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Horacio Capel.
Horacio Capel: "We can now talk about Posthumanity and post-nature"
22/07/2019
After more than fifty years of doing research and teaching as geographer, the emeritus lecturer from the University of Barcelona Horcaio Capel has decided to write his memoirs: Azares y decisions (Doce Calles). He talks about his personal experiences as well as his task as researcher and teacher at...
The photograph
Group photo of the students with the course organizers.
The UB and the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation give the diplomas for the Training course for auxiliary services
21/06/2019
On Friday, June 21, the diplomas for the Training course for auxiliary services for people with Down Syndrome were given. The course is organized by the University of Barcelona, through Voluntariat UB, with the Catalan Down Syndrome Foundation (FCSD). The nine students that completed the course took their diploma in a ceremony held in the boardroom in the Rector’s Office. The ceremony...
Current affairs
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26/06/2018
UB scientific performance has the highest visibility online
The UB is the most visible Spanish university on the Internet due its scientific performance, according to a study led by researchers of the University of Granada. The study analysed the presence of more than 120,000 scientific articles published by sixty-six Spanish universities during the 2014-2016...
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25/06/2018
Debating on university training in a seminar by the UB Student Observatory
Under the title “Representing university training”, an international seminar organized by the UB Student Observatory aimed at lecturers and students in order to debate on the 21st century university, took place on Friday, June 22. One of the guests was Kristina Hauschildt, coordinator of...
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25/06/2018
Free language courses for the 2018-2019 exchange students
Students with a mobility grant for the exchange program 2018-2019 can enjoy language courses –before going to their hosting university- through the subsided access to summer language courses of the School of Modern Languages (EIM) of the University of Barcelona. ...
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25/06/2018
A summer school to promote business ideas in eating habits and healthy ageing
The UB is organizing a summer school aimed at helping businesspeople, entrepreneurs and researchers to develop new business solutions aimed at raising awareness on eating habits and support healthy ageing. ...
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21/06/2018
The University of Barcelona wins the Essity’s University Challenge for the second year in a row
Andrea Ochoa and Daniela Silvia, students of third year of Design at the University of Barcelona, won the 2018 University Challenge in the category of engineering, competing against 102 teams from twelve countries. This is the fifth edition of the competition, organized by Essity, in which teams made...
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20/06/2018
International conference on Russian studies at the UB
From June 20 to 22, the Paranimph of the Historical Building will hold the first International Conference on Russian Studies at the University of Barcelona. The activity aims to focus on the field of Russian linguistics, literature and Russian as a foreign language with lectures given by experts. ...
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12/06/2018
UB students design two videogames recreating the experience of being an immigrant in Barcelona
Seven 3rd year students of the bachelor’s degree in Design of the University of Barcelona have created two social videogames on multicultural cities and immigration. Stereotype my Ass and Empty City are the names of both proposals, which try to raise awareness on the situation of the immigrant...
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08/06/2018
The UB commemorates once more the International Archives Day
On June 8 and 11 the University of Barcelona celebrates the International Archives Day The International Archives Day is celebrated worldwide coinciding with the founding of the UNESCO International Council on Archives, on June 9, 1948. The objective of this commemoration is to explain the role the...
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07/06/2018
The University of Barcelona, second university in Spain in the QS World University Rankings 2019
The University of Barcelona holds an outstanding position in international rankings. This is shown in the results of the 2019 edition of the QS World University Rankings, which list the University of Barcelona in the second position in Spain, following Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The UB holds the...
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31/05/2018
Chef Joan Roca sponsors the graduation of the first promotion of the bachelor degree in Culinary and Gastronomic Sciences
Yesterday, Wednesday May 30, the Paranimph of the Historical Building of the University of Barcelona held the end-of-degree ceremony for the first graduation of the interuniversity degree in Culinary and Gastronomic Sciences (UB-UPC), pioneer in Spain. In a ceremony presided by the rector of the UB,...
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29/05/2018
There is no learning without attention and we all learn in a different way
“We can only learn that which we love and eyes are useless to a blind brain”, noted Rosalba Gautreaux in her speech in the 1st Conference on Neuroeducation. This is one of the many reached conclusions, like the one stating that experiences change our brain during life and are the basis of...
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28/05/2018
Ricard San Vicente leaves the classrooms of the University of Barcelona
Ricard San Vicente’s academic activity ends this year. The lecturer, essayist and translator of Russian literature retires, and the Section of Slavic Philology from the Department of Modern Languages and Literature and of English Studies of the University of Barcelona has organized an activity...
Research
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26/06/2018
UB scientific performance has the highest visibility online
The UB is the most visible Spanish university on the Internet due its scientific performance, according to a study led by researchers of the University of Granada. The study analysed the presence of more than 120,000 scientific articles published by sixty-six Spanish universities during the 2014-2016...
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25/06/2018
Debating on university training in a seminar by the UB Student Observatory
Under the title “Representing university training”, an international seminar organized by the UB Student Observatory aimed at lecturers and students in order to debate on the 21st century university, took place on Friday, June 22. One of the guests was Kristina Hauschildt, coordinator of...
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25/06/2018
Free language courses for the 2018-2019 exchange students
Students with a mobility grant for the exchange program 2018-2019 can enjoy language courses –before going to their hosting university- through the subsided access to summer language courses of the School of Modern Languages (EIM) of the University of Barcelona. ...
-
25/06/2018
A summer school to promote business ideas in eating habits and healthy ageing
The UB is organizing a summer school aimed at helping businesspeople, entrepreneurs and researchers to develop new business solutions aimed at raising awareness on eating habits and support healthy ageing. ...
-
21/06/2018
The University of Barcelona wins the Essity’s University Challenge for the second year in a row
Andrea Ochoa and Daniela Silvia, students of third year of Design at the University of Barcelona, won the 2018 University Challenge in the category of engineering, competing against 102 teams from twelve countries. This is the fifth edition of the competition, organized by Essity, in which teams made...
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20/06/2018
International conference on Russian studies at the UB
From June 20 to 22, the Paranimph of the Historical Building will hold the first International Conference on Russian Studies at the University of Barcelona. The activity aims to focus on the field of Russian linguistics, literature and Russian as a foreign language with lectures given by experts. ...
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12/06/2018
UB students design two videogames recreating the experience of being an immigrant in Barcelona
Seven 3rd year students of the bachelor’s degree in Design of the University of Barcelona have created two social videogames on multicultural cities and immigration. Stereotype my Ass and Empty City are the names of both proposals, which try to raise awareness on the situation of the immigrant...
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08/06/2018
The UB commemorates once more the International Archives Day
On June 8 and 11 the University of Barcelona celebrates the International Archives Day The International Archives Day is celebrated worldwide coinciding with the founding of the UNESCO International Council on Archives, on June 9, 1948. The objective of this commemoration is to explain the role the...
-
07/06/2018
The University of Barcelona, second university in Spain in the QS World University Rankings 2019
The University of Barcelona holds an outstanding position in international rankings. This is shown in the results of the 2019 edition of the QS World University Rankings, which list the University of Barcelona in the second position in Spain, following Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. The UB holds the...
-
31/05/2018
Chef Joan Roca sponsors the graduation of the first promotion of the bachelor degree in Culinary and Gastronomic Sciences
Yesterday, Wednesday May 30, the Paranimph of the Historical Building of the University of Barcelona held the end-of-degree ceremony for the first graduation of the interuniversity degree in Culinary and Gastronomic Sciences (UB-UPC), pioneer in Spain. In a ceremony presided by the rector of the UB,...
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29/05/2018
There is no learning without attention and we all learn in a different way
“We can only learn that which we love and eyes are useless to a blind brain”, noted Rosalba Gautreaux in her speech in the 1st Conference on Neuroeducation. This is one of the many reached conclusions, like the one stating that experiences change our brain during life and are the basis of...
-
28/05/2018
Ricard San Vicente leaves the classrooms of the University of Barcelona
Ricard San Vicente’s academic activity ends this year. The lecturer, essayist and translator of Russian literature retires, and the Section of Slavic Philology from the Department of Modern Languages and Literature and of English Studies of the University of Barcelona has organized an activity...
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