Tag: University of the Philippines Diliman
UP Diliman’s Kristian Saguin wins American Geography Award for Manila, Laguna Lake book
University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) professor Kristian Karlo Saguin has won the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Meridian Book Award for his work on Manila and Laguna Lake, "Urban Ecologies on the Edge: Making Manila’s Resource Frontier".
LIST: Top 10 Philippine Universities on Webometrics Open Access Ranking
Here is the list of the top 10 Philippine universities which made it to the first edition of the 2023 Webometrics, the largest academic ranking of the world's higher education institutions (HEIs) which measures open access to knowledge generated by the universities.
UP, DLSU named among World’s Top Environmentally & Socially Conscious Universities
The University of the Philippines (UP) and De La Salle University (DLSU) rank among the World's Top Universities in Environmental and Social Sustainability on the first-ever list released by Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (QS WUR).
UP engineers win James Dyson Award for plant-based prosthesis for breast cancer survivors
University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) young design engineers Jason Pechardo and Emmanuelle Pangilinan have been named this year's national winners of the James Dyson Award for their plant-based breast prosthesis for breast cancer survivors.
UP top graduate Gia Evangelista says grit helped her overcome not passing UPCAT
University of the Philippines top graduate Gia Santos Evangelista has revealed that she actually did not pass the UP College Admissions Test (UPCAT) but her grit helped her overcome the failure to eventually graduate with Summa Cum Laude honors from the premier state university.
LIST: Fundraisers, Support Groups Promoting Filipino LGBTQ+ beyond Pride Month
Here’s a list of ongoing fundraising campaigns and Philippine organizations that are helping Filipino lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) youth, the elderly, and vulnerable communities beyond June’s Pride Month.
WATCH: OPM’s Gary Granada new song launch at Pancitan live concert for women’s rights,...
WATCH Filipino music icon Gary Granada perform his new song live online at the Pancitan Studio featuring the "SingKwenta: Kantahan at Kwentuhan Alay sa Kababaihan (Fifty: Songs and Stories Tribute to Women)", a fundraiser for women's rights and human rights youth education work happening this May.
UA&P leads 6 winning Philippine schools in Asian English Olympics
The University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) emerged as the overall grand champion of the 2022 Asian English Olympics (AEO), leading this year's Philippine winners including student teams from the University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippine Science High School Main Campus, Philippine Science High School Western Visayas Campus, Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus, and the University of San Agustin.
UP professors, DOST-ASTI space team honored in Asia Innovation Awards for UN SDGs
Filipino researchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) and the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), along with the Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) space science and technology team have bagged top honors in the second Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Awards.
UP’s Andre Parabas wins Jumpthegap sustainability prize for urine rapid-test kit
University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) student Andre Judiel Parabas has won the 10th edition of the Jumpthegap Roca international design competition for his low-cost and biodegradable urine rapid-testing kit.
JUST IN: Philippines’ UP-made Maya cube satellites released to space orbit from ISS
The Philippines' Maya-3 and Maya-4 cube satellites (CubeSats) built at the University of the Philippines Diliman have just been released to space orbit from the International Space Station (ISS).
Philippines’ 1st air quality monitor developed by UP researchers deployed in Taal
The Philippines' first-ever low-cost, high-quality aerosol monitors developed by researchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) will be deployed in the provinces of Batangas and Cavite to help reduce air pollution in areas most affected by Taal Volcano's unrest.