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Heat Chronicles
A project led by the UB’s OpenSystems research group is promoting citizen participation to identify the public spaces that are most affected by episodes of extreme heat and to recommend strategies to improve the well-being of the neighbourhood.
Institutional
The UB launches the 1st Maria Sabater Videopodcast Competition
Opportunity for students to create and produce self-managed content.
Research
New biomarker to diagnose Alzheimer’s in asymptomatic stages of the disease
The study opens the door to early detection of Alzheimer’s disease from blood samples in asymptomatic stages of the disease and will enable its diagnosis and treatment.
Institutional
The Medicine Campus opens its doors to the public
The initiative, co-organised by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, aims to explain, on Saturday 11 May, the teaching, care and research activities carried out on the campus.
Research
The UB consolidates its position and is once again the state leader in the CWUR ranking
It is ranked 134th in the world and 47th in Europe.
Institutional
The University Senate approves the motion in support of Palestine to be submitted to the University's governing team and the Governing Council
It received 59 votes in favour and 23 votes against.
Culture
Lecture by Peter Balakian, winner of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
He will talk about the impact of the genocide of the Armenian people on his literary work.
Research
New methodologies to prevent fraud in the determination of the geographical origin of hazelnuts
Teams from the University of Barcelona present two compatible and complementary methodologies that could be used together to improve the identification of the geographical origin and variety of hazelnuts and thus prevent commercial fraud in this product.
Research
The genomic tower of Babel
A study on the Oikopleura dioica, a model animal in genetics, calls into question the knowledge of genome evolution and the formation of species.