Scholars, cultural workers, policymakers, and community stakeholders gathered for the inaugural Butuan Balangay International Conference at the Almont Inland Resort on Sept. 18–19 for a two-day journey through the city’s rich maritime heritage and cultural history. The conference marked a historic collaboration between the University of the Philippines’ School of Archeology and Center for International […]
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 […]
The University of the Philippines School of Archeology is set to soft-launch its digital archeology initiative through the UP Heritage and Archaeology through Big Data and Imagery or HABI Laboratory during the first Butuan Balangay International Conference on September 18–19, 2025. Led by UP School of Archeology Dean Lee Anthony M. Neri, the transformative investment […]
The UP College of Medicine (then known as the Philippine Medical School) opens. It predates the opening of the University proper by 3 years.
