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UP Diliman (UPD) swept the July 2023 Licensure Examination for Landscape Architects, emerging as the lone top-performing school and posting a 100% passing rate. CA building. Photo by Jerald DJ Caranza, UPDIO Aloc. Photo from the UP Circle of Landscape Architecture Students Facebook page The 17 passers from the UPD College of Architecture (CA) were led by…

On June 16, Batanes was chosen as the new addition to the International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)—the first INSTO member in the Philippines, and thus, a milestone for the country. Batanes Seascape. Photo from Adobe Stock According to the UNWTO website accessed on July 12, INSTO is a network of tourism observatories monitoring the economic, environmental, and social impact of tourism at the destination level. The UNWTO is the…

Humanities Diliman (Vol. 20, No. 1) is now available online. In her note, editor Ruth Jordana L. Pison, PhD, wrote, “This issue features studies addressing a range of cultural practices and textualizations that require different methodological stances and critical tools for reading.” Journal cover. Photo from the OVCRD The journal’s January to June 2023 issue contains seven articles written by scholars in communication, philosophy, literature, architecture, music, and sports. The articles are Rhetoric and…

The UP Diliman (UPD) National Service Training Program (NSTP) signed an agreement with the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), formalizing and expanding ongoing partnerships between the two. NSTP Director Dennis F. Quilala said the NSTP has long been working with the PNVSCA in promoting volunteerism in the University. Many of their Sikhay Lingkod (in person and online volunteerism fairs) main resource persons were from the PNVSCA. (From left) Siruelo, Gawe, Quilala, and Bagano. Photo from the PNVSCA Facebook page

Officials of Partido State University (ParSU) paid UP Diliman (UPD) a visit and met with UPD officials led by Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II to talk about possible academic, research, and extension collaborations of the two universities. (From left) Brie T. Fuentebella, Anjanette Turalba-Fuentebella, Odulio, Vistan, and Arnulf Bryan B. Fuentebella. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO The collaborations aim to boost ParSU’s program offerings, introduce research and extension program innovations that would promote sustainable development particularly in ParSU’s immediate service area and…

UP Diliman (UPD) feted its international community and partners in a night of fellowship at the Chancellor’s International Reception 2023 (CIR 2023) on June 21 at the University Theater Lobby. Organized by the UPD Office of International Linkages (OIL-D) for the Office of the Chancellor, the annual CIR is where the chancellor recognizes UPD’s embassy partners, including international academic institutions, faculty, and students that have enriched the university’s academic environment. Vistan (with mic) gives his message to the CIR 2023…

Percival F. Almoro, PhD, a professor of physics at the National Institute of Physics (NIP) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS), was recently appointed section editor of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Optik: International Journal for Light and Electron Optics or simply, Optik. Almoro. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Optik publishes articles on all subjects related to light and electron optics and offers surveys on the state of research and technical development in the fields of optics and…

It has been two months since Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II formally assumed the position of UP Diliman (UPD) chancellor. On June 5, the chancellorship’s turnover ceremony was finally held at the Quezon Hall lobby. (From left) Vistan and Nemenzo. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO The inauguration ceremony Pasasalamat at Pagsalubong began with the UP Rayadillo Honor Guards (Rayadillo) of the UPD Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Unit rendering arrival honors to outgoing chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo, DSc. followed by Vistan. The Rayadillo…

Dormers and staff of the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of Student Housing (OSH) under the UPD Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) were pleasantly surprised when UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II paid them a visit at the OSH Night of BarriOSHFiesta 2023: The UP Diliman Residence Halls Festival (BarriOSHFiesta) at the Yakal Residence Hall basketball court. BarriOSHFiesta was the first UPD residence halls festival and open house activity since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the campus in 2020, and it was met with enthusiasm by all who participated.