Press releases

Pedro Astals, president of Tranxforma Food, and Mercè Segarra, vici-rector for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transfer at the UB.

The UB-FOCUS INNOFOOD platform launches to promote innovation in the agri-food sector 18/01/2024

News | Innovation

A study reveals how by changing agricultural practises and growing the fallow land could help the preservation of the population of these species, which is severely affected by human activity. Photo: CTFC

Scientists, farmers and managers work together to avoid the decline of the little bustard, an endangered steppe bird 18/01/2024

News | Research

Citizens would only give up free elections in exchange for a threefold increase in income, according to research by the UB 17/01/2024

News | Research

The UB’s commitment to the emerging talent of Vespres d’hivern 16/01/2024

News | Culture

Imatge: Andreu Puig, departament d'Universitats i Recerca.

Joan Guàrdia begins his second term as head of the UB: "The right conditions are in place to take a leap forward". 15/01/2024

News | Institutional

The study warns that only preventive actions and conservation of the natural environment could prevent the spread of invasive plants that are difficult to eradicate in the Mediterranean.

Human activity facilitates invasive plants’ colonization in Mediterranean ecosystems 12/01/2024

News | Research

Escut de la UB.

Comunicat de la Universitat de Barcelona 20/12/2023

News | Institutional

Carme Ruscalleda: “This honorary degree fills me with strength and renews my commitment to my country” 18/12/2023

News | Institutional

The project will be helpful in space missions such as Gaia, the European Space Agency's (ESA) flagship project to detail the stellar mapping of our galaxy and broaden the global perspective of the cosmos around us. Image: ESA/Gaia/DPAC

The UB is leading the European SPACIOUS project for the management of massive data in space science 14/12/2023

News | Research

Carme Ruscalleda, on the Historical Building of the University of Barcelona.

On 18 December, Carme Ruscalleda will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the UB 11/12/2023

News | Institutional

Joan Guàrdia is re-elected rector of the University of Barcelona 05/12/2023

News | Institutional

The UB, a leader in sustainability 05/12/2023

News | Institutional | Sustainability

More than 100 women will reflect on the challenges of feminism at the 1st International Congress on Gender Perspective.

More than 100 women will reflect on the challenges of feminism at the 1st International Congress on Gender Perspective 05/12/2023

News | Research

This initiative, with thirteen partners from five different countries, will help protect marine biodiversity and promote the sustainability of European long-distance fisheries in the East Central Atlantic. Photo: Jacob González-Solís

The University of Barcelona leads a Horizon Europe project to reduce marine megafauna bycatch 30/11/2023

News | Research

Hugo Peluffo, leader of this study and member of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Institute of Neurosciences (UBneuro) of the University of Barcelona.

Study identifies a key protein for healthy ageing 28/11/2023

News | Research

The rectors (Joan Guàrdia, from the UB; Javier Lafuente, from UAB; Daniel Crespo, from UPC; and Laia de Nadal, from UPF) presented this university platform that aims to promote Barcelona.

Alliance of public universities in the Barcelona metropolitan area 24/11/2023

News | Institutional

A study by the University of Barcelona and CIBERFES reveals the protective effect of the Mediterranean diet on long-term cognitive decline in the elderly.

Following a Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of cognitive decline in older people 17/11/2023

News | Research

Study led by the UB with patient samples and <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in vivo</i> models designs a molecular trap to fight this disease.

New therapeutic strategy to reduce neuronal death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 16/11/2023

News | Research

Provisional candidacies for the Rectorate elections of the University of Barcelona 15/11/2023

News | Institutional

Poster of the event.

The UB will host the first inter-university conference against gender-based violence at universities on 21 November 14/11/2023

News | Equality

The agreement will allow the promotion of activities on human anatomy in several faculties of the University of Barcelona.

Agreement between the UB and Barcelona Cemeteries to collaborate for teaching and research purposes 14/11/2023

News | Research

Investigadors i voluntaris col·laboren, un cop més, per elaborar el cens de rapinyaires nocturns del Parc Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac i protegir-ne la biodiversitat.

Identificar rapinyaires nocturns a la vesprada 13/11/2023

News | Research

The co-directors of the festival, Lorena Fuster and José Díez, with the poster of this edition.

The philosophy festival Barcelona Pensa sets time as the core theme in its tenth anniversary 07/11/2023

News | Culture

The event in memory of the professor will include the presentation of the book she co-edited in the last period of her life, a collection of academic contributions published by UB Editions.

The UB pays tribute to Carme Junyent 03/11/2023

News | Institutional

One of the archaeological artefacts discovered in the former workshop of the potter Antoni Tarrés.

Hundreds of archaeological artefacts from pre-modernisme Barcelona found in the former workshop of the potter Antoni Tarrés 26/10/2023

News | Culture | Research

The UB improves in the different areas of the World University Rankings by Subject 25/10/2023

News | Institutional

A study of the Arctic climate over the last 5,000 years concludes that the highest temperatures occur now 24/10/2023

News | Research

Narcís Serra, vice-president of the Pau Casals Foundation, receives the diploma from the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia.

The University of Barcelona vindicates Pau Casals' musical and humanistic relevance 17/10/2023

News | Culture | Institutional

The voting format will be electronic.

Elections at the Rector’s Office of the University of Barcelona on 4 and 5 December 17/10/2023

News | Institutional

Researchers from the Marine Geosciences Research Group of the UB Faculty of Earth Sciences Oriol Uviedo, Arantxa Estrada, Montse Guart, Liam de Haan (standing) and Carla Martínez and Anna Sanchez-Vidal (seated).

A UB study identifies the remains of artificial turf as an important source of pollution of the aquatic environment 11/10/2023

News | Research | Divulgation

The European Space Agency's project to create the most ambitious stellar map of the Milky Way reveals new enigmas about Omega Centauri, the largest, brightest and most massive star cluster in this galaxy.

Gaia mission identifies half a million new stars in Omega Centauri cluster 10/10/2023

News | Research

Cranium with fractures. Photo: A. Soltysiak

The violent beginning of civilisation 09/10/2023

News | Research

The UB has 170 researchers among the most influential in the world 09/10/2023

News | Research

Pau Casals smoking pipe at the balcony of Sant Salvador house [chemical photograph], Puig Farran, Joan Andreu, [01/01/1936 - 31/12/1936]. Puig Ferran family. Pau Casals collection. Pau Casals Foundation

The UB commemorates Pau Casals’ honorary doctorate awarding ceremony 06/10/2023

News | Culture

Ruscalleda, Gatell and Segev to debate on creativity at the University of Barcelona 04/10/2023

News | Divulgation | Innovation

From left to right, Melike Kucukerden, Jordi Alberch, Mercè Masana, Júlia Solana, Cristina Malagelada i Esther Pérez-Navarro. Column (descending order), Genís Campoy, Núria Martín-Flores, Letícia Pérez-Sisqués, Laia Sitjà, Ana Gámez-Valero, Eulàlia Martí and Jordi Soriano.

UB study outlines new strategies to combat neurodegenerative diseases 04/10/2023

News | Research

Filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona, during his speech.

Bayona: "Filmmaking is the search for images that reveal the truth" 02/10/2023

News | Culture | Institutional

UB, Spanish leader in the World University Rankings 27/09/2023

News | Institutional

The rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the rector of the UAB, Javier Lafuente.

The UB and the UAB will collaborate to train students jointly 22/09/2023

News | Institutional | Academic

The Secret Heart, 2014. Inflatable fabric, synthetic material and sound installation, 27 × 27 × 15 m. Exhibition view: The Secret Heart in Gaskessel, Augsburg, Germany, 2014. Photo: Jürgen Diemer © Kunstammlungen Museen Augsburg

The Secret Heart, at the doors of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the UB 21/09/2023

News | Research | Divulgation

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