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In collaboration with the UP Office of the Chancellor, UP Diliman Information Office (UP DIO), UP Asian Center, and the University Theater Complex, the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA), College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, College of Mass Communication, and the Department of History dedicated a month-long celebration to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Aurelio Tolentino and the 45th year since the declaration of Martial Law.

The University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) awarded degrees to 4,600 students last June 25, 2017 at the University Amphitheater.

Last 2017, UP Diliman celebrated the annual "Linggo ng Parangal" under the theme “Banyuhay,” derived from the phrase ‘new form of life’, or metamorphosis.

Last 2016, the UP Lantern Parade carried the theme “Himig ng Diliman, Hagkan ang Gabi” to express that, despite our differences, the call for a better nation will always be sung by the greater populace. 

The Pag-iilaw 2016 was helmed under the theme “Himig ng Diliman, Hagkan ang Gabi”, to connote that, despite our differences, there will always be a familiar voice in the wilderness, a song of hope that everyone can sing along to every Christmas.

Seven (7) groups were given the UP Diliman Honorific Award for Student Performing Arts Group (HASPAG) during the Conferment Ceremony led by UP Diliman Chancellor Michael Lim Tan held last August 26, 2016 at the Bahay ng Alumni. 

More than 4,500 graduates from the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) received their degrees during the University’s 105th General Commencement Exercises last June 26 2016 at the UPD Amphitheater.

That year, the concept of the "woven fabric" represented the annual "Linggo ng Parangal" of the University of the Philippines Diliman to symbolize how members of the UP community relentlessly collaborate to develop an unshakable desire to care for the people. The university honored those who've succeeded in their fields of expertise through a series of programs that paid tribute to outstanding faculty, students, REPS and staff.

An Asian music concert entitled “Bulan at Karawitan” was held under the light of the full moon last 22nd of April 2016 at the University Amphitheater. The concert was part of the “Diliman Earth Fair,” an outdoor festival in celebration of Earth Day 2016,  organized by the UP College of Music (CMu) Department of Musicology headed by Dr. Verne de la Peña, in association with the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts.

A colorful touch was added to the customary Pag-iilaw celebration last Nov. 27, 2015 when the entire UP Diliman community united in recreating a Kapampangan Christmas tradition.