At the recent visit of the cast and crew of Pulang Araw at the UP Diliman College of Mass Communication (CMC), Professor Emeritus Elizabeth L. Enriquez hailed Pulang Araw as a “landmark production.” The historical drama set during World War II, written by Suzette Doctolero and directed by Dominic Zapata, is a production by the […]

Three of UP Diliman’s faculty members and two of its administrative staff passed away in June. Armando Lao, former lecturer at the UP Film Institute (UPFI), passed on June 18; Virgilio U. Manzano, PhD, a retired professor of the College of Education (CEd), passed on June 15; Edwin M. Varona, retired professor of the College […]

To prepare itself for earthquakes, the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) held an unannounced earthquake drill simultaneously held at Plaridel Hall, Media Center, and Cine Adarna (UPFI Film Center) last Feb. 15. According to the CMC, “the unannounced earthquake drill was done to familiarize students, faculty, and staff with the CMC’s earthquake […]

The UP Film Institute (UPFI) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication now has an online database of UPFI students’ audiovisual (AV) theses. A collaborative project of the UPFI Research and Film Archives, the UPFI Student Thesis AV Collection Database (AV Database) provides users with remote access to UPFI students’ theses that were […]

At a time when the media landscape is changing with the introduction of new technologies, systems, and personalities, “we must tell what people should know, help them understand the present issues, and assist them in making informed decisions,” said ABS-CBN News reporter Jervis Manahan. Manahan was one of the guest speakers at the roundtable discussion […]

A two-day international conference on communication research was hosted by the Department of Communication Research (DCommRes) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) from Nov. 17 to 18 at the UP Film Institute Film Center. Communication Research International Conference 2023 (CRIC 2023), with the theme MediAgenda: The Mediatization of Communication in Asia, […]

“Isipin ninyo ang bayan. Kayo ang kinabukasan ng bayan,” habilin at hamon ni Manuel Urbano Jr. sa mga kabataang dumalo sa pagtanggap niya ng Gawad Plaridel 2023. Ang Gawad Plaridel na ipinagkakaloob ng UP Diliman (UPD) Kolehiyo ng Komunikasyong Pangmadla (College of Mass Communication / CMC) ang tanging parangal sa buong UP System na kumikilala […]

Elizabeth L. Enriquez, PhD, professor emeritus of broadcasting at the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) and an authority in Philippine broadcasting, recently completed several lecture engagements and media events participation in four European universities and one cultural institution this October. She was a guest at institutions in Germany (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s Institute […]

The University has recently entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) and memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 (Untag) Surabaya through the Department of Communication Research (DCommRes) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC). Untag Surabaya is a university in Surabaya, East Java in Indonesia. According to its […]

This July and August, the UP Diliman (UPD) Office of the Chancellor will host The Listening Biennial 2023 (TLB 2023) with the theme Listening to/as Connection. The event that is co-sponsored by the UPD College of Fine Arts (CFA), UPD College of Mass Communication (CMC), Goethe-Institut Philippines, and Japan Foundation Manila, was launched on July […]