SLAS Online opens 7th round of applications for UP students
To apply online and for more information, visit slasonline.up.edu.ph. To accommodate UP students in need of learning assistance in AY 2020-2021, the SLAS Online will accept applications beginning 25...
View ArticleSECURITY ADVISORY: Phishing Attempts Posing as UP ICT
To UP Users: Please be informed that there have been reports of phishing attempts from an email address posing as “Admin-ICT- University of the Philippines.” The email will indicate that you need to...
View ArticleRepainting of UP Chapel’s dome interior completed in time for Holy Week
The restoration of the UP Chapel was supposed to start early last year, but due to the pandemic the restoration plan was pushed back to the latter part of 2020. Photo from the DMCI Homes. Repair and...
View ArticleDeadline for high schools to submit Form 2 for admission to UP extended to 15...
The University of the Philippines Office of Admissions (UP OAdms) has extended the deadline for the online submission of Form 2 by high schools with students applying to UP from 31 March to 15 April...
View ArticleSandigan, Sandalan: Training and Advocacy Programs for Mental Health to be...
Mental Health (MH) advocates play critical roles in responding to the Mental Health concerns and coping needs of UP students. To help create a network of advocates for a healthy and nurturing UP,...
View ArticleUP-CIFAL Philippines offers the online Professional Course on Global...
The University of the Philippines Centre International de Formation des Authorités et Leaders Philippines (UP-CIFAL Philippines) offers the third Professional Course on Global Migration (PCGM)...
View ArticleUP Tacloban Celebrates Literature Month
The UP Visayas Tacloban College (UPVTC) celebrates Literature Month 2021 with the theme “Quinientos Katuig nga Pagsurat han Filipino nga Kalibutan.” The month-long celebration coincides with the...
View ArticleUP webinar to discuss the country’s outlook in the next 12 months under COVID-19
Record increases in case numbers, crowded hospitals, new restrictions on movement, higher levels of fear and frustration. A month ago, it seemed as if things were improving for the country. Now,...
View ArticleUP Tacloban launches Kaagi, Kabilin, Kultura (History, Heritage, Culture)...
On 16 March 2021, UP Visayas Tacloban College launched the Kaagi, Kabilin, Kultura (History, Heritage, Culture) Conversation Series through its community internet radio Bátì UP Tacloban with...
View ArticleUP KRC and Ateneo Korean Studies Program hold public lecture on “Accounting...
On March 12, 2021, the University of the Philippines (UP) Korea Research Center and the Ateneo Korean Studies Program conducted another public lecture, “Accounting for Popular Taste: Neoliberalism in...
View ArticleDemocracy and Disinformation: The role of campuses, campus journalism,...
“A large part of the struggle to keep democracy alive in this country—in any country—will be the struggle to keep our campuses free.” Such were the words spoken by University of the Philippines Visayas...
View ArticleTrue, false, or maybe? Facts on COVID-19 prevention and treatment
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, more and more pieces of information on the prevention and treatment of this new disease continue to circulate. From the scientific to the anecdotal to the...
View ArticleAbansi steps in as 3rd UPB chancellor
Dr. Corazon Abansi of the UP Baguio (UPB) Institute of Management (IM) has started her three-year term as the third UPB chancellor on April 14. She will serve until 13 April 2024. Prior to her...
View ArticleCOVID-19 frontliners, kamusta na kayo?
On Friday, 23 April, the University of the Philippines (UP) marks the one-year anniversary of the UP “Stop COVID Deaths” webinar series. The weekly series, which is held in partnership with the UP...
View ArticleBreakthrough: Extinct giant rodents discovered in the Philippines
Fig. 1. Artist’s conception of the three extinct cloud rats, based on their living relatives. From the top, Crateromys, Carpomys, and Batomys. Drawing by Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum of Natural...
View ArticlePDLC reaffirms UP’s support for community pantries
University of the Philippines (UP) President Danilo L. Concepcion reaffirms his administration’s and the University’s support for the community pantries, which are now emerging within UP’s campuses and...
View ArticleDr. Teodoro Herbosa resigns as UP’s Executive Vice President
Dr. Teodoro J. Herbosa has tendered his resignation as Executive Vice President of the University of the Philippines (UP) System, effectively immediately, due to “personal reasons”. UP President Danilo...
View ArticleVirtual roundtable discussion to focus on the future of human mobility in a...
In addition to its health-related impacts, the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally disrupted the patterns of how people move and travel to do business, go to work, seek education or meet family and...
View ArticleUP webinar to focus on home care for mild COVID-19
The number of new COVID-19 cases may have dropped following the declaration of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), but these numbers are still at...
View ArticleUP webinar to tackle COVID-19 and its impact on the Philippine healthcare system
The recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region and contiguous areas has had profound effects on our health care systems. Hospitals are barely able to accommodate COVID and...
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