Bohol was recently named a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) Global Geopark (UGGp). It is now among the 195 UGGp in 48 countries. Loon Coral Garden. Photo from the UNESCO website The UNESCO website accessed on July 15 describes UGGp as single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education, and sustainable development. The bid to be the country’s first UGGp was through the tireless works…

The UP Health Service (UPHS) received a donation of medical equipment worth P500,000 from Southstar Drug, in partnership with Maxicare on Aug. 13 during the awarding ceremonies of the fun run Run for Wellness held in UP Diliman (UPD). On hand to receive the donation was UPHS Director Myrissa Melinda L. Alip, accompanied by UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II and UPD Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs Roehl L. Jamon. Also present were Secretary Teodoro Herbosa of the Department of Health (DOH), Southstar Drug General Manager Mariel Crisostomo, Maxicare President and Chief Executive Officer Christian Argos,…

Kinilala kamakailan ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) si Rolando B. Tolentino, PhD bilang Dangal ng Wikang Filipino 2023, kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa 2023. Poster ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa 2023. Imahe mula sa website ng KWF Ang tema ng KWF para sa pagdiriwang ng Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa 2023 ay Filipino at mga Katutubong Wika: Wika ng Kapayapaan, Seguridad, at Ingklusibong Pagpapatupad ng Katarungang Panlipunan. Ayon sa website ng KWF, ang Dangal…

UP Diliman (UPD) through the Department of Psychology (DPsych) of the UPD College of Social Sciences and Philosophy and the UP Diliman Extension Programs in Pampanga and Olongapo (UPDEPPO) achieved a 100% passing rate in the August 2023 Psychometricians Licensure Examination. DPsych logo. Screenshot from the DPsych website Twenty-two from DPsych and nine from UPDEPPO passed the examination administered by the Board of Psychology on Aug. 1 and 2 in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales,…

Dolreich “Bo” Perasol, program director and former coach of the UP Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT), is the first director of the UP Office for Athletics and Sports Development (OASD). Perasol. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO UP President Angelo A. Jimenez approved Perasol’s appointment upon the recommendation of UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II. The OASD was created on 26 Oct. 2015 under Executive Order No. PAEP-15-02 during the term of former UP President Alfredo…

For his research, Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene of Salmonella Isolated From Swine Meat Samples in Abattoirs and Wet Markets of Metro Manila, Rance Derrick N. Pavon won the Young Researcher’s Grant of the Philippine Society for Microbiology (PSM). (From left) Edison Jay A. Pagoso, representative of the PSM Basic Microbiology Division; Windell Rivera, PhD, academician of the National Academy of Science and Technology and Pavon’s co-author; Pavon; and Howell T. Ho, PhD, PSM president. Photo from the PHEIRL Pavon is…

Bibigyang-pugay at ipagbubunyi ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas Diliman (UPD) ang akademikong tagumpay ng mahigit 4,000 magsisipagtapos na mag-aaral sa Ika-112 Pangkalahatang Pagtatapos ng UP Diliman sa Hulyo 30, Linggo, ika-7 n.u., sa Ampiteatro ng Unibersidad. Ang pangkalahatang pagtatapos na may temang Tayog ay mapapanood din nang live sa opisyal na website (https://upd.edu.ph/tayog-ika-112-pangkalahatang-pagtatapos-sa-up-diliman/) at YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/live/y88Wcc02kOI) ng UPD. Ang tagapagsalita sa taong ito ay ang kasalukuyang pangulo ng UP na si Kgg. Angelo A. Jimenez.

At the 112th General Commencement Exercises of UP Diliman (UPD), 305 students graduated summa cum laude. This is the most number of graduates who received the highest honor awarded by the University in a single class. They led the 4,478 graduates–3,359 at the undergraduate level and 1,119 at the graduate level. Out of those who completed their undergraduate degree programs, 1,196 graduated magna cum laude (with a weighted average grade of 1.45 or higher) and 742, cum laude (with a WAG of 1.75 or higher). The summa cum laude graduates…

At the recently concluded 33rd Tanglaw ng Sining Candlelit Ceremonies (recognition rites) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Fine Arts (CFA), the college’s constituents honored Ruben Fortunato M. De Jesus with this year’s Gawad Alab ng Sining. Ruben Fortunato M. De Jesus in 2015 attending the awarding ceremony where he was honored as a UP Artist. Photo from Angela de Jesus Ilustre. It was during De Jesus’ term as CFA college secretary that Gawad Alab ng Sining began as…

The main advice Leonardo C. Rosete gave at his legacy lecture was “Pursue your interest/s with passion.” Through his lecture, DOI’s Industrial Design Brief Quest for the Industrial Design Path, Rosete shared his life, experiences, and insights regarding industrial design (ID) that began during his student days at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Fine Arts (CFA) as a visual communication major. Rosete. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO       The former CFA dean said, “Kung napipilitan ka lang , hindi rin magwo-work….