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Institutional
26-11-2025
An overwhelming majority approves the Statute that opens up a new way of understanding the university
The new regulations lay the foundations for transforming the University of Barcelona over the coming decades and mark a step forward in the missions entrusted to it.
Divulgation
27-11-2025
Expert Opinion
Professor Daniel W. O’Neill from the University of Barcelona contributes to a Nature article promoting new indicators that prioritize sustainability and inclusiveness in measuring national progress.
Divulgation
27-11-2025
Three exhibitions at the Faculty of Physics celebrate the scientific and educational legacy of Assumpció Català i Poch
Throughout this year, the centenary of the birth of Spain’s first female astronomer in Spain has been commemorated.
Research
27-11-2025
Australopithecus deyiremeda, an ancestor of the human species discovered in Ethiopia, was bipedal and climbed trees
Professor Lluís Gibert, from the University of Barcelona, is the only expert from a European institution participating in an international study based on the analysis of the bones of a fossilized foot and teeth that has revealed how Australopithecus deyiremeda, a human ancestor that coexisted more than three million years ago with Australopithecus afarensis — the famous Lucy — on the plains of East Africa, moved and fed.
Research
25-11-2025
The seamounts of Cape Verde: a biodiversity hotspot and a priority for marine conservation in the central-eastern Atlantic
A review article led by the University of Barcelona, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and the UK National Oceanography Centre, with the participation of 20 institutions from various countries, including universities, research centres and NGOs, brings together for the first time all the available knowledge on the deep ocean.
Christmas
24-11-2025
Christmas lights ornament the Historic Building
They will be lit every day from 6.00 p.m. to midnight.
Culture
25-11-2025
UB Alma Mater returns in a new edition of the Gaming Hall
On Friday 28 November at 4.00 p.m., SAGA will host an All Stars UB Alma Mater competition, in which players from all the teams in the UB’s intra-university e-sports tournament will face off in three games.
Research
20-11-2025
Cancel fossil fuel extraction contracts to combat climate change
A team of experts from the University of Barcelona and ISGlobal participating in COP30 — the UN climate change summit — is calling for the cancellation of fossil fuel exploitation licences in order to uphold the Paris Agreement.