A study led by Juan Rofes, PhD, an associate professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) School of Archaeology, determined the Middle Paleolithic landscape of the Iranian Zagros, through Tang-e Shikan cave, by using micromammals as paleoecological indicators. In an article by H. J. B. Birks in Encyclopedia of Ecology (2008) cited by the Science Direct […]

At the book talk and signing event of Mighty Flower: How Cannabis Saved My Son that the University Hotel and UP Press jointly organized, author Annabelle Manalo-Morgan emphasized that she advocates for research on medicinal cannabis. Manalo-Morgan is a cell and developmental biologist. She is on the board of directors and the lead scientific officer […]

UP Diliman (UPD) participated in a special flag-raising ceremony that served as the kickoff event of the UP System’s first Linggo ng Unibersidad. While the main program was held at UPD on June 10, every constituent university (CU) / autonomous college in the UP System also simultaneously held their own flag-raising ceremony and joined the […]

The workshop class of Alegria O. Ferrer, DPA, staged the musical Mayo… Bisperas ng Liwanag in celebration of the National Heritage Month last May 22 at Paco Park. Ferrer, a professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Music Department of Voice, Music Theater, and Dance, directed the musical. Mayo… Bisperas ng Liwanag is an […]

Somnambulance, the theme of Haraya 2024 was in full display at the projects, renderings, physical models, and theses exhibited at Building 1 of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Architecture (CA). The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne website defines somnambulance as sleepwalking “when a child partly wakes from their sleep and walks around, yet they are […]

It is with sadness that the UP Diliman (UPD) community bids farewell to three faculty members and one administrative staff who passed in May 2024. Cecilia Fugoso-Chan, PhD a former professor of the Department of European Languages (DEL) passed away on May 30; Leonardo De Castro, PhD a former professor of the Department of Philosophy […]

Of the 80 faculty members appointed as UP Artists under the UP Arts Productivity System (APS), 60 are from UP Diliman (UPD). According to the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs website, the APS “is aimed at encouraging outstanding productivity in the creative arts or in arts scholarship for national development. Deserving […]

The afternoon weather was warm and the heat index was high. At the UP Diliman College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) Bulwagang Tandang Sora, the atmosphere was full of warmth because the college was celebrating a friend who supported the college for many years. Among those who came were former college deans, professors […]

The Office for Athletics and Sports Development (OASD) under the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Chancellor recently held the Coaches Summit 2024, a two-day team-building workshop. At the summit, the UP coaches were oriented about the OASD’s mandate, vision-mission, organization structure and scope of work, and its partners and customers. According to Maria Imelda […]

An “important contribution to Philippine linguistics and language studies,” was how Maria Kristina S. Gallego, PhD, chair of the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics (DLing) described the book Translation Studies in the Philippines: Navigating a Multilingual Archipelago (Translation Studies in the Philippines) at its launch. “The book is a big contribution to the fields […]