UP Diliman (UPD) faculty continue to make their mark on their respective fields as two professors were cited by the Italian embassy for their work in interior design and architecture. Raquel B. Florendo, PhD, a professor of interior design at the UPD College of Home Economics, and Gerard Rey A. Lico, PhD, a professor of […]

Former UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) Dean Luis V. Teodoro passed away on Mar. 13. He was an educator, veteran journalist, writer, press freedom advocate, editor, and official of various media organizations.  Media practitioners, university colleagues, and co-advocates for press freedom paid him tribute and posted their messages and memories of Teodoro […]

After accrediting UP Diliman (UPD) as a PRIME-HRM Maturity Level II (ML II) government agency in September 2021, the CSC visited UPD on March 16 this year to personally hand over and award the University’s certificate to Ma. Theresa T. Payongayong, PhD, UPD’s officer-in-charge, at the Office of the Chancellor (OC). According to the CSC […]

For her exceptional contributions to genomics research in the Philippines, Cynthia P. Saloma, PhD, was recently honored with the 2022 Presidential Lingkod ng Bayan (PLB) of the Civil Service Commission (CSC). According to the CSC, the PLB award is given to an individual or a group composed of five members for exceptional or extraordinary contributions […]

For his Urban Ecologies on the Edge: Making Manila’s Resource Frontier, Kristian Karlo C. Saguin, PhD, received the 2022 AAG (American Association of Geographers) Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography. According to the AAG website, the AAG Meridian Book Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work in Geography is one of the annual AAG […]

UP Diliman (UPD) has three new deans: Kristoffer B. Berse, PhD of the UPD National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG); Luis Maria T. Bo-ot, PhD of the UPD College of Architecture (CA); and Melisa R. Serrano, PhD of the UPD School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR). Meanwhile, Shirley V. Guevarra, PhD will […]

Over 150 online and some 200 on-site participants attended three UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) hyflex research talks that sought to “immerse students in the richness of academic life,” according to CMC Dean Fernando dlC. Paragas. “The CMC focused last semester on the safe and secure return of students to the classroom,” […]

Six months into her first term, Lenore Polotan-Dela Cruz, was finally affirmed the 13th dean of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) at the opening salvo of the CSWCD college week, the first face-to-face meeting in over two years. Carrying the theme Pagtatanghal ng Husay at Pusong CSWCD, the […]

“Our UP Naming Mahal will continue to ensure diversity, inclusivity, and respect as driving forces towards honor, excellence, kindness, and compassion. And as a leader of our academic community… I will choose kindness. Our community deserves no less. The Filipino people deserve no less.” This was the statement of UP’s 22nd president Angelo Azura Jimenez […]

As part of a collaborative academic and cultural program between Austria and the Philippines, 30 students from the University of Innsbruck recently visited UP Diliman (UPD). The visit is part of the 20th Asian Studies Program (ASP), an activity of the Department of Political Science of the University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the UPD […]