Green Entanglements: Nature Conservation and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Indonesia and the Philippines by Dr. Padmapani L. Perez is the book-in-focus of the sixth installment of the Interdisciplinary Book Forum (IBF) to be held on 28 March 2019, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm, at Room 1131 of Palma Hall Pavilion 1, UP Diliman. In the book, Perez explores how “the social and conceptual boundary between the indigenous and the non-indigenous, the natural and the more/less natural, the global and the local, the industrial and the non-industrial, the modern and the primitive, only serves to perpetuate the imagined opposition between egalitarian, […]
2019 Korean Studies Info Session
In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the bilateral relations between the Philippines and Korea, the UP Korea Research Center is organizing the Korean Studies Info Session. The event aims to provide Filipino students with useful information on postgraduate degree programs in reputable Korean universities. The resource persons will share firsthand experience in studying abroad as well as insights on Korean lifestyle. This will be held on 18 February 2019 (Monday), 1 to 3 PM, at Room 2017, CSSP AVR, Palma Hall, UP Diliman. The speakers are Dr. Dani Salazar (School of Business, UPD; and Business Administration (Finance), Sookmyung Women’s University) […]
Integrity Caravan Video-Making Contest
The Integrity Caravan Video-Making Contest aims to communicate and engage on a nationwide scale strategic partnership of all anti-corruption stakeholders.
Seminar on Brain-on-a-Chip by physicist Dr. Vincent Daria
Abstract We aim to understand the formation and function of brain circuits by growing neurons on nanostructured semiconductor devices (a.k.a. Brain-on-a-chip). We artificially grow brain cells on a semiconductor wafer patterned with nanowire scaffolds. From a fundamental perspective, we aim to investigate the structural significance of nanoscale topographies for guiding neurite outgrowth. To correlate the circuit function on the neurons grown on-a-chip with that of certain areas in the brain, we need to analyze the function of single neurons and population of neurons forming circuits in living mammalian brain slices and that of an intact rodent brain. To achieve this, […]
CHED-PCARI new cycle of request for proposals
CHED-PCARI is pleased to announce a new cycle of request for proposals (RFPs) for funding. The Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes (PCARI) Project is a project of the Philippine government’s Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in collaboration with California-based and leading Philippine academic institutions, to establish a platform for capacity-building of Philippine Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) by way of collaborative research. Projects to be funded under this announcement are expected to be either in the priority areas of information infrastructure development and health innovation and translational medicine to be undertaken jointly by collaborating eligible HEIs. Proposals must address a significant societal […]
13th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium call for abstracts and student paper competition
The 13th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2017, to be held on 28-29 August 2017 at Peking University, will concentrate on how to combine governance and state-of-the-art science and technology for more efficient disaster risk reduction. The Pacific Rim is never short of earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions and bush fires, and the historic disaster events indicated that government could and should play a more important role in coping with these natural hazards. Association of academia with governance on public education, infrastructure construction, disaster management, emergency rescue and hazard recovery will be the next “hot” point in the field of disaster […]
PCED-DBM Careership Program in Development Economics
The UP School of Economics (UPSE) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) will hold an orientation for the Careership Program in Development Economics tomorrow, 7 June 2017, 9-11 AM, at the Institute of Biology Auditorium in UP Diliman. The joint training program is implemented by the UPSE, with support from the Philippine Center for Economic Development, and the DBM. It is open to fresh college graduates who are interested in a career in development economics and public policy, and who are willing to work in the public sector. The qualified applicant will be given a regular appointment at […]
Critically acclaimed “Sintang Dalisay” to be performed at the UP Asian Center
Sintang Dalisay (Pure Love), the award-winning Filipino adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, will be staged on 8 April 2017 at the UP Asian Center. It is based on the awit “Ang Sintang Dalisay ni Julieta at Romeo” by G.D. Roke and on Rolando S. Tinio’s translation of “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. The adaptation is set in an imaginary Muslim community in the Philippines, with the Mustaphas and the Kalimuddins as two prominent families mired in an age-old hatred for each other. Caught in this family strife are Rashiddin and Jamila, two lovers who get themselves secretly […]
World premiere of Filipino opera “Diwata ng Bayan”
A latest addition to the Philippine art music literature, Diwata ng Bayan will have its world premiere at the Tanghalan Nicanor Abelardo (Main Theater) of the Cultural Center of the Philippines on February 9, 2017 at 8:00 PM. It is free and open to the public. The music is composed by Carmela Sinco, granddaughter of former UP President Vicente G. Sinco, with the libretto by Ed Maranan, Prof. Dr. Ramon Acoymo as stage and co-music director, the incumbent chair of the UP College of Music Department of Voice, Music Theater, and Dance and Associate Professor Rodbey Ambat, conductor. The opera […]
