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A University of Barcelona project to investigate the origin of genetic mutations
Marc de Manuel, researcher at the Faculty of Biology, receives a starting grant from the European Research Council.
Research
The UB hosts an international forum on food sustainability
From 8 to 12 September, the University of Barcelona and the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technologies are organizing the international conference LCA FOOD 2024, a leading scientific summit that will address the challenges of achieving a more sustainable, healthy and fair food system in all parts of the world.
Institutional
The University of Barcelona, among the top 200 in the ARWU Ranking
It is the only Spanish university listed in this range.
Solidarity
The University of Barcelona takes in ten refugee students, six of them Palestinians
The UB will cover the cost of students’ studies and accommodation.
Institutional
Starting university: passion, excellence, curiosity and self-improvement
Four students who will begin their studies at the UB next year explain their motivations and aspirations.
Research
Reconstruction of the environmental conditions and cultivation practices when agriculture first emerged in Western Europe
The Neolithic site of La Draga (Girona) — one of the most exceptional on the Iberian Peninsula — provides new evidence on the climatology, management and characteristics of the crops that facilitated the expansion of agriculture during the Neolithic revolution.