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Solidarity

The UB celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with “Units i unides per l’esport”

The event aims to highlight the value of inclusive sport, with the participation of both students with disabilities and experts, and to highlight the Baskin initiative at the UB as an example of an adapted and innovative sport.

Culture

The UB pays tribute to brigadier Robert H. Merriman with a replica of his monument, which will be installed at UC Berkeley

The UB research group DIDPATRI is promoting this historical memory project to recognize the leader of the Lincoln Battalion and former Berkeley professor, whose sculpture will be located on the Berkeley campus.

Technology

The University of Barcelona creates Electraqua Tech, a spin-off to remove organic micropollutants from industrial wastewater

First of all, the aim is to focus on companies in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sectors.

Research

Virtual reality applied to teaching to fight against gender inequalities

A European project led by the UB’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences will apply immersive virtual reality techniques to promote gender equality training in universities and healthcare centres.

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Ceremony to honour UB athletes for the 2023-2024 academic year

The ceremony was presided over by the rector, Joan Guàrdia, and the vice-rector Marta Ferrer, and distinguished the most outstanding sportsmen and women, as well as the tutors and faculties involved in the promotion of university sport. 

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The University, in podcast All the podcast

We start the show ‘Cardemcat’ talking about language rules! In this first episode, we discuss sexual terminology through an anonymous and very explicit text sent to us by one of our followers. Also, we invite Gerard Viladomat, one of the authors of the ‘Petem-ho’ manual for boomers, to talk about youth slang and answer our questions uncensored.

 

Crimean Tatar, the deported language

Crimean Tatar is a Turkic language with a tragic history. Eighty years ago, Stalin deported the entire community to Central Asia. It was not until after the fall of the Soviet Union that they were able to return. Miquel Cabal, professor at the University of Barcelona and an expert on this community, tells us about it.

Is the rural world in crisis? We talk about it with Camila del Mármol

In the second chapter of ‘En crisi’ we look at the transformations and challenges facing peripheral rural and mountain regions, as well as the responses that are taking shape regarding this situation. To do so, we talk to Camila del Mármol.

Lingala (and Kikongo), with Saoka Kingolo

Lingala is one of the great languages of Africa, with millions of native speakers and millions using it as a lingua franca. It is part of the Bantu subgroup, and is spoken over a fairly large area in the centre of the continent.

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