Universitat de Barcelona

The interview

José María Reyes Cano, professor of Spanish Literature at the Department of Spanish of the UB.

José María Reyes Cano: “One of the richest aspects of popular literature, is that it reflects the impersonal conscience of an age”

Entrevistes

21/05/2013

José María Reyes Cano, professor of Spanish Literature at the Department of Spanish of the UB, has recently edited, together with Inoria Pepe Sarno, professor of Spanish Language and Literature at Roma Tre University, La Philosophía vulgar, by Juan de Mal Lara, a splendid annotated collection of proverbs...

The photograph

Dr Claramunt gives the third prize of Francisco Marsá Literary Contest to the winner, Elisabeth Pajuaba.

Closing ceremony for Hispanic Studies academic year

Fotonotícies

23/05/2013

Last Friday 17th May, the Paranymph Hall of the Historic Building hosted the traditional closing ceremony for Hispanic Studies academic year. During the event, the Director of the Institute of Hispanic Studies and professor of Medieval History of the UB, Salvador Claramunt, said a few words to the audience. Then, the awards of the 12th Francisco Marsá Literary Contest were given to Anna...

• 23/05/2013

  New master’s by IL3-UB and the Official College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia

  The Institute of Lifelong Learning of the University of Barcelona (IL3-UB) sets up the master's degree in Supply Chain Management, together with the Official College of Industrial Engineers of Catalonia (EIC). The main objective of this postgraduate course is to train professionals in supply chain management,...

• 23/05/2013

  Conference on Quality in Research, at the Faculty of Physics

  Recerca

  On 23rd May, the Faculty of Physics of the UB hosts the Conference on Quality in Research organised by the campus of international excellence BKC. This seminar will show some examples of how research groups from different institutions have developed systems that contribute to improve the quality of...

• 21/05/2013

  Discovered a new factor to control oncogene-induced senescence

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  An article published on the journal Nature describes the major role that Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) —an enzyme of cellular energy metabolism— plays in the regulation of the cellular senescence induced by the oncogene BRAF, which usually appears mutated in melanoma and other cancers. The...

• 21/05/2013

  Manel Esteller, honoured by BIAL Foundation for his research on cancer genetics

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  Manel Esteller, ICREA research professor from the Faculty of Medicine of the UB and Director of Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program of the Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIEELL) received, on 14th May, an Honourable Mention in the 8th BIAL Award for his research on RNA, the molecules...

• 17/05/2013

  Professor Ramon Gomis receives the Cross of Sant Jordi of the Government of Catalonia

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  The Government of Catalonia agreed conferred the Cross of Sant Jordi on the professor from the Department of Medicine of the UB Ramon Gomis, to honour his scientific career and his results on diabetes research. His literary activity, particularly in theatre, has been recognised too. Dr Gomis is endocrinologist...

• 23/05/2013

  The report on the 2nd Contest Crystallization at the School done by the programme ‘Univers de formació’ is available online

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  The report on the 2nd Contest Crystallization at the School done by the programme Univers de formació is available on the website xip/tv. The video describes the final in which participating teams presented their crystalls, the jury deliberated and awards were given.The event took place on 3rd May at...

• 22/05/2013

  UB: the first Spanish university in the Ibero-American ranking SIR 2013

  Recerca

  The UB is once again the leading university in Spain and the third among Ibero-American countries as it is stated by the ranking SIR 2013, a classification published by SCImago Research Group that evaluates the scientific achievement of more than 1,600 Ibero-American higher education institutions. The...

• 21/05/2013

  Debate on air pollution levels in European cities, in a conference at the UB

  The University of Barcelona, Alumni UB and the winery Torres, together with Barcelona City Council and Transport for London, organise today, Tuesday 21st May, the conference “Fins on cal arribar per reduir la contaminació atmosfèrica?”. The Aula Magna of the UB Historic Building gathers...

• 17/05/2013

  The aim of the Arab-Euro Conference on Higher Education is to foster neighbourhood and solidarity relations between both regions

    The UB hosts the Arab-Euro Conference on Higher Education (AECHE), organised by the Association of Arab Universities (AARU), the European University Association (EUA) and the UB, from 30th May to 1st June. The objective is to create a joint framework of dialogue, mutual understanding, knowledge...

• 16/05/2013

  7th Business Creation Workshop of the UB

  Representatives of important companies, university former students who created their own business successfully, and entrepreneurial students who want to launch their own projects will exchange experiences in the 7th Business Creation Workshop of the UB, which takes place today, Thursday 16th May, at...