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A UPC delegation is taking part in the 12th Unite! Dialogue at Aalto University in Finland
From 6 to 9 October 2025, the 12th Unite! Dialogue is being held in Espoo (Finland), bringing together more than 300 participants from the nine partner universities of the Unite! alliance, including a delegation from the UPC. -
UPC researchers Maria Pau Ginebra, Jezabel Curbelo and Sergi Abadal win 2025 National Research Awards
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has named three UPC researchers among the winners of the 2025 National Research Awards. Maria Pau Ginebra received the Leonardo Torres Quevedo Award for Engineering and Architecture, while Sergi... -
Ian Watson: “There is no such thing as AI. It’s a massive theft of material, scraped and then fed into programmes that consume obscene amounts of energy.”
Ian Watson, a leading British science fiction author, was the guest speaker at the Miquel Barceló UPC Science Fiction Award ceremony, held at the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB) on 17 September. In this interview, he reflects on experiences... -
The UPC opens the 2025–2026 academic year by invoking the power of imagination
On 25 September, the UPC inaugurated the new academic year on the Terrassa Campus. The event recreated the universe of Hogwarts, the school of magic from the Harry Potter saga, in the ESEIAAT lecture hall. The inaugural lecture was given by UPC... -
The UPC issues an institutional declaration on the humanitarian situation in Gaza
The Standing Committee of the Governing Council of the UPC has adopted a declaration condemning the serious violations of international law in Gaza and expressing solidarity with those affected. The statement reaffirms the University’s commitment to... -
Ian Watson, guest speaker at the Miquel Barceló UPC Science Fiction Award ceremony
British science fiction writer Ian Watson has given the lecture 'I have no idea' on the UPC’s North Diagonal Campus on Wednesday 17 September. The event has taken place as part of the 27th Miquel Barceló UPC Science Fiction Award ceremony. This... -
Stabilising the power grid through grid-forming loads: the challenge of a European project led by CITCEA-UPC
The UPC’s Centre for Technological Innovation in Static Converters and Drives (CITCEA) is leading a European project to redesign the current energy system in order to stabilise the power grid in the face of growing renewable energy integration. The... -
Leonardo Grants awarded to UPC researchers Inés Aquilué, Gissell Estrada and Juan Murcia
The 2025 call for BBVA Foundation’s Leonardo Grants has selected the projects of Inés Aquilué, Gissell Estrada and Juan Murcia to study, respectively, the reconstruction of cities after armed conflicts, the mathematical modelling of cell migration...
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