Extension Archives - /category/update-online/extension/ University of the Philippines Diliman Mon, 29 Apr 2024 02:18:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-upd-favicon-32x32.png Extension Archives - /category/update-online/extension/ 32 32 Dealing with cybersecurity and AI /dealing-with-cybersecurity-and-ai/ Mon, 29 Apr 2024 02:18:54 +0000 /?p=50050 “If technology is a very potent force in our world, then it makes sense to harness technology itself to solve the problems that it creates.” UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II emphasized this point in his keynote address at the forum Securing the Future: Forum on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The […]

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]]> UP Law hosts drug policy summit /up-law-hosts-drug-policy-summit/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:49:06 +0000 /?p=49834 Policy makers, diplomats, law enforcers, and media personalities, were but a few of the participants at the launch of the Philippine Drug Policy and Law Reform Summit that the UP College of Law (UP Law) hosted. “Today, we are launching not just an event, but a collective journey towards promoting the health, lives, and well-being […]

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]]> UPD campaign yields 43% reduction of plastic use /upd-campaign-yields-43-reduction-of-plastic-use/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 02:32:12 +0000 /?p=49371 The Pilot Project for Plastic-Free Vending in UP Diliman (Plastic-Free Vending in UPD) that encouraged the removal or replacement of plastic containers among food vendors in UPD resulted in “considerable reductions in the use and disposal of single-use plastics among [UPD] customers, with an overall reduction of 43%.” The result was part of the report […]

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]]> NCPAG honors FVR with fellowship program /ncpag-honors-fvr-with-fellowship-program/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:31:23 +0000 /?p=49172 The UP Diliman (UPD) National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) launched a fellowship program to honor the late Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR). The NCPAG stated that the fellowship program UP NCPAG-Fidel V. Ramos LEAD4R Fellowship Program on Advanced Governance and Leadership for Public Service (LEAD4R Fellowship Program), is a “10-month non-degree […]

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]]> UPD, MMDA ink MOA /upd-mmda-ink-moa/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 01:30:00 +0000 /?p=49201 The UP Diliman (UPD) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) signed a memorandum of agreement for the development, prototyping, and pilot test deployment of an eco-friendly ferry system along the Pasig River Ferry System (PRFS). Funded by the Department of Science and Technology, the project Development, Prototyping, and Pilot Deployment of Electric Passenger Ferry […]

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]]> University Job Fair opens /university-job-fair-opens/ Fri, 22 Mar 2024 03:01:28 +0000 /?p=49126 The UP Diliman (UPD) Office of Counseling and Guidance (OCG) said they are expecting some 2,000 UPD students and job seekers at this year鶹Ƶ edition of the University Job Fair (UJF), which carries the theme, Soar Ahead. The UJF featured over 40 exhibitors from the Philippine industries of real estate, telecommunications, banking, software, food, transportation, […]

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]]> UPD, Batanes gov’t, and BSC sign MOU /upd-batanes-govt-and-bsc-sign-mou/ Wed, 07 Feb 2024 03:57:14 +0000 /?p=48298 UP Diliman (UPD), the Provincial Government of Batanes (PGB), and the Batanes State College (BSC) inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Jan. 30 at the BSC Amphitheater. This was another milestone in UPDs’ partnership with the island province since Batanes was chosen as a member of the International Network of Sustainable Tourism Observatories (INSTO) […]

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]]> Sustainability starts with the individual /sustainability-starts-with-the-individual/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:58:37 +0000 /?p=47424 “Your contribution as an individual is more important,” said Joselin Marcus E. Fragada, as he began his keynote speech at the 2nd Manila Bulletin Sustainability Forum 2023 (Sustainability Forum 2023) with the theme If Not Now, When?: Addressing the Urgency to Go Sustainable at the Malcolm Hall on Nov. 21. Fragada is the undersecretary for […]

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]]> 鶹Ƶbound /homebound/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 07:23:15 +0000 /?p=47290 After almost five years, the project labeled only as “Remains Collection and Identification” will now be able to resume its activities. In May 2018, then UP Diliman (UPD) chancellor Michael L. Tan initiated the project of collecting and identifying human bones from the National Museum which are believed to be that of Japanese soldiers of […]

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]]> CLRG hosts forum on Bangsamoro governance /clrg-hosts-forum-on-bangsamoro-governance/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 03:10:13 +0000 /?p=46372 The Center for Local and Regional Governance (CLRG) of the UP Diliman (UPD) National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) recently held a forum that centered on efforts to assist the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) firm up its governance structure. Held on Oct. 11 at the NCPAG assembly hall, the forum […]

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]]> UPD, ARTA sign MOU /upd-arta-sign-mou/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:29:28 +0000 /?p=45802 UP Diliman (UPD) through the Center for Policy and Executive Development (CPED) of the UPD National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) on Sept. 18 at the NCPAG Assembly Hall. Signed by UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II and ARTA […]

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]]> CI and CDC sign MOU /ci-and-cdc-sign-mou/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 02:05:20 +0000 /?p=45452 A memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the UP Diliman (UPD) Confucius Institute (CI) and the Clark Development Corporation (CDC), stands as an overarching mechanism to foster cooperation between the two institutions. A government-owned and controlled corporation under the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, the CDC entered into an MOU […]

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