Joel Joseph S. Marciano Jr., PhD of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering (COE) was recently conferred an honorary doctorate degree by the Hokkaido University (Hokudai) for his significant contributions to science and technology in the Philippines, particularly to the development of microsatellites for scientific earth observation. Hokudai is a national university of Japan based in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Marciano (left) and Hokudai President Kiyohiro Houkin. Photo from the Hokudai website At the ceremony, Marciano delivered his lecture, Building the…

For her noteworthy research work in forensic DNA technology, Maria Corazon A. de Ungria, PhD, recently received the Rotary Golden Wheel Award for Supporting Education. Her research in forensic DNA technology served as a tool for human identification in criminal investigation, disaster victim identification, and in resolving parentage disputes.  De Ungria. Photo from De Ungria De Ungria’s Rotary Golden Wheel Awards trophy. Photo from the NSRI

The call for nominations for the next chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman has been released. The term of Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo is until 1 March 2023. Nomination Form: tinyurl.com/updchancellor2023

“Ito’y bahagi ng ating bisyon na magkaroon ng isang modelong primary health facility sa UP Diliman (UPD) na nagbibigay ng maayos na serbisyo sa ating komunidad.” Ito ang sinabi ni Tsanselor Fidel R. Nemenzo sa naganap na pagpapasinaya ng bagong-ayos na UP Health Service (UPHS) noong Enero 27. Nagkaroon ng mga renobasyon sa UPHS upang higit na mapaglingkuran ang mga guro, kawani, at mag-aaral ng UPD, pati na ang mga dependent ng mga empleyado, at maging ang mga nakatira sa mga malalapit na komunidad.

Hope springs eternal.  This was the theme of the art exhibit, Soon There Will Be Flowers, that showcased 11 recent abstract works of acrylic on paper and canvas. An exhibit that aims to celebrate life after the pandemic, it is the solo art exhibition of Dakila A. Fernando. Fernando. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO Fernando is an associate professor of theory and chair of the Department of Theory of the UP Diliman College of Fine Arts (CFA).

Over 130 ongoing and/or completed research from all seven UP Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering (COE) departments were presented to the public and stakeholders at the 2023 COE Professorial Chair Colloquium with the theme, Engineering Research and Development Towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Professorial chairs are grants awarded to faculty members by individuals or organizations and serve as incentives for the recipients to further excel in teaching and research. According to the organizers, the colloquium aims to “disseminate research outputs of our faculty to a wider audience, solicit inputs and feedback…

In the northernmost island of Luzon lies the community of Babuyan Claro. It is home to the Ibatans. In her dissertation, The Stratigraphy of a Community: 150 Years of Language Contact and Change in Babuyan Claro, Philippines, Maria Kristina Gallego, PhD said the Ibatans “… emerged from a century and a half of intense social contact between people from different, but closely related, ethnolinguistic groups: Ivatan and Itbayaten (Batanic) and Ilokano (Cordillera).” Gallego is an assistant professor of linguistics and chair of the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of…

UP Diliman (UPD) received from the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) the Silver Award of the 2022 ARTA Report Card Survey (RCS) for garnering a very satisfactory rating in the RCS last year. The Silver Award was the highest recognition ARTA gave in 2022 since no government agency scored an excellent rating, which is equivalent to a Gold Award. UPD, in particular the Diliman Cash Office (DCO), University Health Service, and the Office of the University Registrar, was recognized for achieving a very satisfactory rating or an RCS rating of 90 to…

After its tour in Hamburg, Germany last June and passing the roads of Iloilo in December, Music for 1,000 Bicycles comes full circle as it returns to UP Diliman (UPD) on Feb. 18. Music for 1,000 Bicycles is an outdoor sound performance project spearheaded by Dayang Magdalena Nirvana Yraola, associate professor of art history at the Department of Theory of the UPD College of Fine Arts. Yraola holding the Hamburg banner. Photo from the Music for 1,000 Bicycles Facebook page

Itinatampok ng… (UP Diliman Information Office) — Iba’t ibang aktibidad ang inihanda ng UP Diliman (UPD) ngayong Disyembre upang ipagdiwang ang 2022 Year-End Program na may temang Bagong Tahak, Bagong Galak. Itinatampok ng… Memo Pag-iilaw para sa Pasko Open Mic Jazz for Christmas Paligsahan at Parada ng mga Parol (UP Diliman Information Office) — Iba’t ibang aktibidad ang inihanda ng UP Diliman (UPD) ngayong Disyembre upang ipagdiwang ang 2022 Year-End Program na may temang Bagong Tahak, Bagong Galak. Itinatampok ng…