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Hannah Gabriella Macaldo, a Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies (BAMS) student from the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), is the first UP student to participate in the Training Program for Trans-Pacific Bridge Persons (TP-BRIDGE) student exchange program at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). Selected through the Mobility for Vigor and Excellence – University of the Philippines (MOVE-UP) Program, Macaldo is currently enrolled at TUFS for the Spring 2025 term, from 1 April 1 to July 21, 2025. Her participation reflects the growing involvement of UPOU students in international academic exchanges as part of the University’s [...]

Associate Professor Reinald Adrian Pugoy and Assistant Professor Blancaflor Arada from the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), served as resource speakers during the AI Summit organized by the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS) of Mapua Malayan Colleges Laguna (MMCL) on 11 June 2025. The summit, titled “Redefining Intelligence: What It Means to Be Human in an AI World,” was held as part of the institution’s CCIS Month 2025 celebration, which carried the theme “Celebrating Computational Innovations and Sustainability.” Dr. Pugoy (in blue coat) poses with the MCL [...]

As part of the FICS Artist-in-Residence/Futurist-in-Residence Program, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) invites both the UPOU community and the public to an open studio on Monday, 24 February 2025, featuring multimedia artist Carlo Dimaano. Dimaano, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidate from UP Diliman and FICS Artist-in-Residence, is using UPOU’s Galeria Sinag as a workspace in preparation for his thesis exhibition titled, Aglomerasyon: Mga Tunog at Imahe ng Ilusyon at Alyenasyon. Aglomerasyon is a multimedia project that will be exhibited in April 2025 at UP Diliman. It explores alienation, consumerism, and capitalism’s impact on people [...]