Press releases

The UB confers an honorary doctorate to ecologist Belinda Medlyn 29/10/2024

News | Research

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

News | Institutional

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

News | Culture | Institutional | Dissertation

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

News | Institutional

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

News | Institutional

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

News | Institutional

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

News | Institutional

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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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

News | Institutional | Solidarity

Sergio Villanueva.

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

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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

News | Institutional

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

News | Institutional | Rankings

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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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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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