Honey has long been prized for its sweetness and healing properties. Some varieties, such as New Zealand’s famous Manuka honey, are valued for their unique chemistry — earning reputations as “superfoods” and commanding prices of thousands of pesos per bottle. But one day, while browsing honey at a local market, University of the Philippines […]
Of the 12 scientists and researchers who were given the 2020 Outstanding Young Scientist Awards (OYS) by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), seven are from the University of the Philippines.
Like other UP campuses with chemists and chemistry laboratories, UP Diliman has been producing alcohol sanitizers—the demand for which has significantly increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
