This December saw the return of a familiar sight in UP campuses across the nation as crowds gathered—the first time for many since the COVID-19 pandemic began—to celebrate their respective pag-iilaw or lighting ceremonies. From UP’s Baguio to Mindanao campus, officials, performers, and onlookers gathered to switch on the lights and decorations that herald the […]
University of the Philippines’ (UP) Men’s Basketball Team center Malick Diouf was named Season 85’s Most Valuable Player and, together with fellow team center Carl Tamayo, declared member of this season’s Mythical Five during the UAAP awarding ceremonies preceding Game Two of the Best of Three Finals between UP and Ateneo de Manila University […]
The vision of a public hospital in Davao City’s Third District will soon move closer to reality. University of the Philippines President Danilo Concepcion joins Davao City officials in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Davao City Public Hospital (DCPH) on December 20, 2022, at the University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin) campus at Mintal, […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) System, through the initiatives of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, presented some of the best technologies and creative works from across all the Constituent Universities in a two-day event held at the Henry Sy Sr. Hall, UP Bonifacio Global City campus from November 28 […]
Lawyer and former University of the Philippines (UP) Alumni Regent Gladys SJ. Tiongco has returned to the UP Board of Regents (BOR) following her November 14 appointment by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. UP President Danilo L. Concepcion administered her oath of office on November 25. Tiongco replaced UP Los Baños alumnus Francis C. Laurel. The […]
The UP Fighting Maroons are set to claim a back-to-back championship title after clinching the Finals Game 1 last December 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Zavier Lucero (14 points), JD Cagulangan (12 points), and Harold Alarcon (11 points) were the top Maroon scorers of Game 1. While the team finished strong in […]
On November 21, 2022, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the construction of the new Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) branch located on the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines. Notable attendees for this event included UP President Danilo L. Concepcion and LBP Executive Vice President and Head of the Branch […]
In a year, the first building of the University of the Philippines New Clark City (UP-NCC) in Capas, Tarlac, will have risen. UP, in partnership with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the implementing agency, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), held the time capsule laying ceremony for the first […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Music held the first concrete-pouring ceremony for its new building to be constructed and for the renovation of the Abelardo Hall Auditorium on December 1, 2022. The UP Diliman College of Music complex is composed of the Abelardo Hall Auditorium (AHA), the Music Resource Hall (MRC), […]
The twice-to-beat University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons stamped its win right away in the first round of the final four series against the National University (NU) Bulldogs at the Big Dome on December 7. With this, the UP Fighting Maroons will head the finals against the Ateneo Blue Eagles on December 11 […]
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
