Strategic axis: Public Commitment
Discover how UC Chile contributes to the country and society through the news about its public commitment actions.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…