Identifying the gaps between skills taught to graduates and the needs of the industries was the topic of the 39th UP Alumni Council Meeting, with the theme, Elevating Industry-Academe Partnership: Closing Ranks to Develop Future-Ready Graduates. In his keynote address, Isidro A. Consunji, a civil engineer and the president and chair of DMCI Holdings (DMCI), […]

Four days before the UP General Alumni Homecoming, close to a hundred individuals, families, and organizations convened at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni in UP Diliman (UPD) as recipients of this year’s UP Alumni Association (UPAA) awards, hosted by UP President Angelo A. Jimenez. They were welcomed by Alumni Regent and UPAA President Robert Lester […]

The research work Power in Numbers: Defining Democracy in the Philippines Through Social Capital, Citizen Empowerment and Political Support, and Trust in Political Institutions (Power in Numbers) by Reginald Ugaddan, PhD and Alexis Jan Patacsil, DBA, EdD won best paper at this year’s World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) international conference. Power in Numbers […]

UP Diliman (UPD) bids farewell to two of its former faculty members who passed away this August: Eduardo A. Labitag, who passed away on Aug. 5, and Dan Reynald R. Magat, on Aug. 6. Labitag retired as professor at the UP College of Law in 2006. He received an extension of service beyond compulsory retirement […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT) recently launched the twin projects Balik Yapak sa Panahon ng Paglipat (Balik Yapak) and Magpahalaga: Appreciating UP Diliman’s History and Culture Through QR Codes (Magpahalaga). Balik Yapak is a walking tour featuring the six buildings that are considered pioneer buildings at UPD: Benitez Hall, Gonzalez Hall, […]

Rizalinda de Leon, PhD, former dean of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering (COE) and a professor of chemical engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering (DChED), has recently been admitted as a fellow to the prestigious ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Academy of Engineering and Technology (AAET).   According to the AAET […]

Aside from CharM, the fast-charging technology for electronic vehicles from UP Diliman (UPD), winning in the electric power and energy category at the WorldInvent Singapore 2024 (WoSG 2024), an earthquake recording instrument developed by a student from the UP Diliman Technology Management Center (TMC) also won a gold medal at the WoSG 2024, this time […]

Four faculty members of the UP Diliman College of Home Economics (CHE) were among the recipients of the first Philippine Association for Technology in Home Economics of State Colleges and Universities, Inc. (PATHESCU) Home Economics Professional Awards. Maria Fema S. Aquino, PhD, Joanne R. Bantang, PhD, Mary Justine Clarise A. Trinidad, and Adelaida V. Mayo, […]

Animo’y isang munting pista ng isang barangay ang ikatlong pagdiriwang ng Himigsikan sa UP Diliman (Himigsikan) sa taong ito. Sa bukana ng Multipurpose Hall ng UP Diliman (UPD) Kolehiyo ng Sining Biswal, kung saan ginanap ang Himigsikan, ay tumutugtog ang UP ROTC Band ng mga klasiko at awiting bayan na pamilyar sa pandinig ng mga […]

At the University’s 113th General Commencement Exercises held last July 28, 4,712 graduates received their respective academic degrees. Figures from the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the University Registrar (OUR) showed that of the total number of graduates, 3,511 received their baccalaureate degrees and 1,201 were each conferred a graduate diploma, a master’s degree, or […]