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Innovation

The interuniversity programme “From Science to Market” showcases projects in deep tech, health, heritage, and educational digitalization

These are student projects that have benefited from specialized training in entrepreneurship and the transfer of scientific knowledge.

Innovation

The University of Barcelona secures €1.7 million in funding to develop public-private collaboration projects

Eight projects led by UB researchers have been selected in a new call for grants from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

Internacional

The UB, at the Macro Confuci forum

The forum is the main reference point for Chinese language teaching in Catalonia.

Academical

The UB inaugurates the new CRAI Information and Audiovisual Media Library

It's a modern, comfortable, functional and welcoming space that puts users at the center.

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Premsa escrita

El Periódico de Catalunya

From an old theater to a super lab: article about the Barcelona Center for Applied Neurosciences (BCAN)

Premsa escrita

El País

The bray of the oldest mule in Europe was 2800 years ago

Ràdio

No ho sé (Rac1)

Interview with Jordi Serra-Cobo, member of the Biodiversity Research Institute of the UB, about swine fever

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December
16

Award ceremony for the 19th fotoNAT-UB competition

Aula Magna, Faculty of Biology
May
06

RespirAP conference on respiratory health

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Approval of the new Statute by the University Senate of the University of Barcelona

The University of Barcelona experienced a historic day with the approval of the new Statute by the university Senate. The text lays the foundations for the transformation of the UB in accordance with the challenges of the 21st century, and prepares it to face the future with maximum guarantees. The new articles received the favorable vote of 156 Senate members, 6 voted against and 6 abstained.

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The University, in podcast All the podcast

In this first programme, we talk about Disney princesses, their evolution and the gender stereotypes they have perpetuated throughout history. We also talk to Maddalena Fedele, professor at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media, about the representation of women in Disney, and we go outside to find out what young people think about these films.

When it rains, it pours. We talk to M. Carmen Llasat

It is no coincidence that storms, hailstorms or heatwaves are becoming more intense and have more severe consequences. The climate crisis is a reality. We must be aware of it and learn to cope with it. We spoke with the expert in extreme weather phenomena M. Carmen Llasat.

How is the UB celebrating its 575 years of history?

On 3 September 1450, a royal privilege granted by AlfonOur university has just turned 575 years old! In this episode, Agustí Alcoberro, vice-rector for Culture, Memory and Heritage; Sheila González, professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, and Xavier Tur, head of the Web Development Unit, tell us how we will commemorate the anniversary.

The articulations between crisis and tourism, with Claudio Milano

In places like Catalonia, and especially in cities like Barcelona, the contradictions and tensions resulting from tourism overload tend to become more apparent during the summer. We explore these complexities with Professor Claudio Milano, an expert in the anthropology and political economy of tourism, from the UB's Department of Social Anthropology.

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