The UP Concert Chorus and the Taiwan LongTan Philharmonic Orchestra bring the concert to a poignant close with “UP Naming Mahal.” Photo by Misael Bacani, UPS-MCO. It was a demonstration of musical harmony and a display of warm friendship among neighboring nations and cultures. “Taiwanihan: An Encore,” was the Oct. 10 show of the University […]
On September 9, 2025, the University of the Philippines (UP) sealed two landmark Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) in Phnom Penh, marking a new phase of academic collaboration between the Philippines and Cambodia. These partnerships come on the heels of the September 8 MOU between the Philippines’ Commission on Higher Education (CHED), led by Chairperson Dr. […]
This April 24, we celebrate Cordillera Day. The commemoration of this day began in 1980, when the military killed tribal chieftain Macli-ing Dulag of the Butbut tribe and injured Pedro Dungoc, another leader of the Kalinga and Bontok peoples, over their opposition to the Chico River Basin Hydroelectric Dam Project (CRBHDP). Until 1984, April […]
In commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, the University of the Philippines Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (UPD OICA), with the support of the UP President’s Committee on Culture and the Arts and the UP College of Social Sciences and Philosophy (CSSP), mounted the […]
Just four days after the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections, Tesk.ph released its report on how bogus vote tallies and supposed disqualification of some candidates proliferated online during election day. The Tsek.ph report said fake news proliferated “overwhelmingly on Facebook, and occasionally on Twitter and YouTube, mostly by Marcos supporters, including […]
On October 30, 2023, the Philippines held what is arguably the most impactful elections in the country: the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). The 2023 elections decided the leaders and council members for the smallest unit of government and the primary implementer of government policies at the grassroots level: the barangay. After the […]
Four tennis courts and a clubhouse were inaugurated on February 9, 2023 on Ylanan Street, UP Diliman, the newest additions to the rising UP Diliman Sports Complex. Members of the UP tennis varsity teams, the main beneficiaries of the construction project, witnessed the ribbon cutting and unveiling of the marker, which were led by […]
UP is currently reviewing the indicators and data from the THE’s latest WUR to gain insights for the University’s future measures and directions. This latest ranking of UP’s standing among universities worldwide will serve as valuable insight in determining UP’s way forward in its mission to serve the nation, through the delivery of the […]
The University of the Philippines will allow 100% face-to-face classes in all its undergraduate courses in the second semester of the current academic year, AY 2022-2023. This is complementary to the university’s adoption of hybrid and blended learning to equip students for the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and achieve educational resilience in […]
On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 declaring martial law over the entire country, supposedly responding to the rising “communist threat” at the time. This year marks the 50th anniversary of this declaration that led to a decades-long period in Philippine history remembered for its authoritarian rule, a record of […]
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
