The University of the Philippines Office of the President through the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA) – Office of Student Development Services (OSDS), in partnership with UP-CIFAL Philippines and the UP Asian Center, will host the first-ever SDG Youth Summit on March 12 to 13, 2026, at the GT-Toyota […]
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to the Philippines Marciano Octavio Garcia Da Silva delivered the inaugural lecture of the Ambassador Lecture Series Nov. 21 at the Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman. The event was also part of AC’s 70th anniversary celebration. In “Timor Leste’s Path to […]
The UP Asian Center, in partnership with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines through the NHCP Museo El Deposito is organizing the launch of “Pagasa sa Gitna ng Kalayaan,” a Traveling Exhibit and Lecture by the NHCP Museo El Deposito on 2 December 2025, 9:30 AM (GMT+8), at the GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium, […]
Professor Jean Encinas-Franco presents the cost of winning and maintaining public office in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UPS-MCO. Advertising makes up the bulk of election costs, with campaign collaterals and ground operations taking huge chunks of the budget as well. “Progressives” with very limited funds tend to focus […]
The University of the Philippines Diliman Asian Center hosted the second of the two-day Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue 2025. Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Philippines Resident Coordinator Arnaud Peral were the university’s guests of honor. In the Nov. 11 event, leaders and scholars of sustainable development exchanged insights on UN Sustainable Development Goal 11, […]
The University of the Philippines (UP) Asian Center in partnership with UP Asian Institute of Tourism and UP Office of International Linkages is inviting everyone to the World Expert Lecture Series: The Philippines as Archipelago: Making the Familiar Strange featuring Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino of University of Malta. The lecture will be held on 19 January […]
Dr. Aileen San Pablo-Baviera, UP political science professor, former Dean of the UP Asian Center, and one of the country’s foremost experts in international relations and Asian and China studies, passed away at 3:55 a.m. on March 21, 2020, at San Lazaro Hospital.
At “Gender Mainstreaming Program for Students and Student Organizations: A Consultative Workshop,” UP offices which provide student services drafted resolutions for adoption by the UP System Technical Working Group on Gender Sensitivity and Equality.
The University of the Philippines Asian Center and CIFAL Philippines, in partnership with the King Prajadhipok’s Institute of Thailand, held a forum, “Roles and Positions of the Philippines in the ASEAN and the Global Community”, on February 8, 2018 at the UP Asian Center Seminar Room, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
