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Institutional

16-05-2025

The University of Barcelona participates in the new Future4Alliances project to boost European universities

It is one of nine universities that are part of the initiative, which is promoted by thirty ministries and public bodies in several countries. 

 

Institutional

15-05-2025

The University of Barcelona Clínic Health Campus project moves forward

The Rector briefs the Governing Council on developments related to this project and on the negotiation of the EU funding framework programme, among other issues. 


 

Research

15-05-2025

A study analyses the causes of university procrastination and proposes strategies to reduce its academic and emotional impact

The paper, published in the Journal of Further and Higher Education, identifies how time management, personality and psychological distress influence the tendency to procrastinate on academic tasks. The study is signed by Adrien Faure-Carvallo, Sergio Nieto-Fernández, Caterina Calderón and Josep Gustems, researchers at the University of Barcelona. 

Culture

15-05-2025

Hispania, the engine of Roman imperial wealth: a fresh look at the economy of antiquity

University of Barcelona Editions publishes Economía de la Hispania romana. Paisajes de producción y dinámicas comerciales, which analyses the nature and evolution of the economy of an imperial territory that integrated the ecological and cultural diversity of the Mediterranean world and its periphery.

Divulgation

14-05-2025

Xavier Giménez and Meritxell Aulinas, honoured for their scientific dissemination tasks

The lecturer from the Faculty of Chemistry and the lecturer from the Faculty of Earth Sciences received the 11th and 12th Award for the best UB dissemination activity at a ceremony that also included the awarding of the Doctors’ Senate Award and the extraordinary doctoral awards.
 

Research

14-05-2025

Researchers develop a potential new drug for Alzheimer’s and pain treatment

An international study led by the UB has shown cognitive and analgesic effects in early mouse trials.

Research

13-05-2025

Science, monologues and posters at the 3rd Doctoral Research and Dissemination Conference

Once again, this initiative aims to give visibility to research and promote the communication skills of doctoral students at the University of Barcelona.

Research

13-05-2025

The peculiarity of mobility on foot in Barcelona does not allow for the application of global measures

A study identifies the factors that encourage walking in the city and finds that they can have opposite effects depending on the neighbourhood. The analysis is based on data collected over five years by more than a hundred sensors and has few precedents in the world.
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