Padayon UP Public Service Office

03/09/2026

The UP Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) will host DSCTA Conversations featuring Japanese performance artist Tappei Noguchi on 11 September 2026, at Palma Hall 120–122, where he will discuss how performance creates encounters among people, places, and more-than-human worlds.

Event Registration Form:
https://forms.gle/g2FrDc36QsKwNN1z7

𝗗𝗦𝗖𝗧𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀

The Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts (DSCTA) invites the public to DSCTA Conversations, featuring performance artist Tappei Noguchi.

The presentation will explore how performance can create unexpected encounters among people, places, and more-than-human worlds through two of Noguchi’s ongoing performance projects, Tire Pull and Octopus Mikoshi. He will also introduce a new performance project currently being developed in the Philippines.

Tappei Noguchi (b. 1992, Tokyo, Japan) is a performance artist whose practice explores movement, archipelagos, and collective forms of encounter. He graduated from Musashino Art University in 2015 and is currently a Japan Foundation Arts Fellow, developing an archipelagic performance practice through field research and artistic collaborations across the Philippines, Indonesia, and Timor-Leste.

11 September 2026 (Friday)
2:30–4:00 PM
Palma Hall 120–122, UP Diliman

The event is open to the public. Interested participants are encouraged to register through the form below:

Event Registration Form:
https://forms.gle/g2FrDc36QsKwNN1z7

We look forward to welcoming you to this edition of DSCTA Conversations.

03/09/2026

The National Crop Protection Center (NCPC), in partnership with CropLife Philippines, the Municipal Agriculture Office of Balayan, and the Sugar Regulatory Administration, trained more than 60 sugarcane farmers and technicians on responsible herbicide use on 28 August 2026, in Barangay Pooc, Balayan, Batangas.

📍 Online via Zoom
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/acpaxsilica

02/09/2026

UP Cebu Ugnayan ng Pahinungod conducted a whole-day Campus Journalism Training Workshop for student journalists of UP High School and UP Tambuli on 24 August 2026, at the UP Cebu SRP Campus.

02/09/2026

UP Asian Center will hold an online forum on 7 September 2026, to examine the Philippines’ emerging role in the global artificial intelligence landscape and the proposed Pax Silica project in Tarlac.

📍 Online via Zoom
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/acpaxsilica

Is the Philippines positioning itself as an AI hub? At what cost?

Join the UP Asian Center for the online forum, 𝗣𝗮𝘅 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲?, and take a closer look at the opportunities, challenges, and contentious issues surrounding this emerging AI initiative.

📅 7 September 2026 | 2:00 PM, PHT
📍 Online via Zoom
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/acpaxsilica

The proposed Pax Silica project in Tarlac has sparked important questions about the Philippines’ ambitions in the global AI landscape, particularly its implications for energy, infrastructure, investment, the environment, and national development.

31/08/2026

☀️ 𝗗𝗔𝗚𝗬𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔 𝗨𝗣 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ☀️

Halina’t maki-saya, maki-ugnay, at maki-lingkod sa Dagyawan sa UP 2026, ang public service fair ng UP community!

📍 UP Diliman
📅 30 September 2026

Isang araw ng kwentuhan, pakikilahok, pagtuklas, at samu’t saring ganap mula sa mga iskolar at lingkod-bayan ng UP.

Abangan ang mga susunod na anunsyo para sa iba pang detalye. Mark your calendars. Kita-kita sa Dagyawan!

Padayon, UP. Dagyaw, UP!🌱☀️

30/08/2026

𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗠 𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗟𝗟𝗢'𝗦 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦

Magbabago ang media landscape, at kasabay nito ang paraan ng pamamahayag. Para kay Atom Araullo, hindi kailangang maging panibagong bersyon ng mga naunang mamamahayag ang mga bagong henerasyon.

Sa halip, mahalagang hanapin ang sariling boses at paninindigan—at magkaroon ng matibay na values na magsisilbing gabay sa anumang pagbabagong haharapin.

Ano ang mensahe ni Atom para sa mga batang mamamahayag?

Mapapakinggan at mapapanood ang buong podcast sa aming platforms:

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qpUkfDQVRQOkwOINXKosl?si=c8c2acdaf221458b
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bUAertR3vQ

29/08/2026

𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗦𝗔𝗕𝗜𝗛𝗜𝗡 𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗞𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗡?

Para kay Atom Araullo, hindi lamang ito tungkol sa pagtulong. Ang kahulugan ng public service ay paggamit ng sariling galing at talento upang maunawaan ang ugat ng mga problema at makapaghatid ng makabuluhan at pangmatagalang pagbabago.

Mapapakinggan at mapapanood ang buong podcast sa aming platforms:

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6qpUkfDQVRQOkwOINXKosl?si=c8c2acdaf221458b
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bUAertR3vQ

28/08/2026

Kitakits😉

30 Setyembre 2026

28/08/2026

UP General Education Center Diliman will hold the first LINANGAN 2026–2027 webinar, bringing together experts Dr. Jovy M. Peregrino and Dr. Portia P. Padilla to discuss the evolving role of General Education in a changing society on 7 September 2026.

𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑!

Nais naming ipakilala ang mga resource speakers para sa unang 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲-𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 webinar, “𝗕𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁 "𝗚𝗘 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴"?: 𝗔𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝘁 𝗞𝘂𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗮 𝗡𝗮𝗴𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗻”, na magaganap sa 7 Setyembre 2026 mula 9:00 ng umaga hanggang 12:00 ng tanghali gamit ang Zoom platform.

Kasama natin sila Dr. Jovy M. Peregrino, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs ng UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL) at Propesor sa Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas at si Dr. Portia P. Padilla, Propesor sa Reading/Literacy Education Area ng UP College of Education (CED) at Board Member ng Reading Association of the Philippines (RAP) at ng Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA).

Ang magpapadaloy ng programa ay si Asst. Prof. Charles Erize P. Ladia, kasalukuyang Director ng General Education Center Diliman.

𝗞𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘆𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲!

28/08/2026

Ugnayan ng Pahinungod Mindanao welcomed new Iskolars ng Bayan under its Affirmative Action Program (AAP) through its fourth annual first-year interface, connecting students with support services and helping them navigate university life through guided activities.