(MAR. 6) ��� A film on the struggling sugar industry of Negros island and a film narrating the life of a Lumad couple after being captured and tortured by the military opened ���Tahan(an): Pista Pelikula 2019��� on Mar. 1 at the Cine Adarna of the UP Film Institute Film Center. The 3-day film festival is […]

(MAR. 4)���The College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) honored three of its faculty during the opening day of its College Week 2019 on Feb. 26 at the College Walkway. Assoc. Prof. Lenore P. Dela Cruz of the Department of Community Development (DCD) was honored for her 30 years of service as a faculty, […]

(March 4)���Biology professor and UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science dean Prof. Perry S. Ong, PhD, passed away on March 2, due to massive heart attack at the Metropolitan Hospital in Binondo, Manila. Ong was a Professor 11 at the Institute of Biology, where he served as director from June 2006 to June 2012. He […]

(FEB. 28) ��� Japanese musician Keisho Ohno amazed the audience with traditional Japanese music infused with contemporary rock beats at ���Rocking Tradition: A Shamisen Concert with Keisho Ohno��� on Feb. 12 at the UP GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium. In the 90-minute concert, 43-year-old Keisho performed 12 songs infront of a full-house auditorium using a ���tsugaru […]

(FEB. 21)���The UP Women���s Volleyball Team picked its second win on Feb.20, demolishing the Far Eastern University (FEU) Lady Tamaraws in four sets, 25-18, 20-25, 25-22, 25-20, to stay unbeaten in the Season 81 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball competition. The Lady Maroons took the opening set behind the solid performances […]

The Japan Foundation and the UP Asian Center are calling for submissions of Japan-related research for the�����Japanese Studies in the Philippines: A Research Competition for Students.��� The competition is open to Filipino students in the undergraduate and graduate levels. Outstanding paper presenters can get a chance to participate in a four-day, all-expenses-paid study tour to […]

(FEB. 18)���The UP Women���s Volleyball Team started their University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 81 with a hard-earned 5-set win against the University of the East (UE) Lady Warriors at the Fil Oil Flying V Arena in San Juan City on Feb. 16. The Lady Maroons took the first set, 25-12. UE, however, fought […]

(FEB. 18)���In commemoration of the 35th anniversary of the split of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and the tri-college PhD program in Philippine Studies, a revisiting of history and exhibit launch entitled Pagsasangang-Dunong was held at the Palma Hall (PH) Lobby, Feb. 12. In her opening message, Prof. Amihan Bonifacio-Ramolete, PhD, dean of […]

(FEB. 15)���Contaminants of emerging concern have been found in the Pampanga River basin according to researches made by UP Diliman graduate students.�� According to the 2011 book ���Risks of Hazardous Wastes��� by Paul E. Rosenfeld and Lydia G.H. Feng, emerging contaminants ���are synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals or any microorganisms that are not commonly monitored […]

(FEB. 15)���Contaminants of emerging concern have been found in the Pampanga River basin according to researches made by UP Diliman graduate students.�� According to the 2011 book ���Risks of Hazardous Wastes��� by Paul E. Rosenfeld and Lydia G.H. Feng, emerging contaminants ���are synthetic or naturally occurring chemicals or any microorganisms that are not commonly monitored […]