To record Sagada’s traditional vocal and instrumental repertoire—this was the purpose of the project Collection and ReCollection: Recording the Traditional and Instrumental Repertoire in Sagada (Collection and ReCollection). The project wants “to sustain the continued documentation of living traditions, while continuing to preserve the older records,” according to the report by Collection and ReCollection Project […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds much promise, provided that well-thought-out learning and teaching practices are in place. This was the key takeaway of Dragan Gašević’s keynote presentation at the 5th ASEAN University Network (AUN)-TEPL Symposium: Student Engagement and Technology-Enhanced Personalized Learning. AUN-TEPL is a thematic network within the AUN framework that aims to promote cooperation among […]

UP Diliman (UPD) recently inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Rafael Palma Lodge No. 147 (RPL147) to establish a scholarship grant for students of the UPD Institute of Civil Engineering (ICE). According to the UPD Office of Scholarship and Grants (OSG), the MOA on RPL147 Scholarship Program is the first time the University […]

As part of the 60th anniversary celebration of the UP Diliman College of Media and Communication (formerly College of Mass Communication / CMC), a book fair was launched as homage to the college’s “connection with books or the print media,” as CMC Dean Ma. Diosa V. Labiste put it. In her message at the opening […]

As event partner of the annual international gathering of the OpenStreetMap (OSM), the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Geography (DGeog) hosted the 2025 State of the Map (SotM) Conference (2025 SotM) for three consecutive days in UPD. In an email to UPDate Online, DGeog Chair Kristian Karlo Saguin wrote that the OSM is “a global, […]

The UP Film Institute Film Center (UPFI Film Center) and the UP Center for Ethnomusicology (UPCE) have once again collaborated to present the third iteration of the film festival Ambient Images: Stories of People and Sonic Experiences Told Through Film (Ambient Images III). According to the UPCE, the festival, held from Oct. 6 to 9 […]

UP Diliman (UPD) earned a 100% passing rate when all of its 56 examinees passed the September 2025 Geodetic Engineers Computer-Based Licensure Examination, with six placing fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, and 10th, respectively. The top ranked passers from the UPD College of Engineering were Christon Ledge S. Paliza, who landed in fourth place (88.20%); […]

SolAsin, a portable and sustainable salt farming unit using solar light, is the result of John Carlo Luna Reyes’ thesis SolAsin – An Accessible, Sustainable, and Eco-friendly Premium Salt Farming Unit for Coastal Use. Reyes is a fresh graduate of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Fine Arts (CFA), where he completed his Bachelor of […]

Sa pagdiriwang ng ika-35 taon ng UP Patakarang Pangwika, kaalinsabay ng Paglulunsad at Paggawad 2025 ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino-UP Diliman (SWF-UPD), binalangkas ni UPD Tsanselor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II ang limang hakbangin ng Opisina ng Tsanselor upang patuloy na itaguyod ang wikang Filipino sa UPD. “Una, palalawakin natin ang suporta para sa mga […]

As Quezon City dealt with a fierce thunderstorm that submerged parts of the city in waist-deep floodwaters, the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) remained unfazed and held its annual homecoming, Pagbabalik 2025: Tatag at Kinang ng Paglilingkod DSW @75 on Aug. 29. Twelve alumni were honored for their distinguished […]