How was the abandonment of girls and boys in 15th century Barcelona is the subject of the doctoral thesis of the Institute of History professor, Ximena Illanes, and which gave rise to the book published by Ediciones UC, which addresses three moments: the scene of abandonment, the care of infants in the hands of wet …
“It is a pleasure for me to receive a great friend from France and to pass her on an acknowledgment by way of gratitude on behalf of my country,” Ambassador Roland Dubertrand began at the award ceremony to María Elena Boisier, Director of the Research Affairs Office at the Catholic University, where she was awarded …
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An academic delegation from the UC arrived in Spain to participate in the COP25 Madrid-Chile Climate Summit, despite the change of country due to the social outbreak that occurred in our nation. UC has had an active participation early in preparations of the event, with professors who have been part of the scientific tables, and …
In order to contribute to the creation of successful business strategies in the region, the Universidad Católica de Chile, the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico) and the Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) launched the first specialized massive, open and online program, “Doing Business in Latin America”. A program made up of …
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What do Galapagos and Las Cruces have in common? In both places there are research stations, specifically, the Galápagos Science Center and the Coastal Marine Research Station – ECIM. The first is in a privileged ecosystem due to its biodiversity, declared a World Heritage Site of Humanity; while the second is located in an intensive …
Technologies capable of decoding the information we have in our brain and literally reading our thoughts, is the scenario raised by the Spanish neurobiologist Rafael Yuste. Although they seem like situations taken from the science fiction series “Black mirror”, it is an increasingly closer panorama, in fact companies like Google are already moving in that …
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About eighty Chilean academics are expected to meet in Uppsala and Stockholm between December 2 and 5, at the Chile-Sweden Academic Forum – ACCESS. To fine-tune the details, a delegation of representatives from Chilean universities traveled to Sweden to discuss the next steps in this valuable instance of academic collaboration. On behalf of the Catholic …
Located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a thousand kilometers off the coast of Ecuador, are the Galapagos Islands. Declared a World Heritage Site for their rich biodiversity, which even inspired naturalist Charles Darwin to establish his theory of evolution and natural selection. Sea turtles, dolphins, sharks, whales, coral reefs, iguanas, lizards, sea lions …
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Academics from the Institute of Geography, Pablo Osses and Camilo del Río, came to Tapei, in Taiwan. The objective: to present their research at the 8th International Fog Conference, Fog and Dew Capture. This activity is conducted every three years, under the aegis of the International Fog and Dew Association (IFDA), of which Professor Osses …
Depression is a global problem: it affects more than 300 million people in the world -according to 2018 World Health Organization estimates-, ranking third among the most common diseases of the population throughout the World. In Chile, 15.8% of people have depressive symptoms and 6.2% have a diagnosis of major depression, according to the latest …
