UPRI Executive Director Alfredo Mahar Francisco Lagmay (2nd from left) presents a token symbolizing the official turnover of the DengueR dashboard to Quezon City Vice Mayor Gian Carlo Sotto (3rd from left), as Dr. Darwin Bandoy (leftmost) and Dr. Rolando Cruz (rightmost) look on. Photo by Misael Bacani, UPS-MCO. The University of the Philippines Resilience […]
UP Diliman Institute of Civil Engineering Professor Eric Tingatinga inspects a collapsed restaurant’s building at General Santos City, June 11. Photo from UP Resilience Institute. Following the destructive magnitude 7.8 earthquake that affected more than 720,000 residents in Mindanao, June 8, the University of the Philippines deployed a team of scientists and engineers to conduct […]
The University of the Philippines extends its deepest sympathies and solidarity to all individuals, families, and communities affected by the recent earthquake in Mindanao. We grieve with those who have lost loved ones, and we stand with those who have been displaced from their homes, workplaces, community spaces, and schools, including state universities and colleges. […]
UP President Angelo Jimenez (leftmost) signs the MOU between the university and K-water, the state-owned water resource management agency of Korea. Jimenez earlier suggested activities such as collaborative research on water resource management and internship programs for students of civil engineering. Looking on, beginning second from left, are K-water Vice President and Chief Learning Officer […]
San Juan City Mayor and League of Cities of the Philippines President Francis Zamora met with University of the Philippines President Angelo Jimenez and other UP officials and faculty, Feb. 27 at the Executive House, UP Diliman, to discuss potential collaboration with the UP Resilience Institute and the National Center for Transportation Studies. […]
Scientists and innovators from the University of the Philippines showcased their projects to empower communities for disaster response and resilience during the second day of this year’s MAKI+Fiesta 2.0. The breakout session “From Citizen Science and Participation to Empowerment and Innovation for Resilience and SustAInability,” held Dec. 12 at Aldaba Hall, UP Diliman. […]
Even before the public outcry over corruption and inefficiency in government-funded infrastructure programs, the University of the Philippines had quietly begun a series of science-based reforms and institutional upgrades aimed at improving infrastructure quality and oversight in the state university. “The University of the Philippines is committed to turning today’s challenges into a window […]
An app that seeks to promote and monitor the planting of native trees was launched during the Freshmen Orientation Program at the UP Theater on Aug. 11. The GINA (Grow and Identify Native Trees in Your Area) Project, a partnership of the UP Resilience Institute and the UP chapter of the Philippine Association of […]
Since 2011, the Philippines has been outranking all other countries as the most at-risk, in terms of exposure to natural hazards and societal capacity to respond, according to the World Risk Index. Being typhoon-prone, the country experiences super typhoons bringing strong winds and intense rainfall that ravage affected communities by destroying houses, properties, crops, […]
Starting on January 15, 2024, professionals engaged in climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) work can enroll in the University of the Philippines’ Basics of Resilience Online Courses. This collaborative program was launched on December 5 at the UP Resilience Institute (UP RI) building in UP Diliman, Quezon City. The UP […]