Strategic axis: Public Commitment
Discover how UC Chile contributes to the country and society through the news about its public commitment actions.
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…
UC Chile Collaborates in the Publication of New Resources on Down Syndrome in Spanish and Japanese
The Global Down Syndrome Foundation, the UC Chile Down Syndrome Center, and the Japan Down Syndrome Association have joined forces to translate and provide…
Who was Vicente Huidobro? The Famous Chilean Poet Whose Archive has Arrived at the UC Chile.
The UC Chile has received the archive of Vicente Huidobro, which contains more than five thousand documents, including poems, writings, books, and drawings. An…
Huiro Regenerativo: Growing Seaweed for Sustainable Development
The startup, created by UC Chile biologist María José de la Fuente and Colab UC Chile executive director Sebastián Gatica, is revolutionizing the way…
What Chile Can Learn From California's Fight Against the Drought
During a recent visit to California, UC Chile and Chilean government authorities got a first-hand look at some measures that deal with droughts, including…
Safeguarding Chile's Cultural Heritage: from Violeta Parra to Vicente Huidobro
Violeta Parra, Vicente Huidobro, Fernando Castillo Velasco, Ana González, René Combeau, and Jorge Brantmayer are some of the Chilean artists whose collections…