Director Lew Andrew Tria said the improved facilities will benefit…

“Ngayong taon, igigiit ng Kulê ang paninindigan nitong ipagpatuloy ang radikal na tradisyon ng pamamahayag sapagkat ito ang dahilan kung bakit tayo naririto,” ayon kay Rona Pizarro, ang bagong punong patnugot ng Philippine Collegian (Kulê) para sa Akademikong Taon (AT) 2023-2024. (Mula kaliwa) Si Vistan at ang bagong patnugutan ng Kulê. Larawang kuha ni Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Ipinahayag ito ni Pizarro sa ginanap na seremonya ng pagtatalaga at panunumpa ng bagong patnugutan ng Kulê noong Agosto 1 sa Bulwagang Alcantara, Student Union Building.