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.

Delegates from the Indiana University Southeast (IUS) led by Faye Marsha G. Camahalan, PhD recently paid a courtesy call to Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II as guests of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Education (CEd). Vistan (seventh from left) holds an IUS shirt as Camahalan (eighth from left) holds the gift from UPD. With them are the delegates of both the IUS and CEd. Photo by Jefferson Villacruz, UPDIO. Camahalan, who is dean of the IUS School of Education, is a…

The UP Diliman (UPD) Confucius Institute (CI) recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen its ties with the City College of San Fernando Pampanga (CCSFP) and the City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga. The CI was among the higher education institutions (HEI) that signed an MOU with the CCSFP and the City Government of San Fernando on April 27 at the city government’s Heroes Hall Mini Convention Center. Other institutions were the Philippine Normal University (PNU) and L&T International, a private company.

The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) is 35 years old. On April 28, the day of its anniversary as a college, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II paid the CMC a visit and CMC Dean Fernando dlC. Paragas toured him around the college. (From left, front row) Enriquez, Paragas, and Alfonso, with Conversations series organizers and participants (back row). Photo from the CMC Vistan expressed his support for the college. He also expressed…

Nine of the 12 UP faculty members who were recently appointed as professors emeriti are from UP Diliman (UPD). The appointments were approved by the UP Board of Regents at its 1379th meeting on April 3. Of the nine UPD faculty, six belong to the Science and Technology cluster (S&T), two are from the Management and Economics cluster (M&E), and one from the Arts and Letters cluster (A&L). From the S&T, five are from the UPD College of Science (CS) and one from the UPD School of Statistics…