UP Diliman (UPD) bids farewell to three of its community members who passed away recently. Brenda V. Fajardo, PhD passed away on Sept. 14, Wilhelmina DP. Lopez on Sept. 9, and Earl Stanley B. Fronda, PhD on Sept. 8. Fajardo was professor emeritus at the Department of Art Studies (DAS) of the College of Arts […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) community mourns the recent passing of seven of its members: four retired personnel and three in active service. Nanette Garcia-Dungo, PhD passed away on July 29; Ana María Madrigal Llorente, PhD on Aug. 16; Bach M. Macaraya, PhD on Aug. 17; Rainier Arthur P. Cruz on Aug.18; Maria Luisa Fernan on […]

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 ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳College 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 ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳National 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 ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳National 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 ³Ô¹ÏÂÛ̳College 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 […]