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 The first IdeaUdL project is now a reality09/10/12/ Cerveses Ponent, a company set up by two agronomic engineering graduates, is now selling its beer in a dozen restaurants.
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 A representative of the FAO defends biomass as a cheaper alternative energy 08/10/12/ Eduardo Rojas opened the Erasmus Mundus Master in Forest and Natural Resource Management in the Mediterranean.
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 Josep Borrell opens the UdL's academic year with a commitment to Europe as a means to overcome the crisis 03/10/12/ Professor of Economic Analysis Josep Borrell will reflect on the current situation and the role of the EU.
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 A product for controlling fruit ripening opens the 2012 POSTlleida Symposium01/10/12/ The tenth edition of this scientific meeting begins tomorrow in the Auditorium of the Cappont Campus Centre for Cultures.
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 In the forthcoming academic year the UdL will start a programme of collaboration with the University of Maranhão26/09/12/ The two institutions are preparing an agreement that will include exchanges of students, teaching and research
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 A lecture on overcoming the crisis opens the proceedings of the 25th anniversary of business studies 25/09/12/ The lecture was delivered by Carlos Berzosa, professor of Applied Economics and former Rector of the Complutense University of Madrid
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 Reunion at the ETSEA on its 40th anniversary24/09/12/ The School of Engineering, established in 1972, is preparing several events to commemorate this anniversary.
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 The UdL welcomes more than 250 foreign students from 26 countries all over the world 14/09/12/ They include 71 Brazilians who are participating for the first time in the Ciência sem Fronteiras programme.
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 The UdL is the first Spanish university to receive official authorization to carry out tests on new herbicides07/09/12/ The Weed Science and Plant Ecology Group has been accredited by the Ministry of Agriculture.
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 he UdL has set up an official master's degree on forest fires that is unique in Europe01/08/12/ The other new master’s degrees in the forthcoming academic year are Law, Health Research and Forest and Natural Resource Management in the Mediterranean.
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 First honorary doctorate at the UdL in the field of economics and business 25/07/12/ Vicente Navarro has been an advisor in social and health policies to the Cuban, Chilean, United States, Spanish and Catalan governments.
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 A journal of the UdL indexed in the Web of Science23/07/12/ The Thomson Reuters Web of Science includes the scientific articles with greatest impact worldwide.
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 A study on olive oil is the UdL doctoral thesis most consulted in the repository of Online Doctoral Theses17/07/12/ With 162,548 visits, it occupies the 26th position overall of the over 12,000 documents in this database.
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 The UdL obtains a Jean Monnet European centre of excellence 11/07/12/ The Universities of Valencia and Zaragoza are also participating in the three-year project.
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 Soil micromorphology experts from 24 countries at a scientific meeting in Lleida06/07/12/ ETSEA researchers are working on climate change in the past with microscopy techniques
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 The Proteomics and Genomics Service has a new mass spectrometry unit04/07/12/ The platform, located in the Biomedicine 1 building, represents an investment of €354,000.
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 Opening of Magical Media03/07/12/ The facility has seven sets, sound and production studios, and spaces for rent to companies.
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 The Summer University celebrates its 20th anniversary with a retrospective exhibition29/06/12/ Since the summer of 1993 it has received 9000 students and 2000 lecturers.
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 The Faculty of Arts will teach a master’s degree in setting up media companies and the Internet 25/06/12/ The degree will start in the 2013-14 academic year and will be directed by the journalist Manuel Campo Vidal.
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 The UdL offers new summer courses in Chinese, English and Italian22/06/12/ These courses will be taught from 27 June to 13 July on the Cappont Campus.
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 The origins of Europe open the second International Medieval Meeting 21/06/12/ One of the sessions will focus on learning history through video games.
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 Haitian university leaders show an interest in teaching and research at the ETSEA21/06/12/ The Haitians visited the school as part of a training action organized by the Catalan Association of Public Universities.
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 Jaume Pont receives the 2012 Virgile poetry prize in Paris 18/06/12/ Professor of Spanish Literature Jaume Pont received the prize awarded by the Cénacle Européen Francophone in recognition of his career.
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 A professor of the UdL advises the European Union on a programme for the integration of gypsies 18/06/12/ Fidel Molina is one of five European experts involved in the preliminary work of the project.
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 Milk production and fertility are the main topics at the International Symposium on Bovine Reproduction15/06/12/ ETSEA students, professionals and researchers participated in the meeting
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 The Third Conference on Conservation of Flora will deal with the preservation of native species 13/06/12/ One hundred scientists and technicians specialised in the management of natural areas will discuss the most appropriate protection measures.
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 UdL, the seventh Spanish university in impact of scientific output 12/06/12/ This result was published in the last report of the Knowledge and Development Foundation (CyD) for 2011.
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 An adviser to Al Gore talks on climate change and health at the UdL 07/06/12/ The talk by Jose Ramon Calvo will be held at the Faculty of Medicine on 15 June.
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 New edition of the Conference to Promote Entrepreneurship31/05/12/ This thirteenth edition was held in memory of Professor Manuel Ruiz of the UdL.
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 A craft beer project wins the first IdeaUdL competition 25/05/12/ This project is an initiative of the Technological Springboard, with the support of the Board of Trustees.
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 “Journalism must help to attain human rights for everyone” 25/05/12/ Lluis Foix is the new president of the UdL’s Communication Chair
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 Iñaki Gabilondo: “Journalism is now more necessary than ever” 23/05/12/ The new honorary doctor of the UdL criticises the fact that democracy is subordinated to financial power.
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 PCiTAL hosts 22 research projects 15/05/12/ Up to 11 groups of the UdL are working on subjects such as prevention of chronic diseases.
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 The UdL hosts the first ‘Stock’ conference of the International Energy Agency in Spain 09/05/12/ The conference will bring together leading experts and researchers in energy efficiency from five continents.
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 The UdL offers grants to 20 foreign master’s degree students08/05/12/ The grants form part of a UdL programme that offers €6000 to each student.
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 The UdL’s CAEM identifies an unknown Christ by Sorolla07/05/12/ The painting, dated 1883, belongs to the early period of the Valencian painter.
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 Alba Casanovas, campiona d'Espanya universitària en 400 metres tanques07/05/12/ L'atleta de la UdL va obtenir l'or en la final disputada a Salamanca
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 Changes in youth following the fall of the Berlin Wall 07/05/12/ The UdL and three other institutions are coordinating a book published by the Council of Europe.
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 Biological pest control in an international workshop at the UdL04/05/12/ The workshop brought together 90 experts from 20 countries from 7 to 10 May.
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 The UdL creates a pioneering website for measuring the productivity of Spanish psychology02/05/12/ Coordinated by Professor Anton Aluja, the website has about 400 registered researchers.
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 Criticism of the financial markets at the 13th University-Enterprise Conference 25/04/12/ The former minister Antoni Castells opened the conference with a talk on the crisis and the European context.
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 The UdL holds the world premiere of four previously unpublished works by Ricard Viñes 24/04/12/ This is the last concert of the musical season to be held next Wednesday in the conference hall of the Rector’s Office Building.
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 The UdL will sell its publications online23/04/12/ Google books, Casa del Libro, Casalino, Publidisa and E-libro will distribute the books online.
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 Three new companies joined the Park in the first quarter of 201218/04/12/ ccording to the board of directors, these new incorporations and the international projects will ensure the Park’s success.
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 Almost 300 linguists from all over the world attend a conference in Lleida16/04/12/ The conference, which starts next Thursday in the Rector’s Office Building, deals with the age of globalization.
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 The UdL is accredited by the Cervantes Institute to hold examinations in Spanish 16/04/12/ The examinations to obtain diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language will be held on 25 and 26 May.
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 Jaume Pont, among the eight authors invited to the Quebec Book Fair 11/04/12/ The professor of Spanish Literature will take part in this fair, which opens this afternoon.
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 New expert course on soil fertility and crop nutrition 10/04/12/ The course will be held in September thanks to an agreement with the Spanish Society of Soil Science.
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 Start of the first La Salle-UdL international MBA 02/04/12/ The master’s degree is aimed at senior managers and lasts two years.
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 The Marius Torres Chair presents a Catalan-Italian anthology of the poet 27/03/12/ The Circolo Pickwick in Messina is hosting the presentation.
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 Project by a team of UdL students aimed at reducing methane generated by cattle26/03/12/ If the team obtain funding, they will take part in the prestigious iGEM international competition.
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 The UdL hosts the Conference of Spanish Deans of Medicine26/03/12/ The topics dealt with include enrolment and the national clinical skills test.
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 The UdL leads an international cooperation project in Mozambique promoted by the Vives University Network 22/03/12/ The project is coordinated by the professor of surgery and first vice-chairman of the Vives Network, Joan Vinas.
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 Rubber is validated by the UdL as a material for optimising ‘green roofs’ of buildings 21/03/12/ The GREA has demonstrated that rubber has drainage and insulation properties and a lower environmental cost.
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 The tradition of the great ladies of jazz at the UdL21/03/12/ The René Marie Quartet is performing in the Rector’s Office Building next Thursday.
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 UdL students win the National Communication Competition at the Conference of Nursing students20/03/12/ The prize was awarded for a training blog for nursing students in specialized units.
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 The UdL forms part of the European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling 20/03/12/ Luisa F. Cabeza is one of the two Spanish experts on the board of directors.
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 Rectors from Ethiopia get to know teaching and research at the ETSEA15/03/12/ This visit forms part of a European project focusing on the agro-forestry sector.
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 A chocolate and fruit pizza, Spanish finalist of the 2012 Écotrophélia awards 14/03/12/ The pizza was developed by the students of the MSc Management and Innovation in the Food Industry of the UdL.
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 The mystery of acting according to Sergi Lopez 14/03/12/ The Catalan actor Sergi López took part in the Theatrical and Dramatic Writing Seminar of the UdL.
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 The UdL has assigned almost €400,000 in research grants this year 01/03/12/ Before the start of the Governing Council meeting, the manifesto of yesterday’s protest was read.
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 An illustrator from Murcia won the 15th Poster Competition of the UdL Summer University01/03/12/ The image by Cristóbal Aguiló was the best of the 44 entries.
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 The women’s five-a-side football team and the men’s football team of the UdL are university champions in Catalonia29/02/12/ In the first Catalan team sport finals, the UdL won two gold medals and one silver medal.
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 UdL researchers patent four new plant varieties27/02/12/ The ministry has awarded the rights for new varieties of chick pea, apple, pear and wheat.
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 Increase in the number of projects applying for funding by the National Plan 21/02/12/ Last year researchers of the UdL presented 56 applications, 16 more than in the previous year.
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 A research project in which the UdL collaborates discovers the pheromones of Parcoblatta 20/02/12/ This finding may help the conservation of an endangered bird, the red-crested woodpecker.
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 High level of participation in the First Lego League 20/02/12/ For the first time in Lleida the EPS has organised this competition to encourage science vocations.
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 Over a thousand people visited the UdL on the 19th Open Campus Day for Students 16/02/12/ This event allows students to get to know university facilities such as laboratories.
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 The UdL simplifies the use of the virtual mouse and keyboard for disabled persons15/02/12/ Les macros introduïdes per la Càtedra Indra-Fundación Adecco estalvien temps i augmenten la productivitat
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 The UdL and the College of Psychologists of Catalonia collaborate in teaching and research14/02/12/ The two institutions signed a cooperation agreement today at the UdL.
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 The UdL has almost 10,000 students this year 10/02/12/ This marks a 2% increase over 2010-2011, according to a report presented today.
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 The UdL receives 300 foreign students in the current academic year 03/02/12/ The rector presided over the welcoming ceremony for students arriving for the second semester.
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 A book of the UdL analyses the impact of emigration in Senegal 01/02/12/ Barça o Barzakh, is the latest volume in the Sud-Nord collection of the Development Aid Office.
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 The UDL joins a new portal for university debate 31/01/12/ The site forms part of a project involving 14 European universities
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 Food safety and robotics to encourage the scientific spirit among schoolchildren 26/01/12/ The UdL hosts the First Lego League, which comes to Lleida for the first time with 160 participants
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 The Arts Library has added 6,000 donated volumes in the last year 25/01/12/ These include donations from UdL lecturers and personal documents of Antoni Bergós.
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 The Prehistoric Research Group of the UdL receives a RecerCaixa grant 23/01/12/ The grant of over €71,000 was awarded for an experimental archaeology project in Verdú
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 New UDL competition to promote entrepreneurship among young people23/01/12/ Students, graduates and researchers can submit ideas from 20 February to 12 March
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 Chinese Students of the UdL celebrate their new year 23/01/12/ Some sixty people participated in activities organized at the Faculty of Law and Economics
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 The technical facilities of the PCiTAL will be reused in charitable projects 17/01/12/ They will be used for aid in Africa and Latin America through the Resource Bank.
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 Aran sheep wool has great potential for producing quality wool 17/01/12/A research project led by the UDL discovered this added value in a race of sheep that was close to extinction.
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 The PCiTAL will have a staff of 1300 by the end of 2012 10/01/12/ The Board of Directors announced that the Magical audio-visual centre will open in the first quarter
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