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A study reviews the classification and functions of all known groups of plant hormones in the plant world, which are key molecules in plant life and have diverse applications in agriculture and plant biotechnology.

How do plant hormones facilitate plant survival in extreme environments? 01/10/2025

News | Research

The Rector reviews current affairs and future projects of the University of Barcelona in a meeting with the media 30/09/2025

News | Institutional

The University of Barcelona opens the academic year of the university system as part of its 575th anniversary 30/09/2025

News | Institutional
Above, from left to right, Juan Carlos Laguna, Patricia Ramírez and Roger Bentanachs. Below, from left to right, Marta Alegret and Núria Roglans.

Combination of two drugs that fight cardiovascular risk could also help treat the most common liver disease 30/09/2025

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From left to right, experts Carme Rovira Virgili, Montserrat Guillén Estany and Marta Sánchez de la Torre.

National Research Awards 2025 for UB professors Carme Rovira, Montserrat Guillén and Marta Sánchez 29/09/2025

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The UB honours its most outstanding athletes for the academic year 2024-2025 29/09/2025

News | Institutional | Sport
The ceremony, presided over by the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the vice-rector Marta Ferrer, recognized almost 200 student athletes, as well as tutors and faculties involved in the promotion of university sport. 
Sergi Basco, professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the UB.

Skilled and low-wage employees most vulnerable to globalization 29/09/2025

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New call for applications to study or do an internship abroad 29/09/2025

News | International
Beyond the originality of the research, the Ig Nobel Prizes are a know call in the world of science and humanities, distinguishing astonishing research that first makes people laugh and then make them think.

Ig Nobel Prize for research into the physics of an Italian sauce 25/09/2025

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Professor Eduard Montanya, from the UB’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, IDIBELL, Bellvitge Hospital and CIBERDEM.

New study explains loss of efficacy of common type 2 diabetes drug 25/09/2025

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Researchers find the oldest hippopotamus ivory object in the Iberian Peninsula 25/09/2025

News | Research | Archeology
Vice-rector Maria Feliu during the presentation at Casa Seat.

The University of Barcelona collaborates with the Seat Cupra Foundation on a social impact project in the Raval neighbourhood 23/09/2025

News | Institutional | Solidarity

Professor Xavier Luri, new director of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia 23/09/2025

News | Research
The La Caixa Foundation’s call supports UB research into the development of a drug that could represent a ground-breaking approach in the treatment of this pathology.

The CaixaImpulse programme funds a UB project to improve autism treatment 23/09/2025

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The UB Governing Team visits Cervera as part of the 575<sup>th</sup> anniversary 19/09/2025

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UB Editions’ new publications for the Catalan Book Week 19/09/2025

News | Culture | Academic | Language
From 19 to 28 September, UB Editions will be present at the fair at two stands with a wide range of publications, and with various presentations, including the first major history of contemporary Catalan literature and the launch of the Canvi Global collection.
The discovery, which took place in the province of Napo (Ecuador), opens a unique window into the past: it provides insight into the rich biodiversity of a dense, humid tropical forest in the southern hemisphere some 112 million years ago, when the modern continents broke away from the supercontinent Gondwana and large reptiles dominated the terrestrial ecosystems.

First Mesozoic amber deposit with preserved insects discovered in South America 18/09/2025

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StartUB! hosted the inauguration of the “From Science to Market” programme 18/09/2025

News | Innovation | Entrepreneurship

The University of Barcelona, one of the venues of the Mercè race 2025 17/09/2025

News | Institutional | Sport
The CityPoll project, led by the University of Barcelona, the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) and the University of the Basque Country, stresses the need to promote nature-based mitigation structures as measures to treat urban runoff water.

Urban runoff, a silent threat to aquatic ecosystems 16/09/2025

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UB professor Petia Radeva, recognized as a leading woman figure in ICT 15/09/2025

News | Success story | Academic | Innovation
In mental health care, coercion is not always physical. It often appears as a lack of information, imposed decisions or the absence of intimate spaces to express oneself without fear. This study confirms what many professionals and people have long sensed: the way in which care is provided matters a lot.

Better quality care reduces fear and coercion in mental health units 15/09/2025

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Palestine, the Faculty 18 of the University of Barcelona

Palestine, the Faculty 18 of the University of Barcelona 15/09/2025

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Already a member of Alumni UB? 15/09/2025

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The students of the University of Barcelona, during the ceremony.

UB students win the Ecotrophelia Spain 2025 award with an alternative sauce to soy sauce 12/09/2025

News | Academic
From left to right, experts Iñaki Martín-Subero and Martí Duran-Ferrer.

New methodology to reconstruct the evolution and clinical progression of cancer 10/09/2025

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Take part in the commemoration of the UB’s 575<sub>th</sub> anniversary 10/09/2025

News | Institutional
- New studies by the UB, in collaboration with IATA-CSIC, reveal that a diet rich in vegetable proteins, fibre and healthy fatty acids benefits both mothers and their babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

A diet rich in vegetable protein and fibre helps maternal and infant health during pregnancy and breastfeeding 09/09/2025

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The MORIA project, led by the UB, will analyse how Mediterranean outflow water masses are affected by the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, an ocean current that is becoming slower and weaker due to global warming and is key in global climate regulation.

Oceanographic campaign to study the impact of Mediterranean waters on the North Atlantic circulation weakened by climate change 08/09/2025

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The Balearic shearwater (<i>Puffinus mauretanicus</i>, above) and the Mediterranean shearwater (<i>Puffinus yelkouan</i>, a below) are two shearwater taxa that are genetically similar despite displaying morphological and migratory differences. The new study shows that these two taxa have undergone recurrent episodes of divergence and hybridization during the Pleistocene glacial and interglacial cycles, respectively. This serves as a key example of how hybridization can help preserve genetic diversity and evolutionary potential in threatened taxa. <i>Credit: Victor Paris</i>

Hybridization between species has been crucial to the survival of Europe’s most threatened seabird 05/09/2025

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Antonio Zorzano, professor at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona and member of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), and Manuela Sánchez-Feutrie (IRB Barcelona).

New strategy to combat obesity through activation of brown adipose tissue 04/09/2025

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The courses form part of the University’s cultural reception programme, bolstered this year by the introduction of the new Language Promotion Plan, which covers all members of the UB community

International students begin intensive introductory Catalan courses at the UB 03/09/2025

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The courses form part of the University’s cultural reception programme, bolstered this year by the introduction of the new Language Promotion Plan, which covers all members of the UB community

The University of Barcelona celebrates 575 years focusing on the future 03/09/2025

News | Institutional | Academic

The University of Barcelona is once again the only Spanish university among the top 200 in the world in the Shanghai ranking 15/08/2025

News | Rankings

Gaspar Rosselló Nicolau, a key academic figure and manager of the University of Barcelona, has passed away 01/08/2025

News | Institutional

Physicist, professor and promoter of the Catalan university system, he leaves behind a legacy of more than three decades of service to the UB. 

FC Barcelona’s temporary ice rink will be installed on the grounds of the UB sports complex 31/07/2025

News | Institutional | Sport
Photo courtesy of <i>El Diari de l'Educació</i>.

Professor Xavier Martínez Celorrio, appointed Secretary General of the Inter-University Council of Catalonia 31/07/2025

News | Institutional

The Statute drafting committee submits the proposed text to the Rector, following significant participation from the university community 31/07/2025

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The Rector has received the drafting committee’s proposed text, drawn up from over a thousand amendments and comments. 

Víctor Climent voluntarily steps down as vice-rector 31/07/2025

News | Institutional

The decision is motivated by personal reasons and has taken effect once the objectives set at the beginning of the term have been achieved. 

Some products that are already available on the market during the pilot marketing phase.

Forgotten Plants, a project to promote the use of forest food resources 30/07/2025

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The UB takes part in an initiative to promote the bioeconomy in rural areas through the creation of new gastronomic products. 

From left to right, Aleix, Jan, Aina and Berta.

“I believe that the degree I’m going to study will allow me to have a positive impact on society” 30/07/2025

Report | Academic
Four future university students, who will be entering the UB in September with excellent grades, share their thoughts. 
The runner-up team.

The University of Barcelona, European university futsal runner-up 29/07/2025

News | Sport
The UB women’s team won the silver medal at the EUSA 2025 European University Championship, where they performed brilliantly. They remained undefeated until the final, where they lost to the team from Dragomanov University (Ukraine). Laia Rojo, top scorer of the tournament, and Laura Torres were chosen for the All-Star team. 

A higher level of education does not reduce cognitive decline in ageing 28/07/2025

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The UB, in collaboration with the Científicos de la Basura programme of the Catholic University of the North (Chile), is leading a regional study on the origin of plastic beverage bottle and cap pollution across beaches and coastal cities along more than 12,000 kilometres of Pacific coastline in 10 Latin American countries. Bottles found on a beach on Gorgona Island, Colombia. Photo: Ostin Garcés

Central American countries most affected by plastic bottle pollution 24/07/2025

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First global map of light pollution in Catalonia developed through advanced modelling 24/07/2025

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The first Catalan version of the ‘Critique of Pure Reason’, published by UB Editions, wins the UNE prize for the best translation 23/07/2025

News | Culture
Professor Miquel Montserrat Capella dedicated six years of philological and philosophical work to bring one of the most influential works of modern thought closer to Catalan, for the first time. 
Artist’s impression of a gamma-ray burst. Credit: ESO/A. Roquette

Record-breaking gamma-ray burst reveals new clues into cosmic jets 23/07/2025

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Group photograph of the representatives of the UB, Planeta y Formación and the Col·legi de Disseny Gràfic de Catalunya.

The University of Barcelona joins forces with Planeta Formación y Universidades and the Col·legi Oficial de Disseny Gràfic de Catalunya to promote training and research in the field of graphic desig 22/07/2025

News | Institutional | UB Chair

The new chair will promote a series of actions aimed at attracting and supporting emerging talent, including the creation of an incubator for project excellence in graphic design. 

From left to right, Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría, Professor Licia Verde, Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, and State Research Agency Director José Manuel Fernández de Labastida.

The UB’s Institute of Cosmos Sciences recognized as a María de Maeztu 2024 Unit of Excellence 21/07/2025

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The UB approves its 2nd Language Promotion Plan 21/07/2025

News | Institutional | Language

Scientists publish the most detailed map to date of the Antarctic’s submarine canyons 21/07/2025

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Escut de la UB.

Universities demand the official status of Galician, Catalan, and Basque in the European Union 18/07/2025

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Les universitats de la Xarxa Vives, Navarra, Galícia i Euskadi uneixen forces en un manifest conjunt a favor del reconeixement de les llengües pròpies davant del Consell de la Unió Europea (UE). Les universitats que integren la Xarxa Vives (de territoris del domini lingüístic de la llengua catalana), la Universitat de Santiago de Compostela, la Universidad Pública de Navarra, l’Euskal Herriko Unibersatea, la Universidad de Deusto, la Mondragon Unibertsitatea i EUNEIZ reivindiquen la transcendència d’aquest pas com «un reconeixement de la diversitat pròpia de la UE, així com dels drets lingüístics, de llibertat acadèmica i de creació científica, específics de l’àmbit universitari».
The rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the director of UB Editions, Meritxell Anton, collected the awards.

UB Editions wins three awards at the Joan Lluís Vives Prize of the Vives Network of Universities 17/07/2025

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“The Carlist War left a lasting mark still visible in Catalonia’s landscape and collective memory” 17/07/2025

News | Culture | Dissertation

The Governing Council advances the UB Clínic Health Campus project 16/07/2025

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UB-IDIBELL study identifies key neurophysiological mechanism in human memory formation 16/07/2025

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Book cover

Ferran Soldevila Award for the book <i>Del naixement del teatre modern al neoclassicisme (segles XVI-XVIII)</i>, published by UB Editions 16/07/2025

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UB coat of arms.

University of Barcelona statement on allegations involving the CREA group 15/07/2025

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Foto de família del grup d'experts i expertes de turisme.

Dues professores de la UB s’incorporen al grup d’experts que assessora el Govern per a la nova llei de turisme i el pla territorial 15/07/2025

News | Institutional
The main event of the Maria Assumpció Català year was held at the Montsec Astronomical Park.

The central event of the Assumpció Català year, Spain’s first female astronomer professor, reflects on women and science 15/07/2025

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