At a time when the media landscape is changing with the introduction of new technologies, systems, and personalities, “we must tell what people should know, help them understand the present issues, and assist them in making informed decisions,” said ABS-CBN News reporter Jervis Manahan. The RTD guest speakers and participants. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO    Manahan was one of the guest speakers at the roundtable discussion (RTD) Radical Television in the Time of Crises organized by the Department of Broadcast Communication (DBC)…

The research Unraveling the Skills and Motivation of Magdalenian Artists in the Depths of Atxurra Cave (Northern Spain) co-authored by Juan Rofes, PhD, recently landed on the pages of Scientific Reports, the online, open-access, peer-reviewed part of Nature Portfolio, covering studies on natural sciences, psychology, medicine, and engineering. Rofes. Photo from the UP School of Archaeology Facebook page Rofes is an associate professor at the UP Diliman School of Archaeology and is an environmental archaeologist and paleontologist. He co-authored the research…

Umewaka Yasunori, Noh master of the Kanze School, has returned to UP Diliman (UPD) to conduct another round of training for the UPD Center for International Studies (CIS) Noh Ensemble and students of the Japanese Traditional Performance Practice (JTPP). Known as Chozaemon Sensei, Umewaka last visited UPD in November 2022. Umewaka is Japan’s Important Intangible Culture Property Holder in Noh Theater. (From left) Umali, Matsuda, Guillermo, Vistan, Umewaka and wife Keiko, and Zayas. Photo from the CIS Umewaka, with his wife…

The UP Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) crushed the De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers, 97-67, to draw the first blood in the best-of-three finals of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 men’s basketball tournament on Nov. 29 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. Lopez slams the ball against Phillips. Photo from the UAAP Media Team It was…

At the first conference of the UP Diliman (UPD) Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) on small and medium enterprise (SME) development, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II said the conference’s theme encapsulates the spirit of those who dare to dream, create, and overcome. Vistan and Belmonte (sixth and seventh from left) with conference speakers, participants, and organizers. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO The ISSI conducted the International…

The Department of Musicology (DMusicology) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Music (CMu) hosted the concert of Datu Rodelio “Waway” Saway, UPD’s first culture bearer-in-residence, on Nov. 24 at the Parola: UP Fine Arts Gallery. (From left, foreground) Saway and Barrios. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Performing alongside Saway in MUNAHU: Datu Waway Saway—The Lightkeeper of Talaandig Culture in a Special Thanksgiving Concert were various artists…

One hundred forty-five days after her appointment, Rhea Rowena U. Apolinario had her oath-taking on Nov. 20 at the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Labor and Industrial Relations auditorium. Apolinario is the 11th dean of the UPD School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) whose appointment was approved by the UP Board of Regents at its 1382nd meeting on June 29. Apolinario. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO

The UP Varsity Swim Team (UPVST) Women’s Team is champion in the recently concluded swimming tournament of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86. The Lady Maroons last won the crown in Season 79. UPVST Women’s Team poster. Image from The UAAP Facebook page The UPVST Men’s Team, UP Integrated School (UPIS) VST Boys’ Team, and UPISVST Girls’ Team all finished the season as second runner-up.

UP Diliman (UPD) emerged as the top-performing school in the November 2023 Civil Engineers Licensure Examination, ranking first among the four top-performing schools. Sixty-eight of the examinees from the UPD Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) passed, giving the University a 98.55% passing rate. To qualify as a top-performing school, an institution must have 50 or more examinees with an at least 80% passing rate. ICE building. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) named UP Diliman (UPD) as one of the top-performing schools in the September 2023 Licensure Examination for Social Workers. The University was recognized at the social workers’ oath-taking on Nov. 17 at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel. Dela Cruz (holding the plaque) at the oath-taking ceremony. Photo from the CSWCD Facebook page All 30 examinees fielded by the UPD…