Early this year, three scientists from the Institute of Mathematics (IM) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS) made national headlines with their study, Block-level Optical Character Recognition System for Automatic Transliterations of Baybayin Texts and Using Support Vector Machine (Block-level OCR System). Pino. Photo from Pino Rodney Pino, Renier Mendoza, PhD, and Rachelle Sambayan, PhD, developed an algorithm to convert or translate an entire paragraph of Baybayin scripts into Latin characters using a support vector…

The UP Health Service (UPHS) kicked off its weeklong 94th anniversary celebration with lectures, fun activities, and a free nutritional screening. The morning of Sept. 11 began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony symbolically opening festivities led by UPHS Director Myrissa Melinda Lacuna-Alip and UPHS Public Health Unit (PHU) head Oliva Salvador-Basuel. (From left) Alip and Basuel lead the celebration opening. Photo by Anna Regidor, UPDIO

UP Diliman (UPD) held a two-session orientation program for its newest batch of Iskolar ng Bayan at the UP Theater, introducing them to the various offices of the University and the services they provide. The UP Theater was packed to the rafters as over 3,000 freshmen attended the 2023 UPD Freshie Orientation Program (FOP 2023) on Sept. 8, consisting of two four-hour sessions, one in the morning and another in the afternoon. To accommodate those who could not attend, the afternoon session was also streamed via Zoom.  

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the UP Diliman (UPD) Confucius Institute (CI) and the Clark Development Corporation (CDC), stands as an overarching mechanism to foster cooperation between the two institutions. (From left) Nepomuceno, Vistan, Devanadera, and De La Rosa. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO A government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, the CDC entered into an MOU with the CI to build the capacity of its personnel on the Mandarin language…

For the first time since the pandemic, UP Diliman’s (UPD) Research, Extension, and Professional Staff (REPS) all came together, to discuss the UPD REPS Manual. The REPS Welfare Council (RWC) gave an orientation on the manual during the REPS Manual Caravan & Kumustahan, a series of consultations that opened on Sept. 5 at the Atencio-Libunao Hall with the REPS’ extension cluster in attendance. Vice Chancellor for Research and Development Carl Michael F. Odulio said the UPD REPS Manual was approved in 2022 by then-UP President Danilo L. Concepcion.

All nine examinees from UP Diliman (UPD) passed the September 2023 Registered Electrical Engineers Licensure Examination, giving the University a 100% passing rate, with one examinee landing in the top 10. The EEEI building. Photo by Jerald DJ. Caranza, UPDIO The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 1,218 of the 3,945 board takers passed the examination given by the Board of Electrical Engineering in the National Capital Region, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Oriental Mindoro, Pagadian, Palawan,…

UP Diliman (UPD) once again said goodbye to a colleague. Rica G. Panganiban, beloved retired faculty member of the Institute of Mathematics (IM) of the UPD College of Science (CS), passed away on Aug. 26, the institute reported. Panganiban. Photo from the IM Facebook page The institute described Panganiban as a teacher who “had skill and flair for the craft and knew how to motivate and challenge her students.” Panganiban served the university for…

“Bilang isang akademikong institusyong tinitingala sa mataas nitong pagpapahalaga sa wika, sining, at kultura, mahalaga ang pangunguna ng UP Diliman (UPD), sa pamamagitan ng UPD Sentro ng Wikang Filipino (SWF), sa paggunita at pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa, kadikit ang pagsusulong sa wikang Filipino bilang wika ng pagtuturo, saliksik, publikasyon, malikhaing produksiyon, at opisyal na komunikasyon sang-ayon sa Palisi ng Wika ng Unibersidad,” ani UPD Tsanselor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II. Poster ng Buwan ng Wika 2023…

Matagumpay na nailunsad kamakailan ang aklat na Ang Wikang Pambansa at Amerikanisasyon: Isang Kasaysayan ng Pakikihamok ng Filipino para maging Wikang Pambansa (Ang Wikang Pambansa at Amerikanisasyon) ni Virgilio S. Almario, Pambansang Alagad ng Sining sa Panitikan at university professor emeritus ng Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura (College of Arts and Letters / CAL). Almario. Larawang kuha ni Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Ayon sa post sa Facebook page…

While there are monetary benefits to switching to electric public utility vehicles (ePUVs), it will take both time and the cooperation of all stakeholders to make this goal come true. Tria. Photo from the EEEI website This was according to the study EV (Electric Vehicle) Test Run for Baguio and Iloilo City (EV Baguio) headed by Lew Andrew Tria, PhD, a professor of electrical engineering and current director of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) of the UP Diliman (UPD)…