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UB revolutionizes e-sports with a fair competition careful with players’ health

From 10 October to 29 November, students from the University of Barcelona will compete in UB Alma Mater, a League of Legends tournament that will pit different faculties and campuses against each other.

Institutional

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

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.

Institutional

The University of Barcelona vindicates social commitment at the opening ceremony for the academic year

The opening lecture will be given by Montserrat Vilarrasa, an activist for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities.

Institutional

Professor Carme Cascante, elected director of the Mathematics Research Centre

Carme Cascante, professor at the UB’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, will direct the centre, which has been awarded the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence accreditation excellence accreditation in 2014 and 2021.

Solidarity

Campaign to donate blood and bone marrow at the University of Barcelona

Several UB faculties will set up donation areas.

Research

Cosmologist Licia Verde receives the Medal of the Spanish Royal Society of Physics

This award recognises her excellent scientific career in the field of cosmology and her important contributions to the study of the origin, composition and evolution of the Universe.

Institutional

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

The ceremony, presided over by the Rector Joan Guàrdia, took place in the Paranymph Hall and honoured the exceptional artistic careers of the four awardees.

Research

Bacterial contamination and microplastics threaten Colombia’s largest and most productive coastal lagoon

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, and outlines strategies to address this environmental problem in coastal lagoons around the world.

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