Is it possible to build and develop a sustainable urban community within Metro Manila? For the University of the Philippines, an answer lies in a 24-hectare lot deep within the heart of Diliman in Quezon City, where a model sustainable community is envisioned to rise. The Sustainable Development Goals Urban Farm and Wellness Park […]
As cities in regions like SOCCSKSARGEN grow, the problems they face become more complex. To face the challenges of increasing natural disasters, public safety, and sustainability, among others, some of the world’s leading cities have implemented “smart city” initiatives. These initiatives leverage digital technologies, smart governance, and data analytics to make cities more functional, sustainable, […]
Control is one of the central principles underlying any feat of engineering. By harnessing and controlling the laws of nature, engineers not only shape the world to their will, they ensure that the products of their imagination behave predictably and for the greater good. That beautiful idea certainly motivated Micah Angelo Bacani, an alumnus of […]
Ivan Felix Herrera (left), senior auditor of TÜV Nord Philippines, announces the audit team’s recommendation for the issuance of the ISO 9001:2015 certification to UPSA. Photo by Kevin Roque, UPS-MCO. Following a thorough audit by the Technische Überwachungsverein Nord Philippines, the University of the Philippines System Administration was awarded the International Organization for Standardization 9001:2015 […]
From mountains and rivers to city life, three volunteer teachers carry the lessons of service long after their Gurong Pahinungód stint. Eyo Olaya, Marvin Fresno, and Jann Alexis Lappas spent nearly a year walking forests of towering bamboos, crossing small rivers, and traversing a hanging bridge riddled with holes to bring education to the remote […]
How UP-created models improve watershed monitoring in an age of failed flood control programs One thing made obvious by the recent flood control-related controversy was how all that wasted money could have protected people from water-related perils. While the Philippines is no doubt blessed with bountiful water resources, poor management can turn these assets into […]
In 2016, Rodrigo Duterte rose to the presidency with a promise to end crime and illegal drugs. And so for the past six years that followed, his Administration waged a bloody “war on drugs” despite local protests and international scrutiny. Today, the former President stands behind bars, the first Philippine president to face an international […]
In a university situated at the foot of Mt. Makiling, changes are happening in a foreign language class — a language traditionally considered gendered. Daryl Pasion, assistant professor of language and culture at the University of the Philippines Los Baños, recalled one instance in his Elementary Spanish class. In one of their skits, students portrayed […]
To this day there are many things we don’t know about how modern humans first reached and populated the Philippines. The latest scientific knowledge proposes that around 4,200 to 4,000 years before present, Austronesian-speaking people traveled south from Taiwan and eventually occupied the archipelago, most of Island Southeast Asia and beyond. What we do know […]
It was early morning after Christmas in 2004 when a magnitude 9.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Waves up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall ripped through the Indian Ocean, causing massive devastation in their wake. In Thailand, the ensuing tsunami created what many call the largest disaster victim identification in […]
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
