Universitat de Barcelona

The interview

Ricardo Piqueras.

Ricardo Piqueras: “Our aim is to maintain the quality in all areas so that Raval is a distinguished campus”

Entrevistes

17/09/2018

The Dean of the Faculty of Geography and History, Ricardo Piqueras, is an expert on Colonial America and member of the Study Group on Indigenous and Afro-American Cultures (CINAF) and the Asociacion Española de Americanistas. Before being the Dean, he held different positions in the university such...

The photograph

Authorities and awarded university sports players in the closing ceremony of the Catalan University Championship 2017/18.

Nine sports players from the UB, among the top ones in Catalonia

Fotonotícies

18/10/2018

A total of nine students of the University of Barcelona were recognized as top sports players in their fields, during the closing ceremony of the 33rd edition of the Catalan University Championships (CCU). The activity was held last October 9 and was presided by the rector of the UPC, Francesc Torres, and the director of the Catalan Council of Sports, Toni Reig. The vice-rector for Students...

Current affairs

• 18/10/2018

  The future of student mobility in Europe has been the focus of Erasmus Going Digital conference

  Acadèmic

  The Erasmus Going Digital conference, which took place today at the Historical Building of the UB, focused on showing the impact of the projects Erasmus without Paper and Online Learning Agreement, as well as the Erasmus+ app, on the Erasmus+ mobility. The conference consisted of three plenary and practical...

• 18/10/2018

  Nine sports players from the UB, among the top ones in Catalonia

  Fotonotícies

  A total of nine students of the University of Barcelona were recognized as top sports players in their fields, during the closing ceremony of the 33rd edition of the Catalan University Championships (CCU). The activity was held last October 9 and was presided by the rector of the UPC, Francesc Torres,...

• 17/10/2018

  Ulysses Syndrome and family reunion: main topics of a working session in the European Parliament

  Acadèmic

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• 17/10/2018

  Homage to Professor Josep Antoni Bombí

  Fotonotícies

  On October 10, the homage to the emeritus professor of pathological anatomy Josep Antoni Bombí i Latorre took place on the occasion of his retirement. The ceremony, held in the Paranimph of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in Clinic Campus, gathered professionals of the field of medicine...

• 16/10/2018

  Antoni Bayona gives the conference "Constitució i organització territorial" in the conference series #DebatsUB

  Institucional

  The lecturer of Administrative Law of the UPF and former attorney of the Catalan Government, Antoni Bayona, will give the conference “Constitució i organització territorial” in the third conference of #DebatsUB: Catalunya i Espanya, to be held on October 18 at 6.30 p.m. in the Aula Magna...

• 11/10/2018

  Lluís Caballol takes office as ombudsman of the UB

  Fotonotícies

  Lluís Caballol took office as ombudsman of the UB, after having been chosen for this position he was in as acting ombudsman since September 2015, during the University Senate on July 4. The event took place on Monday, October 8, and was presided by the rector Joan Elias. In this event, Juan Carlos Hortal...

• 11/10/2018

  The lecturer Núria Ricart, co-author of the awarded project to remember the Women Prison in les Corts

  Cultura

  On October 10, the proposal that won the contest the Barcelona City Council launched was announced. The contest was about the design for the memorial space in the Women Prison in les Corts. The winning team is formed by Núria Picart, lecturer of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona; Jordi Henrich,...

• 11/10/2018

  Students from the faculties of Physics and Chemistry will paint six women scientists in the Solar Atrium

  Acadèmic

  Hypatia of Alexandria, Henrietta Swan-Leavitt, Agnes Pockels, Rosalind Franklin, Lise Meitner and Hedy Lamarr are the six scientists to be painted by a group of students of the faculties of Physics and Chemistry of the UB. These will be drawn during October 11 as part of the activity “Pintem la...

• 11/10/2018

  The UB welcomes twenty-six students coming from conflict areas this year

  Institucional

  Three new Syrian students have joined the Support Program of the University of Barcelona for refugees and people from conflict areas. These three students are part of an group of eighteen people the universities will welcome this year as part of a project from the Secretary for Migration, Equality and...

• 09/10/2018

  Homage to Professor Jordi Casassas

  Fotonotícies

  On October 5, the Faculty of Geography and History paid homage to Jordi Casassas, professor of Contemporary History at the UB. Attendants in the ceremony were Ricardo Piqueras, dean of the Faculty of Geography and History, Carles Santacana, director of the Department of History and Archaeology, Joseba...

• 09/10/2018

  The Governing Council approves of the Code of Ethics on integrity and best practises of the University of Barcelona

  Institucional

  The Governing Council has approved today, with 32 votes in favour and 6 blank votes, the Code of Ethics on integrity and good practises of the University of Barcelona, after adding observations and modifications by several UB collectives. The professor and president of the Ethics Committee, Norbert...

• 05/10/2018

  The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation turns 35 as the UB Technology Transfer Office

  Institucional

  The Bosch i Gimpera Foundation reaches its 35 years as the UB Technology Transfer Office and therefore links the University with the business world in order to provide society with research results. FBG was created in 1983 as a tool to link the University and society, and since 1996 it has been acting...

Research

• 19/10/2018

  Physicists and mathematicians study the evolution of language with language norm change

  Recerca

  A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyses the evolution process of language studying 2,541 language norm changes that occurred during the last two centuries in the Spanish and English languages. ...

• 17/10/2018

  A program gives 3,8 milion euros to train young researchers in cell therapy applied to neuronal disorders

  Recerca

  The training program Advanced Stem Cell Technologies for Neurology (ASCTN-Training) has been launched. It is coordinated by Creatio, through the Research Group on Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine from the Department of Biomedicine of the UB. This program receives a fund of and which is funded with...

• 17/10/2018

  A videogame brings back the adventures of our prehistoric ancestors in Atapuerca

  Recerca

  The UB research group on Heritage didactics, comprehensive museography and new technologies (DIDPATRI), in collaboration with the Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution and an economic aid from the BBVA Foudnation, have created a simulation videogame in which the user is member of a prehistoric...

• 11/10/2018

  Launch of the first telescope from the Cherenkov Telescope Array Site

  Recerca

  Last Tuesday, October 10, the first large-sized telescope of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) was inaugurated. The telescope, named LST-1, is the first of four telescopes with such features to be arranged in the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma, Canary Islands). ...

• 08/10/2018

  'Inclusive education, positive mental health'

  Recerca

  With the motto “Inclusive education, positive mental health”, the World Mental Health Day takes place on October 10. Some faculties of the University of Barcelona prepared several activities to treat this topic from different perspectives. ...

• 08/10/2018

  Presentation of ‘Antiguedades célticas de la isla de Menorca’, re-edition of the first book dedicated to archaeology of prehistory in Spain

  Recerca

  This Tuesday, October 9, the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Geography and History held the presentation of the new edition of Antiguedades célticas de la isla de Menorca, the first book in Spain that was dedicated to the archaeology of prehistory. Participants in the event were the vice-rector for Doctoral...

• 04/10/2018

  Researchers identify the most threatened areas by human activity in the Mediterranean Sea

  Recerca

  A study led by the expert Francisco Ramírez, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute of the University of Barcelona (IRBio), analysed and distributed the existing information on several impacts that are simultaneously affecting the Mediterranean Sea: from climate impacts...

• 03/10/2018

  UB researchers develop a new refrigeration cycle based on magnetic materials

  Recerca

  About 17 % of the global energy consumption is assigned to domestic and industrial refrigeration. This consumption is skyrocketing mainly in emerging countries, and the refrigeration use is expected to exceed the one that is now dedicated to warming, mainly due climate change. Moreover, current technology...

• 02/10/2018

  Global warming increases wildfire potential damages in Mediterranean Europe

  Recerca

  A study published in Nature Communications, led by researchers of the University of Barcelona in collaboration with other research institutions, shows that anthropogenic warming will increase the burned areas due fires in Mediterranean Europe, and the increase of the burned area could be reduced by...

• 02/10/2018

  Open science at issue

  Recerca

  International experts gather in Barcelona on October 4 and 5 to debate on and elaborate an Action Plan on Open Science, a guideline with best practices and innovating practices to encourage politicians and stakeholders to implement open science in Spain, like in other European countries such as Portugal...

• 26/09/2018

  UB researchers take part in the European Researchers' Night

  Recerca

  Next September 28, Europe will celebrate the European Researchers’ Night, which aims to bring science and innovation closer to citizens. Under the motto “Research, everyone’s heritage”, Catalonia prepared a dissemination activity program in which many lecturers and researchers...

• 25/09/2018

  A book analyses the potential of blockchain in education

  Recerca

  Blockchain, a data coding system which involves a disruptive change like the Internet, is growing interest among researchers from the field of education. In order to understand how it works and its potential in teaching, the book Blockchain en educación shows the technological elements that set this...