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 […]

In his research Issue-Based Cooperation on Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea: Exploring Roles for ASEAN Beyond the Code of Conduct, Edcel John A. Ibarra states that “the findings [of the study] can help foreign policy makers craft targeted strategies to enhance cooperation on conflict resolution in the South China Sea [West Philippine Sea].”

The Philippine Review of Economics (PRE) Volume LXI, No. 1 is now available online. The PRE is a peer-reviewed journal published biannually by the UP Diliman School of Economics (SE) and the Philippine Economic Society (PES). According to the SE and PES, the journal’s contents “are indexed in the Journal of Economics Literature, EconLit, and […]

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 […]

The January to June 2024 issue of Humanities Diliman is now available online. In her editor’s note, Ruth Jordana L. Pison, PhD said, “In revisiting topics which are either often written about or taken for granted, the critical works in this collection stimulate discussions on cultural expressions, social media, politics, language, class, and taste.” She […]

A delegation from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering (COE) just finished the Visayas and Mindanao visits of its series of consultations with other higher education institutions (HEIs) about the shared challenges and opportunities they face in Philippine graduate engineering education. The latest of Exploratory Discussions on Collaborative Effort to Scale Up Graduate Engineering […]

The UP-MMDA [Metropolitan Manila Development Authority]-Vanguard K9 Corps (UPMV) recently held Luntian at Pula, a public service mission at the UP Diliman Department of Military Science and Tactics (DMST) Complex. Co-organized with the UP Vanguard Makati Chapter, the public service mission provided free pet vaccination and free medical services.  According the Philippine Coast Guard Veterinary […]

Representatives of government agencies and private sectors recently participated in UP Halal Forum: Harmonizing Roles, Addressing Challenges, and Moving Toward a Common Direction (Halal Forum) at the UP Diliman (UPD) Institute for Small-Scale Industries. According to Section 3.6 of Republic Act 10817 or the Philippine Halal Export Development and Promotion Act of 2016, halal means […]