Research

In the morning, the Australian delegation met with Directors or their representatives, Amparo Bravo, Deputy Director of International Relations Affairs; María Elena Boisier, Director of Research Affairs Office; Jani Brouwer, Director of the Doctoral College; Álvaro Ossa, Director of Technology Transfer and Development; and Marcela Briones, Deputy Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs at UC …

UTS visits UC within the framework of our Key Technology Partnership Read More »

The Australian delegation met with the Director of Arts and Culture Affairs Office, Miryam Singer, who chaired the meeting; Daniel Party, Director of Research and Postgraduate Studies at the Faculty of Arts; the Head of International Projects, Angélica Anabalón; and Catalina Gerstmann, International Grants Management Specialist. Thanks to the presence of the Macquarie Dean of …

New opportunities for collaboration with young Australian university Read More »

In order to promote collaborations and academic exchange, the Swedish University President with the rest of the delegation met last Friday 13th with President Sánchez and UC authorities that included the Provost, Guillermo Marshall; the Vice-President for Research Affairs, Pedro Bouchon; the Director of tStudent Affairs Office, William Young; the Director of the International Relations …

Universidad Católica strengthens ties with Stockholm University Read More »

These scientists are selected from around the world and from a wide range of disciplines to interact with global researchers and spend time improving the world as members of the Young Scientists community. This year, Juan Pedro Ochoa, from UC Institute of Physics, and Daniel Hurtado, from UC School of Engineering, were selected to be …

Two UC Scholars among Young Scientists of the World Economic Forum 2018 Read More »

On January 18, the world-renowned mathematician, Terence Tao, gave a special talk at UC as part of his first visit to Latin America. The conference, organized by the Faculty of Mathematics, exceeded one thousand spectators. Receiving the visit of a world-class intellectual personality like Terence Tao has been a source of pride for the Faculty …

Terence Tao’s successful talk at UC Read More »

The committee representing the Swedish universities of Lund and Uppsala visited the Chilean universities that are members of the ACCESS platform,  -Universidad Católica y Universidad de Chile- to give continuity to the collaboration between both countries, propose new lines of interaction, analyze research areas and discuss next steps On January 22nd, 23rd and 24th, both …

ACCESS Committee prepares the II Academic Forum with Sweden at UC Read More »

On November 22nd, the symbolic first stone ceremony of the Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO), the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) telescope located at the highest altitude in the entire planet, was held at the GAM Center in Santiago, which will be installed at 5,640 meters of altitude on top of Cerro Chajnantor, near San Pedro de …

UC Office of the Vice-President for Research participates in the first stone of the astronomical center Read More »

Over the years, competitive US funds have gained enormous prestige, but they are not always accessible to everyone, or the application processes can sometimes be confusing and lead to errors that result in the rejection of the application. Thanks to the University of Maryland’s “Borderless Research Administration Knowledge Exchange” program, or BRAKE, transversal support is …

University of Maryland presents its BRAKE Program to UC scholars Read More »

To exchange knowledge and good practices on some of the main challenges for public and global health of the 21st century, the international symposium “Challenges in public health: experiences from Australia and Chile” was held, where academics from the prestigious University of Queensland in Australia, along with Chilean experts, shared experiences and addressed important challenges …

Australian and Chilean experts addressed public health concerns and challenges Read More »

Google unveiled its new generation of 27 researchers in the area of ​​Computer Science who will receive, over the next two years, 600 thousand dollars to carry out their projects. The Latin American Research Awards (LARA), the program that has benefited 46 projects and more than 100 researchers since 2013, including master’s and doctoral students …

UC academic wins Google LARA award Read More »