Author: Arlyn VCD Palisoc Romualdo

UP alum CA Justice Jhosep Lopez moves to highest PH court

From CA to SC: UP alumnus and Philippine Court of Appeals Associate Justice Jhosep Ylarde Lopez took his oath as the Supreme Court’s 190th Associate Justice on January 26.

UP boosts library capabilities for RTL

Attention: UP faculty, students, and researchers. More library resources will be available to you in the coming semester as the University acquires additional database subscriptions for deployment across the UP System. Along with the implementation of homegrown library information systems, these initiatives aim to improve remote teaching and learning in UP.

Where are we in COVID-19 vaccination?

Getting ready to roll up your sleeves and be injected with the COVID-19 vaccine? First make sure it has been authorized and regulated for use by the Philippine FDA. Listen to FDA Chief Dr. Eric Domingo discuss the country status of COVID-19 vaccines in the 37th Stop COVID Deaths webinar on January 22 via Zoom.

The semester that was, the semester ahead: UP reports on academic roadmap for AY 2020-2021

UP reports on how it dealt with the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19 on teaching and learning in the first semester; and how it will move on to the second semester armed with lessons learned and insights gained.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University Councils across the UP System unanimously decided not to hold the UPCAT for the admission of First Year students in AY 2021-2022. Instead, the UP Office of Admissions is currently modifying the freshmen admissions system for the next intake year.

UP Professor Emeritus Lex Librero talks about thesis and dissertation matters in a virtual fireside chat. Screenshot from the first episode of “FICS Chat with Sir Lex” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61EaR6Ugec8].

Are you preparing to write your thesis? Get helpful tips from UP Professor Emeritus Felix Librero in UP Open University’s “FICS Chat with Sir Lex”. This community service program by the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies is open to everyone.

Screenshot of the UPOU website. [https://www.upou.edu.ph/home/

To help iskolar ng bayan through “the new normal” by providing for their remote learning needs, the UP Open University (UPOU) launched its own UPOU-Kaagapay+ program on September 1, in consonance with the UP System’s Kaagapay sa Pag-aaral ng mga Iskolar ng Bayan Fundraising and Resource Generation Campaign (Kaagapay UP).

Prof. Eilene Antoinette G. Narvaez. Photo from a UP Forum Roundtable Discussion in 2017. [https://www.up.edu.ph/the-up-forum-roundtable-discussion-celebrating-the-up-spirit/]

Prof. Eilene Antoinette G. Narvaez of the UP Diliman Department of Filipino and Philippine Literature, a member of the Filipinas Institute of Translation, recently worked with Google for the Filipino terms related to COVID-19.