Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

A group of students from the Faculty of Engineering designed a sensor network that would allow anticipating a forest fire in up to 12 minutes , thanks to a system that measures pollution and temperature every 30 seconds .This is the…

Just closing this 2021, new and important spaces were released in the Central House of the UC. In the first place, the offices of the Directorate of Student Affairs were moved from the second floor to the first , in one of the corners, in…

In recent years we have witnessed cases of Salmonella infections in educational establishments and restaurants, a situation that, added to the popularization of Japanese and Peruvian food, with preparations such as sushi and ceviches,…

The ICOVID Chile team , an initiative led by the University of Chile , the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the University of Concepción , presented its 67th report with analysis and data on the dimensions proposed to monitor…

Children and adults enjoyed the outdoor games and roller coasters of Fantasilandia in what was the traditional celebration of the end of the year at the Catholic University. After recreational activity was suspended in 2020 due to the…

A group of researchers from UC Mining , Engineering and Construction Management , and Structural and Geotechnical , managed to transform copper tailings into construction materials, through innovative manufacturing processes.The project…

Bringing art closer to society, training new generations of the public, studying, caring for and exhibiting a cultural legacy: these responsibilities will be even more present at UC, after 2021 marked by important artistic donations to…

In August 2021, the United Nations Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report that, after analyzing more than 14,000 scientific articles, found that this phenomenon is widespread, rapidly advancing and…

At the end of November, Professor Marcela González, from the School of Nursing, proposed, together with Professor Angelina Dois, to hold five community dialogues with the five Afghan families who arrived in Chile at the end of September…

The 2021 storm closes and - with the departure of a new year and another holiday period - a new awards season also arrives, as Walt Whitman would say in his poem. A season of awards, summer rest and cultural panoramas that, precisely,…