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The Official College of Doctors of Barcelona awards the UB’s professional excellence in medicine 29/10/2024

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Researcher Mar Carretero, third awardee of the La Vanguardia Science Award 2024. Photo: Andrea Martínez, La Vanguardia

Researcher Mar Carretero receives the third La Vanguardia Science Award for her discovery of the Milky Way’s runaway starstrelles fugitives de la Via Làctia 28/10/2024

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Maria Feliu, the UB’s vice-rector for Doctoral Studies, Research Staff in Training, Talent Attraction and Dissemination, attended the event,

The University of Barcelona, awarded for its commitment to sustainability 28/10/2024

News | Institutional | Sustainability
Spider <i>Dysdera curvisetae</i> is a species endemic to the Canary Islands. Photo: Pedro Oromí

Deciphering the genome of an endemic species in the Canary Islands to protect the archipelago’s biodiversity 28/10/2024

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Joan Guàrdia: “It is our job us to maintain a Catalan university that is committed, autonomous and free, in memory of Rector Bosch Gimpera” 25/10/2024

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From left to right, the experts Albert Giralt, Sofia Zaballa and Daniel del Toro.

UB researchers rejuvenate brain neurons through cellular reprogramming: more neurons and more brain plasticity 24/10/2024

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The University of Barcelona, leader in Spain in patent generation according to the EPO’s first long-term study 22/10/2024

News | Success story | Research | Institutional | Innovation | Sustainability | Technology

The UB’s CRAI celebrates its twentieth anniversary with an exhibition in the Historic Building 22/10/2024

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The UB to confer an honorary doctorate on ecologist Belinda Medlyn 22/10/2024

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From left to right, Antoni Trilla, dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Irene Madruga, Irina Martín-Izquierdo, Bernat Nadal, Alex Iranzo, and Josefina Castro.

Increased head injuries in professional footballers could lead to more cases of neurodegenerative diseases in the coming years 22/10/2024

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The President of the Parliament of Catalonia, Josep Rull, rector Joan Guàrdia and Vice-Rector Raul Ramos.

The President of the Catalan Parliament sponsors the new machine translation platform 21/10/2024

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This Monday, the constitution session of the Joint Monitoring Committee of the project took place.

The new University of Barcelona Diagonal Clínic Campus presses the accelerator 21/10/2024

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Pere Bosch Gimpera, rector of the University of Barcelona, February 1936. Photograph: Francesc Gràcia. Acquired from the Centelles Archive.

The University of Barcelona, the MAC and the IEC pay tribute to the figure of Pere Bosch Gimpera on the 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary of his death 21/10/2024

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Professor Eduard Vieta, new academician of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia 21/10/2024

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The UB will preserve the botanist Pius Font i Quer’s Bages flora herbarium 18/10/2024

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From left to right, the experts Leticia Pérez-Sisqués, Genís Campoy-Campos, Almudena Chicote-González, Cristina Malagelada, Júlia Solana-Balaguer, Jordi Alberch and Pol Garcia-Segura.

Researchers identify a new molecular mechanism that could help design future therapies to treat Alzheimer’s disease 18/10/2024

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Professor Miquel Canals receives of the National Research Award 2024

Professor Miquel Canals has been awarded with the Alejandro Malaspina National Research Award 2024. 17/10/2024

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Organized by the UNED and the European Observatory of Memories (EUROM) of the UB Solidarity Foundation.

A conference and exhibition at the UB brings together children’s and women’s memories of the war in Europe 17/10/2024

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Sergio Villanueva.

Part of the GBHSH community in Spain uses doxycycline to prevent sexually transmitted diseases 16/10/2024

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New edition of the International Mobility Fair 16/10/2024

News | Academic | International
The UB is the only public university in Spain to be part of the ENCHE network, which will train future doctors on the impact of climate on health and sustainable health care.

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences will train doctors in climate and health 15/10/2024

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Xavier Arbós, new director of the Institute of Self-Government Studies 15/10/2024

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The new residence hall will come into operation in the academic year 2025-2026.

The university residence hall of the Bellvitge Campus will come into operation at the beginning of the academic year 2025-2026 14/10/2024

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CHARM-EU Days 2024.

Interculturality, the central theme of CHARM-EU Days 2024 14/10/2024

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Since 2022, the Catalan Language and Culture Orientation Plan has increased the number of Catalan courses on offer, as well as expanding the cultural and language exchange programme to facilitate the integration of international students. ngüístic que facilita la integració de l’alumnat internacional.

The UB promotes the international students’ welcome with Catalan courses and language exchanges 11/10/2024

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A study by the University of Barcelona and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya presents a mathematical solution to make it easier to read these two-dimensional codes on deformed surfaces, such as courier packages or food trays.

A methodology to read QR codes on uneven surfaces 11/10/2024

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Massouda Kohistani.

A voice to denounce horror 10/10/2024

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The group of Spanish Universities in European Universities (UEUE) is born 10/10/2024

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Steps forward in the deployment of LOSU and the MIES-UB project 09/10/2024

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Javier Velaza, degà de Filologia i Comunicació de la UB.

Javier Velaza, Dean of the Faculty of Philology and Communication at the University of Barcelona, wins the 37<sup>th</sup> Loewe Poetry Prize 09/10/2024

News | Culture | Success story
This astrophysical discovery extends the number of massive runaway stars previously identified in this region of the cosmos, some 160 000 light-years away.

Study discovers dozens of runaway stars in young star cluster R136 09/10/2024

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Researcher M. Ángeles Serrano, fellow of the American Physical Society 2024 09/10/2024

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The University of Barcelona maintains its leadership in the World University Rankings 09/10/2024

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Agustí Alcoberro, Vice-Rector for Cultural Activities and Cultural Heritage at the UB, and Ana Domènech, director of marketing and branding at <i>El Periódico</i>

An exhibition at the UB celebrates 45 years of <i>El Periódico’s</i> paper edition 08/10/2024

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From left to right, Ariadna Vila-Planas, Marçal Pastor-Anglada, Montserrat Terrazas, Sandra Pérez-Torras and Aida Mata-Ventosa.

UB researchers design a drug capable of acting simultaneously against three different therapeutic targets 08/10/2024

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The professor of Philosophy Josep Monserrat.

Josep Monserrat, appointed Vice-Rector for Language Policy 07/10/2024

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Carlos M. Herrera has been distinguished with the Ramon Margalef Ecology 2024.

Ecologist Carlos M. Herrera participates in the new edition of the Ramon Margalef Forum at the Faculty of Biology 07/10/2024

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Montserrat Vilarrasa.

Montserrat Vilarrasa: “It is important that people with intellectual disabilities are given opportunities to be leaders” 07/10/2024

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New call for applications for mobility to study or conduct work placements experiences abroad 07/10/2024

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Vice-Rector Maria Feliu takes on the task of promoting science at the UB 07/10/2024

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The UB’s Historic Building has a bar again 04/10/2024

News | Institutional | Photo news
Image of the student summit in Palermo.

The University of Barcelona takes part in the Mediterranean Student Summit of the UNIMED network 04/10/2024

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“We have normalized the presence of older people in the classroom” 04/10/2024

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Inauguration of the new Foundation Campus, annexed to Mollet University Hospital 04/10/2024

News | Institutional | Academic | Teaching
Group photo of the teams, together with the rector, the vice-rector and the sponsors.

UB revolutionizes e-sports with a fair competition careful with players’ health 03/10/2024

News | Institutional | Sport
The present, the past and the future challenges of the Faculty were presented in an academic act presided over by the rector Joan Guàrdia and with the participation of the current dean Oriol Pujol and the former deans of the centre.

The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science: fifty years of teaching, research and innovation at the UB 03/10/2024

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Carme Cascante, professor and former dean at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Barcelona.

Professor Carme Cascante, elected director of the Mathematics Research Centre 03/10/2024

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<i>The UB in figures</i> provides a comprehensive and attractive overview of the University’s main strengths 02/10/2024

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Licia Verde, ICREA researcher and scientific director of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) at the University of Barcelona.

Cosmologist Licia Verde receives the Medal of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics 02/10/2024

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The University of Barcelona vindicates social commitment at the opening ceremony for the academic year 01/10/2024

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Campaign to donate blood and bone marrow at the University of Barcelona 01/10/2024

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A study led by researchers from the UB and the Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR) in Colombia warns of the impact of microplastic pollution and pathogenic bacteria in the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta in Colombia. Photo: Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez

Bacterial contamination and microplastics threaten Colombia’s largest and most productive coastal lagoon 01/10/2024

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Bayona, Cabellut i Plensa han estat investits com a doctors Honoris Causa

The University of Barcelona awards an honorary doctorate to J.A. Bayona, Lita Cabellut, Núria Espert and Jaume Plensa 30/09/2024

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Cardemcat, the winning project, is promoted by Laura Boj, Roger Miras and Xènia Hernàndez,

The University of Barcelona will have a videopodcast about sex 27/09/2024

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After a heatwave, shallower populations of P. clavata are less able to withstand and recover from other disturbances. Photo: Graciel·la Rovira.

Climate change accelerates the vulnerability and loss of resilience of a key species for the Mediterranean ecosystem 27/09/2024

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La UB i la Fundació ICO han estat premiades amb el distingit guardó Finances per a Tothom.

The University of Barcelona and the ICO Foundation, winners of the Finanzas para Todos award for their innovative training in financial education 26/09/2024

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Members of the UB and ASCEF, in the Historical Building of the University of Barcelona.

The University of Barcelona vindicates the importance of family businesses in the Catalan economy 26/09/2024

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From left to right, experts Araceli Rosa, Marina Mitjans and Bàrbara Arias at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona.

Researchers identify sex differences in genetic vulnerability to psychotic disorders 25/09/2024

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The Paranymph Hall of the UB’s Historic Building will host the ceremony on Monday.

The UB will confer honorary doctorates on Bayona, Cabellut, Espert and Plensa 25/09/2024

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D'esquerra a dreta, les investigadores Mar Carretero i Raquel González, finalistes en el premi La Vanguardia de la Ciència.

Les investigadores Mar Carretero i Raquel González, finalistes en el premi La Vanguardia de la Ciència 23/09/2024

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