News archive

• (12/07/2022) Consumption of extra virgin olive oil during pregnancy increases the level of antioxidants in breast milk and in infants.
• (1/06/2022) Ceremony for the 7th UB DANONE Chair Awards
• (20/05/2022) UB team creates new tool to verify the geographical origins of virgin olive oil.
• (18/05/2022) Challenges in nutrition, health and sustainability, under debate at the UB.
• (9/02/2021) Rector's resolution regarding face-to-face lessons limited to first-year students
• (26/01/2021) Eating from five to six times per day is linked to a lower body mass index
• (21/01/2021) Tomorrow Tastes Mediterraean. Virtual Conference + Digital Magazine.
• (21/10/2020) Join up Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean conference.
• (13/10/2020) Rector's Office election at the University of Barcelona to take place on November 26
• (28/09/2020) "What and how to eat during cancer": guidelines on a healthy diet to support oncologic patients
• (28/02/2020) Extra olive virgin oil keeps healthy properties when used for cooking.
• (17/01/2020) UB study links weekend eating jet lag to obesity.
• (10/01/2020) Culinary Institute of America students arrive for semester at Torribera Mediterranean Center.
• (13/06/2019) Vegetables’ health benefits increase when cooked with extra virgin olive oil
• ( 4/06/2019) Pre-enrolment available. Master in Mediterranean diet: food, health and nutritional gastronomy.
• (30/05/2019) The Bioethics and Law Observatory of the UB warns about the risks of online access to medicines and food
• (28/05/2019)‘Mr. Pinx’, a food product created by UB students, gets the first prize in the Ecotrophelia España 2019 competition
• (04/03/2019) The UB holds the Science & Cooking World Congress Barcelona 2019
• (22/02/2019) New collaboration in the Food and Nutrition Campus between the UB and Santa Coloma de Gramenet
• (20/09/2018) The University of Barcelona and the Culinary Institute of America build a centre to promote the Mediterranean Diet
• (28/06/2018) What should food of the future be like? Topic of the 17 th Congress of the Spanish Society of Nutrition.
• (9/05/2018) Thursday, May 10, elections to renew the members of the University Senate
• (18/01/2018) The journal ‘Pediatrics’ highlights an UB study on the Mediterranean diet and the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children and adolescents
• (14/12/2017) Awards of the UB Board of Trustees and Bosch i Gimpera Foundation to research and knowledge transfer
• (3/07/2017) The University of Barcelona is listed among the top 50 worldwide universities in four disciplines
• (13/06/2017) UB Els Juliols will offer a course by elBullifoundation focused on the improvement of innovation's efficency.
• (28/03/2017) The OBD releases a new series of documents on the ethical, legal and social implications of the current food system.
• (22/03/2017) Ethnobotanical convergence, a new junction of tradition and modernity to promote research on plant biodiversity
• (22/02/2017) The registration process Master in Food Ethics and Law is open.
• (14/02/2017) Mediterranean Diet Improves High-Density Lipoprotein Function in High-Cardiovascular-Risk Individuals
• (31/01/2017) A study associates the Mediterranean diet with a minor diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
• (27/01/2017) XI International Seminar on the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights (UNESCO): "Big Data in Health"
• (17/01/2017) Nutrition, main topic for the third episode of Animated Science series.
• (6/10/2016) On october 10th starts "International and Practical Training Course in Culinary Art and Gastronomy for Professionals on Superyachts". At Food Campus.
• (14/04/2016) A University of Barcelona research team studies the velvet effect of chocolate at the Alba Synchrotron Radiation Facility
• (10/09/2015) Jordi Roca, pastry cook at El Celler de Can Roca: “Science and cuisine keep a relationship of mutual enrichment”
• (04/09/2015) The chefs go to school: A cooking & science course to study deeply the food world. Summary of the third block of the course Kitchen and Food Science Campus
• (30/07/2015) The chefs go to school: A cooking & science course to study deeply the food world. Summary of the second part of the course Kitchen and Food Science Campus
• (21/07/2015) First sessions of course of Kitchen and Science "The chefs go to school: A cooking & science course to study deeply the food world".
• (6/05/2015) Catalonia 2016 European Region of Gastronomy – Stakeholder Group Meeting.
• (29/04/2015) Alimendra®, nutritional beverage created by students Pilar Mora and Gustavo Guerrero, award-winning of Ecotrophelia Spain 2015
• (24/04/2015) The Barcelona World Race ends with successful participation in its educational programme.
• (13/03/2015) UB professors Abel Mariné and Claudi Mans honoured for their commitment to science dissemination.
• (29/12/2014) Carme Ruscalleda: “University will shed new light into cuisine; it will provide us with knowledge and science”.
• (27/11/2014) The Besòs-Marina Knowledge Axis: a new territorial development initiative.
• 28/07/2014) The Barcelona Foundation for Ocean Sailing, El Far Consortium and the University of Barcelona launch the Barcelona World Race Ocean Campus
• (30/06/2014) First Meeting of Stakeholders from Barcelona and Catalonia as future partners of the European Regions of Gastronomy network
• (6/02/2014) The Catalan Government approves the research and innovation strategy for the smart specialisation of Catalonia (RIS3CAT),
• (21/11/2013) International mobility Food Campus: meeting students and researchers.
• (01/07/2013) UB signs an agreement with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to promote scientific collaboration in agriculture.
• (22/04/2013) The UB host the first seminar on “Catalan cooking: intangible cultural heritage”.
• (18/04/2013) HighTech Europe creates a new free portal on novel technologies for food processing at the service of the industry.
• (26/03/2013) The University of Barcelona and the Banc dels Aliments Foundation present the campaign against food waste “We are what we throw away”.

• (25/02/2013) The results of PREDIMED, a study of Mediterranean diet led by UB researchers, are presented.

 

• (18/02/2013) The Faculty of Pharmacy mobilizes against child malnutrition.

 

(14/12/2012) Gazpacho consumption associated with lower blood pressure in a scientific study.

 

(28/11/2012) A study explains how bread consumption can improve cardiovascular health.

 

(20/11/2012) The academic council of UB-Bullipedia is set up.

 

(6/11/2012) ‘XOveT’, a food product created by students from the Faculty of Pharmacy, the Ecotrophelia Europe 2012 Innovation award.

 

(23/10/2012) The Food and Nutrition Torribera Campus will host the UB-Bullipedia.

 

(16/07/2012) Reconstructing the diet of African hominid 'Australopithecus anamensis’.

 

(09/07/2012)The UB gives its support to the campaign Catalan cuisine, candidate for Heritage of Humanity.

 

(29/05/2012) An International Congress analyses in Barcelona the role school canteens play in children's food education.

 

(13/02/2012) The Food and Nutrition campus of the UB hosts the third Catalan Children’s University.

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