The University Theater Complex was filled with laughter and excitement for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as some 2,000 students attended the first face-to-face Freshman Welcome Assembly (FWA) on Sept. 5. The FWA is a yearly tradition organized by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) to […]

The PhilCare Wellness Index 2021: The Philippine Roadmap to the Next Normal recently won the Top Award in Communication Research of this year’s Philippine Quill Awards (PhilQuill). The PhilCare Wellness Index 2021 is a product of a research project spearheaded by UP Diliman College of Mass Communication (CMC) dean and communication research professor Fernando dlC […]

Kinilala ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) sina Raul C. Navarro, PhD at Lilia F. Antonio, PhD, mga guro sa UP Diliman (UPD), bilang Dangal ng Wikang Filipino 2022. Ayon sa website ng KWF, ang Dangal ng Wikang Filipino ay “mataas na pagkilala sa mga indibidwal, samahan, tanggapan, institusyon o ahensiyang pampamahalaan, o pribadong sektor […]

Ngayong Lunes, Setyembre 5, 8 n.u., panoorin ang birtuwal na seremonya ng pagtataas ng bandila ng Pilipinas sa UP Diliman (UPD). Pakinggan ang mensahe ni Bise Tsanselor para sa mga Gawaing Akademiko Ma. Theresa T. Payongayong tungkol sa mga naging paghahanda ng Unibersidad para sa blended learning na ipatutupad ngayong semestre. Pakinggan din ang mensahe […]

The books of two UP Diliman College of Architecture (CA) faculty members have distinguished themselves in the 39th National Book Awards. Walk Manila won best book on humor, sports, and lifestyle. The book’s author, Lorelei D.C. De Viana, PhD, is a professorial lecturer of architecture at the CA. Meanwhile, Deco Filipino: Art Deco Heritage in […]

UP Diliman (UPD) is the top-performing school in the July 2022 Environmental Planner Licensure Examinations, with Aleya Carmela E. Arca topping the examinations with a rating of 84.4 percent. Eight other examinees from the UPD School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) made it to the top 10: Mark Anthony A. Francisco (2nd, 84.20%), Lisa […]

Even with the sudden downpour, the inauguration of the UP Diliman (UPD) baseball field still pushed through last Aug. 5. Located next to the annex gymnasium of the UPD College of Human Kinetics (CHK), the baseball field took five years to finish so much so that it earned the moniker “field of dreams.” “At long […]

Applications for the new UPD program, PhD in data science, this first semester of AY 2022-2023, are now accepted until Aug. 22.  According to the announcement on the UPD College of Science (CS) website, data science “is a multidisciplinary approach that studies data as a vehicle of information throughout its natural cycle of production, storage, […]

The UP Integrated School (UPIS) announced the passing of Professor Emeritus Natividad J. Munarriz, PhD on Aug. 5. She was conferred the title professor emeritus (education) on March 1, 1990. According to the UPIS Facebook page, Munarriz served as the school’s principal, guidance counselor, and mentor. Munarriz was an expert and one of the pioneers […]

On July 30, UP Diliman (UPD) began accepting applications to its new doctoral program in artificial intelligence (AI) at the UPD College of Engineering for AY 2022-2023.  According to its announcement post on the AI Facebook page, the program is aimed at training AI industry practitioners “who want to specialize and deploy state-of-the-art AI systems,” researchers “who […]