From December 2nd to December 13th, Chile will host the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP25). The event seeks to promote active policies to care for and protect the planet. It is the most important summit on climate change in the world and where high-level representatives from 197 countries meet. The conference will also …
Between 2000 and 2015, Latin America generally experienced a favorable socioeconomic context. A majority of countries that went from a “medium” to a “high” level of human development and the population below the poverty line decreased from 42% in 2000 to 29% in 2012. However, several are the challenges we face as a region: almost …
Several joint challenges leave Forum of Universities of the Pacific Alliance Countries Read More »
About 40 academics and authorities from eight Latin American universities are participating in the first Forum of Universities of Countries of the Pacific Alliance, a pioneering initiative in the continent. This meeting, organized by Universidad de Chile, Ministry of Foreign Affairs -through the Directorate of Energy, Science and Technology and Innovation (Decyti) -, the Council …
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The academics of the Faculty of Biological Sciences Francisco Bozinovic and Luis Larrondo, were appointed members of the Academy of Sciences of Latin America, after the vote of a qualified majority in the council of this institution. President Claudio Bifano and Foreign Minister Rafael Apitz-Castro, assure that “the ACAL is very pleased by its recent …
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This year marks 200 years since, in 1819, Bernardo O’Higgins and Johan Adam de Graaner, representing King Karl XIV, signed the first bilateral agreement between Chile and Sweden. It is in this context that the third Chile Sweden Academic Forum will be held, organized by the ACCESS platform, a collaborative network that seeks to deepen …
Chile-Sweden Forum commemorates two centuries of collaboration between both countries Read More »
In 1997 the first collaboration agreement was signed between the University of Notre Dame and Universidad Católica. Since then, the relationship between both institutions has been increasing through a series of academic exchange agreements, visiting professors and specific agreements with the Faculties of Engineering, Faculty of Law, among others. The institution belongs to the Congregation …
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The important global conference of Stanford University, WIDS 2019, had a satellite version in Chile, which featured talks by prominent governmental national speakers, business and academic fields, as well as talks transmission from the parent conference. The activity took place on March 4th at the Innovation Center inside San Joaquín Campus of the Pontificia Universidad …
Joining forces and generating an impact in the region is the objective of the Tríada, an alliance of academic and research cooperation formed by the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico and the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. To consolidate the work, that started a few months ago – …
La Triada authorities consolidate this strategic education alliance at UC Read More »
A grandmother with a prodigious memory who learned computers at the age of 90 and a father who became a renowned biomedical scientist are the two models that inspired Bruce Beutler, the 2011 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine and Physiology. Perhaps that hunger for knowledge made him interested in science and nature from his childhood, …
Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology Bruce Beutler visits UC Read More »
Internationalize the UC community. That is the goal of the plan that UC will develop in the next three years, supported by a fund from the Ministry of Education for these purposes. This achievement is the fruit of the work led by the Vice-Presidency for Research Affairs Office, in conjunction with the university’s Superior Directorate. …
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