The UP Fighting Maroons Women’s Basketball Team (UPWBT) and Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) shot down the De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers to notch their sixth consecutive win in Season 86 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournament. The UPWBT prevailed against the Lady Archers, 65-61, on Oct. 18 at the Adamson University (AdU) Gym, while the UPMBT scored a thrilling win, 67-64, against the DLSU Green Archers also on Oct. 18 at the Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena in Pasay City.

Developing strategies to enhance self-compassion—this was the focus of Celebrate Life 2023. Spearheaded by the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of Counseling and Guidance (OCG), Celebrate Life, with the theme Thriving Through Self-Compassion, explored self-compassion as a resource in dealing with grief, body issues, and thwarted belongingness. Celebrate Life 2023 poster. Image from the OCG Facebook page According to the Stanford Medicine website, accessed on…

The UP Diliman (UPD) Office of Community Relations (OCR) turned 41 this October and has lined up a series of activities for the whole month. The office kicked off its anniversary celebration with a get-together at the Campus Maintenance Office grounds of the Community Affairs Complex on Oct. 6. Attendees of the anniversary celebration. Photo from the OCR Facebook page The celebration was attended…

The UP Diliman College of Arts and Letters (CAL) mourns the passing of two of its former faculty members: Mila Aguilar of the Department of English and Comparative Literature (DECL) and Edgardo M. Tiamson of the Department of European Languages (DEL). Aguilar passed away on Oct. 13, while Tiamson passed away a day later, on Oct. 14. Aguilar. Image from the DECL Facebook page Aguilar…

UP Diliman (UPD) marked a milestone in its mental health support infrastructure with the launch of the UPD Mental Health and Psychosocial Support network (MHPSS) on Oct. 10 at the Vinzons Hall lobby. The MHPSS is a network of persons, units, and organizations within UPD committed to provide mental health and psychosocial support services for the UPD community. (From left) Vistan and UP President Angelo Jimenez unveil one panel of the MHPSS exhibit. Photo by…

The UP Fighting Maroons Women’s Basketball Team (UPWBT) and Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) chalked up another double-win, this time against the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers in Season 86 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournament. Pesquera. Photo from the UAAP Media Team The UPWBT squeaked past the Growling Tigresses in overtime, 73-69, while the UPMBT crushed the Growling Tigers, 110-79….

To kick off Mental Health Awareness Month, a green space for relaxation called the UP Sanctuary was launched at the UP Lagoon in front of the Faculty Center on Oct. 6. The UP Sanctuary is the brainchild of UP Portia Sorority (PS), a student organization based at the UP College of Law, and the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of Student Development Services. The concept for the space is a mini park on the UPD campus that is surrounded by several trees. The initial architectural perspective used during the launch was done by Micaela Benedicto,…

The Center for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) of the UP Diliman (UPD) National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) recently held a forum that centered on efforts to assist the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) firm up its governance structure. (From left) Wadi, Murao, Vistan, Payongayong, and Alcantara. Photo by Jaselle De Leon Lucas, UPDIO Held on Oct. 11 at the NCPAG assembly…

At the launch of his fifth book, National Artist for Music Ramon P. Santos said the term music that the country inherited from the West “cannot fully define the wealth of sound expressions in the world that we live in.” “In fact, after 65 years of study in this field, I have come to realize that there are a myriad sound-related expressions that the narrow definition of what we know as music cannot possible convey,” Santos explained. Tunogtugan. Photo…