The Asian Center, 勛圖蹦抭 welcomes applications to its MA program in Asian Studies for the first semester, Academic Year 2017���2018, which starts August 2017.��Application period is from��17 April 2017 to 15 May 2017. The MA Program in Asian Studies comes in two tracks (thesis or non-thesis) and offers four specializations on […]

Prof. Emilita L. Cruz, one of the country���s leading experts in Philippine Linguistics and Bahasa Indonesia/Malaysia, passed away on Apr. 23.�� She was 74. A professorial lecturer at the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP) Department of Linguistics, Cruz served for more than four decades at UP Diliman.�� Upon her retirement in 2008, she […]

With 7,641 islands and over 100 ethnolinguistic groups, the wealth of the Philippines��� folklore was at the heart of UP Diliman (UPD) Month 2017, with activities in both the visual and performing arts as well as a full academic conference devoted to the subject in the whole of February. Carrying the theme ���Salaysayan: K���wentong Bayan, […]

The UP Dance Company (UPDC) once again conquered the stage as it presented Rody Vera���s ���Ang Unang Aswang��� on Feb. 25 and 26 and Mar. 4 and 5 at the College of Architecture (CA) amphitheater. UPDC, UP Diliman���s official contemporary dance group, marked a milestone as it successfully interpreted the award-winning 1-act play into a […]

Concurrent with the theme ���Salaysayan: K���wentong Bayan, Kaalamang Bayan��� of the UP Diliman Month 2017, two artists serenaded the UP community for the two-part Himigsikan 2017 held at the University Theater Canopy, 6 p.m. of Feb. 10 and 24. Known for their brand of alternative music, Noel Cabangon and Bayang Barrios rendered songs anchored on […]

One faculty member and four staff received the 2017 Service Awards from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) on Feb. 24 at the CSWCD Bulwagang Tandang Sora. The CSWCD gives the awards to constituents who have rendered more than 10 years of service. This year, the awardees were Rosita […]

  Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay, a lumad (national minority) woman leader, received the 3rd Gawad Tandang Sora award from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) on Feb. 23 at the CSWCD Bulwagang Tandang Sora. We are bestowing the award to a person who shares our vision and mission of […]

Mahalaga ang k���wentong bayan sa paghubog ng sangkamalayan ng kabataang Filipino.�� Ito ang paksang ipinunto ni Prop. Felipe P. de Leon Jr., dating Tagapangulo ng National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) at kasalukuyang propesor ng Aralin sa Sining sa Kolehiyo ng Arte at Literatura ng UP Diliman (UPD), sa ���Sampaksaan sa K���wentong Bayan,��� […]

The Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute (EEEI) of the College of Engineering (CoE) inaugurated the UP-Samsung Instructional Laboratory on Jan. 30. The new facility is equipped with 30 tablets with keyboard docks, an interactive, smart whiteboard that can scan documents and play short videos and an LED screen for viewing. The equipment and software were […]

���Siglo,��� the electric vehicle created by Team Dagisik University of the Philippines, won 1st Prize in the Shell Eco-marathon Philippines 2017, held Feb. 4 and 5 at the Clark International Speedway in Pampanga. Dagisik participated under the Urban Concept Battery Electric category, which requires the use of a single onboard battery for propulsion and other […]