Maria Ivanka Añonuevo of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Home Economics nabbed the top spot in the July 2024 Licensure Examination for Interior Designers, one of five examinees from UPD who entered the top 10. Añonuevo clinched the top spot with a rating of 85.80%, the highest among 119 examinees who passed the national […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) was recently honored by the national government with the Philippine Quality Award (PQA) Recognition for Commitment to Quality Management. The school is the first degree-granting unit within the UP System to receive the award. The PQA was established by Republic Act 9013 “to encourage […]

Enrico C. Paringit, DEng, a professor at the UP Diliman Department of Geodetic Engineering (DGE), has just been honored as this year’s outstanding professional by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). This was announced by the Geodetic Engineers of the Philippines, a PRC-accredited and integrated professional organization for geodetic engineers, on their official Facebook page on […]

The first National Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Engineering Conference (NEECECon) was met with overwhelming response, with over 300 participants from the industry, government, and academic institutions attending the two-day conference from July 18 to 19 at the Novotel Manila Araneta City. Organized by the UP Diliman Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI), NEECECon’s theme this […]

Imee Su Martinez, PhD, a professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Institute of Chemistry is the new chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). According to the Philippine Embassy in the Netherlands Facebook page, “Martinez was elected during the 38th session of the OPCW-SAB held […]

UP Diliman (UPD) recently entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (AFI) for a scholarship grant. Through the Future Leaders, AFI’s scholarship program, 12 undergraduate students will receive scholarship assistance beginning the first semester of the Academic Year 2024-2025. According to the MOA, the grantees will receive a monthly stipend […]

To respond to the country’s development agendas, higher educational institutions should not just be well-functioning; they must have “very relevant and up-to-date appropriate institutional policies.” This was what former Department of Science and Technology (DOST) secretary William G. Padolina said during his keynote message at the UPSkill: The UPPO Certification Program-Batch 2 (UPSkill) held on […]

Four of UP Diliman’s (UPD) faculty members and one student were given opportunities to learn more about their respective fields and enhance their skills abroad. Receiving fellowships and a scholarship from universities and organizations were Rommel B. Rodriguez, PhD, a professor at the UPD Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP); April J. Perez, […]

Students from the two departments of the UP Diliman College of Home Economics (CHE)—Department of Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management (DHRIM) and the Department of Food Science and Nutrition (DFSN)—made their mark at the recent 18th Manila Food and Beverage Expo (18th MAFBEX) and the 50th Department of Science and Technology Food and Nutrition Research […]

Edcel John A. Ibarra, an assistant professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Political Science, is this year’s recipient of the Aileen San Pablo Baviera Prize by the Graduate Research and Development Network on Asian Security (GRADNAS) for his research paper Issue-Based Cooperation on Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea: Exploring Roles for […]