UP Diliman’s (UPD) 112th General Commencement Exercises on July 30 at the University Amphitheater pushed through as scheduled. The UPD Class of 2023 braves the rain. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Clad in rain gear, students and their families gathered at the venue as early as six in the morning for the much-anticipated graduation ceremonies, the second one since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. The program started on time, but due to persistent heavy rains, UPD…

UP Diliman (UPD) is the top-performing school in the July 2023 Environmental Planners Licensure Examination. List of SURP board passers. Image from the SURP Facebook page Top-performing schools are those with 30 or more examinees and with at least 80% passing rate. According to the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC), 31 of the 36 examinees from the UPD School of Urban and Regional Planning passed, giving the school an 86.11% passing rate for the licensure examination administered by the Board of Environmental…

UP through the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Law (LAW) emerged as the overall winner at the 16th Price Media Law Moot Court Competition. The LAW team is composed of Trishia Gail G. Fernandez (team captain), Bryan Thomas D. Santamaria (assisting team captain), Jasmin Althea A. Siscar, Esabelle Gillian G. Catameo, Ma. Beynouna Meg T. Arbo, and Celine Mae D. Dael. Their coach was Michael Tiu Jr., an assistant professor at LAW, the head of the International Criminal Law Program of the Institute of International Legal Studies of LAW, and the head of the…

UP Diliman (UPD) civil engineering students can look forward to producing better research with the donation of a brand new universal testing machine (UTM) by DMCI Homes, Inc. (DMCI Homes) to the Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE) of the UPD College of Engineering (COE). The UTM in action. Photo by Jerald Caranza, UPDIO A UTM is a piece of equipment used to test the strength of materials such as concrete and reinforcement steel bars to see how much pressure they can withstand before…

An alumna of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics (CHE) emerged among the top passers of the July 2023 Licensure Examination for Interior Designers. De Guzman. Photo from CHE Jena Carla de Guzman ranked first with a rating of 87%, alongside another examinee from the University of San Carlos. De Guzman was among the 23 student designers for Project BANYUHAY: Disenyo Tungo sa mga Ngiting Nagbibigay-kulay, an interior design project that rejuvenated the…

Even inclement weather could not stop the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Statistics (STAT) from celebrating its 70th anniversary in grand style on July 22. STAT kicked off the celebrations with Traces, a parade that took participants on an afternoon trip down memory lane. Parade participants gather near the National Engineering Center building. Photo by Jacelle Isha Bonus, UPDIO Traces was a walking tour of the campus, stopping at locations with historical significance for the school. It began with a…

At the recent public lecture on the 10th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s passing, Bartinah Ntombizodwa Radebe Netshitenzhe, South African ambassador to the Philippines, underscored how the former South African president valued education above all. Netshitenzhe. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Netshitenzhe said that institutes of higher learning like UP Diliman (UPD) are critical in shaping and nurturing the youth. She quoted Mandela, saying that the “youth of today will be the leaders of tomorrow, the creators of our national wealth, those…

Earliest pieces of evidence of basket and tie manufacturing on stone tools were recently found in Tabon Cave in Palawan by researchers from UP Diliman (UPD) and the National Museum. In the paper The Invisible Plant Technology of Prehistoric Southeast Asia, the researchers reported “the discovery of a use-wear pattern characteristic of thinning plant fibers on the three stone tools from Late Pleistocene deposits at Tabon Cave, Palawan.” The pieces of evidence found date back to 39,000 to 33,000 years ago, determined through cutting-edge microscopic analyses. “Fiber technology…

New UP Diliman (UPD) School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) dean, Rhea Rowena U. Apolinario, is the woman with the plan as she leads the SLIS at an important point in the school’s history: coming out of the pandemic and preparing to move to its new permanent home. Apolinario. Image from the SLIS Facebook page Apolinario laid out her plans in her threefold vision, termed Equip. Engage. Excel. She plans to improve the technical capabilities of the SLIS administrative…