Four programs of UP Diliman (UPD) have been certified by the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) University Network Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) this April. These are the BA (political science) of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, the BS (hotel, restaurant, and institution management) and MS (food science) of the College of Home Economics […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics (DLing) of the UPD College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) recently held a symposium commemorating this year’s International Mother Language Day (IMLD), where multilingual education (MLE) was the focus. Co-organized by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Manila, the symposium was titled Multilingual Education: An Essential Strategy for […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) community lost another treasured member. Olivia Del Castillo Caoili, PhD, a former professor at the Department of Political Science (DPolSci) passed away on Feb. 9. Caoili started as a research assistant at the then-UP College of Public Administration (now UPD National College of Public Administration and Governance / NCPAG) from January […]

Ruth R. Lusterio-Rico, PhD is the new dean of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP). A professor of political science, Lusterio-Rico was among the UP officials whose ad interim appointments were confirmed by the UP Board of Regents at its 1384th meeting last Oct. 26. Her appointment as dean was […]

To kick off its 40th anniversary celebration, the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) paraded around the Academic Oval in the morning of Oct. 9. In a correspondence with UPDate Online, the CSSP said the activity “will serve as an opportunity to gather and unite CSSP faculty, staff, and students to […]

The Department of Linguistics (DLingg) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) went all out to pay tribute to Otto Johns Scheerer, its first professor emeritus, with a journal launch and two public lectures. At the Paglulunsad at Paglalayag 2023 on Aug. 18, the department officially launched the latest issue […]

The Department of Linguistics (DLingg) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) has concluded the 15th Philippine Linguistics Congress (15th PLC) on Aug. 25 at the UPD National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED) auditorium. The 15th PLC is an international conference that gathered linguists, historians, researchers on […]

UP Diliman (UPD) through the Department of Psychology (DPsych) of the UPD College of Social Sciences and Philosophy and the UP Diliman Extension Programs in Pampanga and Olongapo (UPDEPPO) achieved a 100% passing rate in the August 2023 Psychometricians Licensure Examination. Twenty-two from DPsych and nine from UPDEPPO passed the examination administered by the Board […]

Amey Takod Num-A (Let’s Go to the Garden) by Precious Angelica A. Echague of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Sciences and Philosophy tells the story of Kankanaey cut-flower farmers. It is also an examination of cut-flower farming in Sitio Lamut as a local knowledge system, providing livelihood and training to gardineros/locals. Echague said […]

In the northernmost island of Luzon lies the community of Babuyan Claro. It is home to the Ibatans. In her dissertation, The Stratigraphy of a Community: 150 Years of Language Contact and Change in Babuyan Claro, Philippines, Maria Kristina Gallego, PhD said the Ibatans “… emerged from a century and a half of intense social […]