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Isabel Viola: ‘The percentage of conflicts that are solved through mediation in the European Union is still low, and we need to promote and disseminate it.’
17/01/2023
21 January is the European Day of Mediation. It commemorates the approval of the first European legislative text, 25 years ago, on this method of resolving conflicts without resorting to judicial proceedings. Several institutions are organising events to mark this day. The UB has given a conference...
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The Barcelona School of Economics turns twenty
02/06/2022
The celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Barcelona School of Economics, a research centre with UB participation, took place in the Historical Building. The event combined the institutional commemoration with the reflection on current economic issues. ...
Current affairs
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25/01/2023
The UB, present in the EUCAIM European project
Recently, the European Commission announced the official launch of the European Federation for Cancer Imaging (EUCAIM), a project whose aim is to optimize precision medicine in order to improve cancer treatment and diagnoses. Specifically, EUCAIM aims to solve the problem of the fragmentation...
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24/01/2023
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th UB Danone Chair Awards CeremonyThe Aula Magna of the Historical Building of the University of Barcelona hosted yesterday, Monday 23 January, the award ceremony of the 8th UB-Danone Chair on Healthy and Sustainable Nutrition Awards, created in 2015 to promote training in food and health among young students. ...
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24/01/2023
Professor Montserrat Aguadé receives the Gold Medal for scientific merit from Barcelona City Council
Emeritus professor of the University of Barcelona Montserrat Aguadé has received the Gold Medal for scientific merit from Barcelona City Council in recognition of her scientific career, academic dedication and social commitment. The award ceremony, which took place yesterday, 23 January, also honoured...
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18/01/2023
The Clinic Campus’ viability regarding Barcelona’s Diagonal, approved
The Interinstitutional Commission for studying the viability of the future location of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona has confirmed that it is feasible to start the expansion project in Diagonal and, specifically, in the place currently held by the sports facilities of the University of Barcelona (UB)....
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17/01/2023
Isabel Viola: ‘The percentage of conflicts that are solved through mediation in the European Union is still low, and we need to promote and disseminate it.’
21 January is the European Day of Mediation. It commemorates the approval of the first European legislative text, 25 years ago, on this method of resolving conflicts without resorting to judicial proceedings. Several institutions are organising events to mark this day. The UB has given a conference...
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16/01/2023
Free third-language training for undergraduate students
The University of Barcelona's School of Modern Languages (EIM) has opened the enrolment period for the second semester, which includes courses in five languages: English, French, German, Italian and Chinese. Language certification is increasingly valued and in demand in both the professional and academic...
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13/01/2023
The UB at the new International Academy of Prehistory and Protohistory
UB professor Josep Maria Fullola is one of 38 researchers from different countries selected as founding members of the International Academy of Prehistory and Protohistory. The aim of the new institution, recently created with the support of the International Academic Union, is to contribute to the...
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13/01/2023
The UB and Mutua Madrileña create a chair to promote business sustainability
Today, the University of Barcelona and Mutua Madrileña, through the Mutua Madrileña Foundation, signed an agreement to create the UB-Mutua Madrileña Foundation Chair on Corporate Sustainability. With the support of the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences (RACEF), the Chair aims to promote...
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10/01/2023
New edition of Els Vespres d’Hivern
Els Vespres d’Hivern start a new edition with unique projects of great artistic value. Once again, culture and music meet in one of the most spectacular places of Barcelona, the Paranimph of the Historical Building of the UB. ...
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19/12/2022
Record fundraising for the Solidarity Basket
This year's edition of the UB's Solidarity Basket raised €7,140, a record collection and participation record for all the editions of this solidarity programme. This money will go to Arrels Foundation's Llatzeret project to help people living on the streets of Barcelona. The project includes the...
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19/12/2022
UB improves in international rankings in 2022
In 2022, the University of Barcelona has improved its position in the most prestigious international rankings. In fact, it has just climbed the recently published University Ranking by Academic Performance 2022-2023 (URAP) and National Taiwan University Ranking (NTU). This is the culmination of an entire...
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15/12/2022
The Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation honor quality researches and cases of returning knowledge to society
The Awards of the Board of Trustees and the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation were presented on Thursday 15 December in the Aula Magna of the Historical Building. The awards were presented by the rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Guàrdia, the president of the Board of Trustees, Joan Corominas, and...
Research
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26/01/2023
Researchers find how to improve existing antibiotics and develop new antimicrobial treatments
The lack of effective antibiotics is an increasingly serious threat to global health. In recent decades, only a few new antimicrobial agents have been able to reach the market. Designing new functionalities for already known antibiotics —or those that have fallen out of use due to toxicity—...
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20/01/2023
The 26th edition of the Doctors’ Senate Awards honours a study on the evolution of language
The Doctors’ Senate Awards of the University of Barcelona has awarded a doctoral thesis that supports the idea that language evolved gradually and not suddenly as a result of a single genetic mutation. The award, which this year reaches its 26th edition, honours doctoral theses presented at the...
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20/01/2023
Nobel laureate in chemistry Roald Hoffmann to give a lecture at the UB
Roald Hoffmann, awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1981 and an honorary doctorate from the University of Barcelona in 1992, will give the lecture "All the Ways to Have a Bond" on Tuesday 24 January at 11:00 a.m. in the Aula Magna Enric Casas of the Faculty of Chemistry. The Faculty of...
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19/01/2023
Active matter theory explains fire-ant group behaviour
Ants are social insects and the Solenopsis invicta species —known as the fire ant— is no exception. The social interactions of this invasive insect, which comes from South America, are framed within the context of the theory of Active Matter, which would explain the ants’ group behaviour...
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18/01/2023
Alterations in mitochondrial dynamics lead to inflammation and muscle atrophy
Mitochondria —the energy powerhouses of cells— play an essential role in cell physiology. The joining of two or more mitochondria and the division of a mitochondrion into two units are common processes. They are known as mitochondrial dynamics and are necessary for the proper functioning...
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17/01/2023
The UB and Tecnoambiente promote the Chair in Sustainable Blue Economy
More than three billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods, and it is estimated that the market value of the marine resources represents 5% of the global GDP. Parallelly, sectors such as maritime transport, tourism, hydrocarbons, infrastructure, renewable energy and...
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12/01/2023
UB and IBEC researchers grow mature neurons to study neurodegenerative diseases
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona, the UB Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) and the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using a synthetic material. This finding opens up...
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10/01/2023
New nanotransporter for drug delivery inside cells
A new study by the University of Barcelona has analized the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle. The results, published in the journal Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, show that liposomes designed by researchers are able to transport and deliver an anticancer drug that has...
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03/01/2023
The oldest bearded vulture nest in the Iberian Peninsula
Coprolites, or fossil faeces from around 30,000 years ago, have been used to identify the presence of bearded vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) at the Palaeolithic site of Lagar Velho (Portugal). A comparison of the coprolites found in the excavations with the faeces of present-day lammergeyers has confirmed...
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22/12/2022
Cellular reprogramming can generate neural networks that reproduce unique characteristics of human cells
Studies on diseases that affect the human brain are usually based on animal models which cannot reproduce the complexity of human neuropathies. Therefore, these methodologies often fail when applied in a clinical environment with patients. In this context, the findings of the cellular reprogramming...
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21/12/2022
Sharpsnout seabream‘s mortality during early life stages has a genetic base
The high mortality in the early stages of life is a common phenomenon in fish and other species, but it is little studied due to its complexity. A study by the University of Barcelona and the Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes (CEAB-CSIC) has analysed whether this mortality in the sharpsnout seabream...
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20/12/2022
A study analyses the perception and knowledge of food sustainability at the University of Barcelona
Every year, about a third of all food produced in the world —about 1.3 billion tonnes— is wasted in consumers' homes and retail businesses, according to the United Nations (UN). The food sector also accounts for around 30% of the world's total energy consumption and 22% of greenhouse gas...
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