The University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City is the first state university to go fully cashless with the new PayMaya-Powered identification (ID) cards. The Philippines’ premier state school has now taken the first step towards a cashless society with the first batch of the “powered up” UP IDs given to the UP […]
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WATCH: New UP Fight Cheer composed by alumnus National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab
The epic hard court drama brought on by the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons’ journey from cellar-to-stellar status in this basketball-crazy Philippines gets a new happy twist with not just one, but two new “UP Fight” cheers from no less than Maestro Ryan Cayabyab. Ryan Cayabyab, the Philippines’ National Artist for Music and […]
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UP Diliman, UPLB help Filipino farmers sell harvest at fair trade price
Groups from the University of the Philippines Diliman and Los Baños campuses are practicing what they preach in assemblies and fora by helping Filipino farmers sell their produce at the right fair trade price. Global Climate Strike Diliman and the UPLB UNESCO Club have separately set out to help local farmers, challenged by current market […]
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MEET: UST’s Jay Patrick Nieles, UP’s Christian Luke Badua, young Filipino Science awardees
Meet Jay Patrick Nieles of the University of Santos Tomas (UST) and Christian Luke Badua of the University of the Philippines Manila (UP Manila), the young Filipino scientists who received the 2019 BPI DoST Science Awards. UST’s Jay Patrick Nieles and UP Manila’s Christian Luke Badua were awarded by the Department of Science and Technology […]
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University of the Philippines 100% passing rate, tops Licensure Librarians Exam
University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) registered a 100% passing rate and dominated the topnotchers of the September Licensure Examination for librarians conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). UP Diliman ranked first among the top-performing schools with all 36 of its examinees from the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) passing the board […]
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University of the Philippines to help Manila develop disaster-resilient city
The University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) is leading the state university’s system-wide efforts to help Manila develop from being a least-resilient city into a disaster-resilient city within 2 years. UP System officials led by President Danilo Concepcion, Regent Jijil Jimenez and UPRI Executive Director Dr. Mahar Lagmay met with Manila City Mayor Isko […]
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UP Fighting Maroons advocate “Buy local rice” initiative
The University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) players are taking a stand as UP student-athletes to support local farmers. Members of the UP basketball squad were seen on social media this week holding up signs that say “Bilhin ang bigas ng Pinas (Buy Philippine rice) Save our farmers”. UP’s new star […]
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University of the Philippines soars 100 places to break into world’s Top 500 schools
The University of the Philippines (UP) soared 100 places from its 2019 ranking to break into the world’s top 500 educational institutions in the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR). The premier state university is now in the 401-500 group of 1,396 ranked research universities from 92 countries in the new THE […]
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Ricci Rivero’s sensational one-hand dunk for UP Fighting Maroons makes Top 10 plays in U.S. ESPN
Rising basketball superstar Ricci Rivero of the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons marked his return to the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) hard court with a sensational one-hand dunk that made national sports headlines – and now the international sports news as one of the Top 10 Plays for the Night […]
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UST, UP Manila science students develop brain-computer, cancer treatment to aid patients
Science students from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) and University of the Philippines (UP) Manila developed medical aids for patients and won top science prizes for their research. University of Santo Tomas student Jay Patrick Nieles won the coveted Project of the Year prize for developing a brain-computer that aids locked-in syndrome (LIS) patients […]
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University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra to honor Filipino legendary heroes
The University of the Philippines Symphony Orchestra (UPSO), dubbed “The Fighting Maroons in music,” will honor Filipino legends and other iconic heroes in its upcoming anniversary concert on August 31. The UPSO concert, titled “Symphonic Superheroes,” promises to explore legendary characters through music. The concert features Eliseo Pajaro’s Lam-Ang. Biag ni Lam-ang (The Life of […]
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UP Singing Ambassadors, Imusicapella Top 5 in European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Italy
The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) and Cavite’s Imusicapella were in the Top 5 finalists of the 2019 European Grand Prix (EGP) for Choral Singing held in Arezzo, Italy. The two Filipino choral groups reached the finals of the competition held on August 24 (August 25 Philippine time). The Quezon City-based UP Singing […]
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