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Strategic axis: Public Commitment

Discover how UC Chile contributes to the country and society through the news about its public commitment actions.

 


Academics conducting workshops

From Santiago to Africa: UC Chile Delegation Carried Out Health and Education Missions in Chad and Kenya

Members of the UC Chile Faculty of Medicine and members of UC CHRISTUS represented the university in two interdisciplinary projects to deepen the collaboration…

UC Chile students

Volunteering and Winter service: UC Chile students at the service of their country

Each winter, more than 3,000 UC Chile students mobilize throughout the country with a common goal: to serve. Leaving behind their vacations, rest, and comfor…

Storage of green hydrogen

Green Hydrogen Could Reach Homes Thanks to Activated Carbon, According to UC Chile Research

One of the major barriers to the widespread adoption of this renewable resource is how to store and transport it. A single kilogram of hydrogen gas at…

Agricultural robot

UC Chile Researchers Develop an AI-Powered Harvesting Robot

The initiative aims to assist farmers in the agricultural sector with tasks that require precision and consistency. Thanks to the use of AI, the robot is also…

University Presidents David Garza, Raquel Bernal and Ignacio Sánchez.

Shaping the Future: Transformative Education in a Changing World

What are the biggest challenges for education worldwide? What role should universities play in addressing them? What type of education should they provide?

UC Chile President Ignacio Sánchez next to a white dome with the UC Chile logo and a scale model of a fog catcher.

Transforming Fog into Water in the World’s Driest Desert

The Atacama Desert Research Station, inaugurated as part of the Desierto Vivo (Living Desert) project funded by the Public Science program, is a pioneering…

UC Chile students riding bicycles on a street surrounded by trees.

QS Ranking Positions UC Chile in the Top Sustainable Universities in Latin America

UC Chile secured the fourth position among Latin American higher education institutions and is the number one in Chile. It ranked 159th globally, placing it in…

UC Chile President Ignacio Sánchez with Interior Minister Carolina Tohá looking at the exhibition, which has paintings alluding to the time. The room is dimly lit and there are more people walking around.

How to Design a Revolution? Unveiling Chilean Design and Industrial Aesthetics in the 70s

The exhibit at La Moneda Cultural Center was curated by professors Hugo Palmarola and Pedro Alonso from UC Chile and Eden Medina from MIT.

Portrait of Luis Cifuentes. In the background is a brick wall.

Luis Cifuentes Lands Spot on Forbes Chile's '30 Sustainable Minds' List

The UC Chile Engineering professor is one of the four Chileans on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the 2007…

Christian Berger smiling. The background is green and blurry.

UNESCO Enlists Christian Berger for Bullying Redefinition Project

The School of Psychology faculty member traveled to Paris to work on a review and update of the concept of bullying, a phenomenon that, according to UNESCO…

Authorities during the signing of the agreement at the Santiago Stock Exchange.

UC Chile Leads the Way in Supporting Startups to Reach the ScaleX Venture Exchange

UC Chile will boost small and medium-sized technology-based companies thanks to an agreement with the Santiago Stock Exchange and Corfo. As a sponsor, the…

(From left to right) Juan Larraín, Director of the Institute of Applied Ethics, Adela Cortina, Spanish philosopher, and the UC President Ignacio Sánchez.

Newly Inaugurated Institute of Applied Ethics Focuses on Developing Ethical Discernment

This new interdisciplinary academic unit was inaugurated with a lecture titled "The Mission of Applied Ethics in the 21st Century University" by renowned…