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Gaia, de casa nostra a l'univers'
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (403+ words) UB - Universitat de Barcelona "Gaia, de casa nostra a l'univers' Catalan science takes centre stage on Wednesday 6 May at 6. 30 p. m. with the premiere of the documentary Gaia: de casa nostra a l'univers in the main auditorium at Cosmo Caixa. The documentary,…...
Doctors" Senate Award for a study on fire festivals in the Pyrenees and their inscription on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (442+ words) UB - Universitat de Barcelona - Doctors" Senate Award for a study on fire festivals in the Pyrenees and their inscription on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list This year"s University of Barcelona Doctors" Senate Award has been given to Mireia…...
Opening of the Geological Garden, Barcelona's first street-level museum
1+ week, 1+ day ago (341+ words) Located at the entrance to the Faculty of Earth Sciences at Zona Universit'ria, it illustrates the geological evolution of the Earth over the course of its 4. 567 billion-year history. The space covers an area of 1, 830 m" and had a budget of…...
The University of Barcelona, cradle of modern architecture in Catalonia
2+ week, 1+ day ago (221+ words) A historical overview of Catalan architecture" The exhibition also highlights the figure of"Merc" Serra"Barenys"(Barcelona, 1940), the first woman to graduate in Architecture in Catalonia (1964), a milestone that marked a turning point: at a time when architecture was an…...
UB Editions presents "La Universitat de Barcelona dibuixada, a visual journey through the institutions heritage
3+ week, 1+ day ago (408+ words) At the event, the Rector, Joan Gu'rdia; the vice-rector for Culture, Memory and Heritage, Agust" Alcoberro; and the authors of the book spoke, presenting the key elements of a work that combines an artistic perspective with a historical narrative to…...
The University of Barcelona will commemorate the victims of Freginals on 20 March
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (140+ words) UB - Universitat de Barcelona - The University of Barcelona will commemorate the victims of Freginals on 20 March The University of Barcelona is commemorating the 13 Erasmus students who died in a coach crash in the town of Freginals (Tarragona), on the tenth…...
People with HIV did not show more severe clinical symptoms during the 2022 mpox outbreak in Spain
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (206+ words) The study indicates that 35% of cases corresponded to people with HIV and that, among HIV-negative individuals, approximately 43% were users of pre-exposure prophylaxis (Pr EP) for HIV. "In all the studied groups, most transmissions occurred within sexual networks, especially among men…...
Water returns to local councils: a study by the University of Barcelona reveals the extent of remunicipalisation in Catalonia
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (785+ words) Universitat de Barcelona - Water returns to local councils: a study by the University of Barcelona reveals the extent of remunicipalisation in Catalonia Published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, the study by Professor Germ" Bel and researcher…...
The University of Barcelona becomes a key academic partner of the Bank of Spain
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (262+ words) Universitat de Barcelona - The University of Barcelona becomes a key academic partner of the Bank of Spain The rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Gu'rdia, and the governor of the Bank of Spain, Jos" Luis Escriv, signed a framework…...
What do I get by making a deal? Some reasonable doubts about the formation of coalition governments in Spain
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (123+ words) Josep Maria Reniu Vilamalae Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona One of the characteristics of how'parliamentary systems such as Spain's'work is the need to reach some kind of agreement between the different political parties to'ensure, above all, the'formation of a…...