Research

Scholar from the Institute of History, Ximena Illanes, receives the City of Barcelona award

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 …

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The Office for Research Affairs’ Director receives Order of Merit

“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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La Tríada launches a specialized business program for Latin America

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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Neuroscientist Rafael Yuste proposes protecting the rights of the mind

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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Galapagos: networking opportunity and knowledge creation

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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How to treat mental health in the world was the topic in an international conference cycle

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 …

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