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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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08/02/2023
Arts and humanities, the melting pot of the 20th century Catalan culture
The book La Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres de la Universitat de Barcelona (1902-1973). Un gresol d’intel·lectualitat, by the lecturer of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Barcelona Agustí G. Larios, gathers the history of the faculty over almost all the 20th...
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03/02/2023
First CHARM-EU graduation
The Historical Building of the University of Barcelona has hosted the graduation of the sixty students who build up the first promotion of the CHARM-EU master's degree. They are the first students to graduate from a master's programme designed by a European University Alliance. The students of this...
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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...
Research
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08/02/2023
Marine reserves unlikely to restore marine ecosystems
Protected marine areas are one of the essential tools for the conservation of natural resources affected by human impact —mainly fishing—, but, are they enough to recover the functioning of these systems? A study published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science, led by researchers from the...
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02/02/2023
Evolution of wheat spikes since the Neolithic revolution
Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near East. With the beginning of the cultivation of cereals —such as wheat and barley— and the domestication of animals, the first...
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01/02/2023
The quail could be the unknown reservoir of Tuscany and Sicilian viruses
The quail could be the unknown reservoir of the Toscana virus (TOSV) and the Sandfly Fever Sicilian virus (SFSV), mosquito-borne pathogens that can infect domestic animals and also cause disease in humans. This conclusion is drawn from a study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, and...
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31/01/2023
Two UB researchers receive a Consolidator Grant to develop their research projects
The results of the European Research Council’s Consolidator Grants have been published today. These grants fund projects conducted by researchers with seven to twelve years of experience from their doctorate. Researchers Diana Berruezo-Sánchez and Judith Domínguez Borràs were awarded this prestigious...
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31/01/2023
Researchers find recruitment mechanism for cancer-associated fibroblasts in the most common lung cancer
A team of experts from the University of Barcelona, the University of Zaragoza and Hospital Clínic de Barcelona found a mechanism of recruitment for tumour-associated cells (cancer-associated fibroblasts or CAFs) which are essential to lung adenocarcinoma, the most frequent type of cancer. This finding...
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30/01/2023
The size of two brain regions may predict the effectiveness of psychological behavioural therapy in children with OCD
The size of two brain structures is associated with the response to cognitive-behavioural psychological therapy in children with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), according to a study led by teams from the University of Barcelona, the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Bellvitge University...
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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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