Four faculty members from the UP DHRIM received the One UP Professorial Chair and Faculty Grant awards for January 2022-December 2024. The award is given to faculty members with outstanding contribution to teaching, research, and public service. 

Ipsos PH, a global leader in market research, awarded the Eta Sigma Delta Honor Society a certificate for its participation in the company's tree planting project held last June 24, 2022 at the La Mesa Nature Reserve. 

Learning from the Masters (LFM) is a conference held by the UP DHRIM every year. Last November 9, 2020, the department organized an LFM in celebration of the 99th Anniversary of Home Economics as a Discipline. The event was moderated by Asst. Prof. Liza J. Guggenheim of the DHRIM and Assoc. Prof. Joanne R. Bantang of the HEEd. The speakers of the LFM were Ms. Pacita “Chit” Juan for “Slow Food Movement”, Mr. Dave Louie G. Ang for “Sustainable Urban Gardening”, Prof. Casiana Blanca J. Villarino for “Food Innovation for Sustainable Consumption and Production”, Teacher Czarecah T. Oropilla for “Intergenerational and Multidisciplinary Approach Towards Sustainable Futures for Children and Families” and Ms. Rodessa V. Reyes for “Mompreneurship and Homemaking during the Pandemic”.

Last July 20, 2020, the UP DHRIM organized a webinar series highlighting The Role of the Academe in the New Normal. The webinar was welcomed by the Dean of CHE, Dr. Shirley V. Guevarra, and moderated by the AVP for Academic Affairs, Dr. Mary Delia G. Tomacruz. The speakers of the webinar were consultant and hotelier Mr. Valdemir Reyes, COO of 1771 Group of Restaurants Chef Vicky Pacheco, and Professor in Tourism and Hospitality Mahidol University, Thailand Dr. Roberto Gozzoli.

Last August 6, 2020, the UP DHRIM hosted a webinar series discussing the Changes in Hospitality Management and Research. The talk was welcomed by the Chancellor of UP Diliman, Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo, and moderated by the Head of the DHRIM, Dr. Mary Anne Ramos-Tumanan. The guest speaker was the Foundation Professor of Tourism University in Waikato, New Zealand, Emeritus Editor of the Tourism Management Journal, and Editor of the Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory, Prof. Chris Ryan.

Last February 7, 2020, Dr. Shirley V. Guevarra was officially declared as the 14th Dean of the College of Home Economics at the CHE Museum. Dr. Guevarra was the chairman of the UP DHRIM during A.Y. 2007-2013.

Alumni of the BS HRA program donated tasting kits to the UP DHRIM for its HRIM 105 Beverage Management class. The tasting kits include 23 vials of different wines and distilled spirits from local (lambanog, tapuy, and basi) and international beverage brands like Hennessy, Belvedere, Glenmorangie, Moet & Chandon, Cloudy Bay, and Altos. Asst. Prof. Daniel Karlo G. Lucas received the tasting kits from the supplier. The laboratory sensory evaluations of these beverages were all conducted virtually via Zoom. 

Last January 22, 2020, students of Chef Criselda Young from HRIM 111 (Catering Management) conducted a Soup Kitchen Outreach Program spearheaded by Art Relief Mobile Kitchen. The activity was organized as a disaster-response mass feeding program to help the displaced victims of the recent Taal volcanic eruption. The program aims to let the students experience a firsthand off-premise catering in the context of relief operation which can inculcate in them the value of social responsibility.