29/04/2024
Demands to include women in decisions on the protection of human rights in the climate crisis
In a scientific paper, the researcher from the URV’s Department of Public Law, Susana Borràs, discusses the vulnerability and lack of protection of migrant women and children
17/04/2024
Adrià Vilalta wins the competition “Do you want to know what I research?” with a monologue on the role of taste receptors
For yet another year, this competition was hosted by the Bartrina theatre, where six doctoral students from the URV explained what they were studying.
11/04/2024
The URV has developed sensors to detect chemical warfare gases in crowded places
Researchers from the Department of Electronic, Electrical and Automatic Engineering have coordinated a project to protect the civilian population against attacks with mustard and nerve gases
10/04/2024
Five URV disciplines among the best in the world, according to the QS rankings
For the sixth consecutive year, the University features on the QS World University Rankings by Subject in the disciplines of Nursing, Agriculture and Forestry, Chemical Engineering, Medicine and Chemistry
02/04/2024
NT Sensors, from the URV to the five continents
Now in its 15th year and with branches all over the world, this spin-off company, currently focuses on automatic instruments for measuring nitrate concentration
21/03/2024
The URV has designed a free online training programme to integrate immigrants into the workforce
The target audience of the courses, which are already available, are those people who have newly arrived from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the professionals from the companies and organizations who welcome them
18/03/2024
A method has been developed to protect and manage personal data on the internet
A URV research team has created a system that allows users to keep track of who has their information and what it is used for at all times by means of a smart contract
15/03/2024
The URV Festival repeats its success
The performances by Tremenda Jauría, LesQueFaltaBand and DJ Trapella ended a day full of activities for thousands of participants
13/03/2024
Art History and Archaeology students explore 3D technology to disseminate cultural heritage
During the second edition of the Digital Twins conference they focused on techniques such as photogrammetry, virtual reality and storytelling, and analysed their role in the preservation and dissemination of heritage
08/03/2024
The URV consolidates its international leadership in service learning, the professionalisation of doctoral studies and internationalisation at home
Staff from 30 universities around the world are being trained at the URV, a benchmark in these areas of teaching, management and university research
04/03/2024
A blood test will diagnose fibromyalgia more reliably
A pioneering technique that a Universitat Rovira i Virgili, the Ohio State University and University of Texas researcher team has helped to develop enables this chronic disease to be identified more quickly and precisely
29/02/2024
The doctoral student Fatemeh Behfar, awarded a prize by the University of Rome for a project revitalising the rooftops of a city in Iran.
She suggests creating social, cultural and musical spaces on the rooftops of the city of Bushehr to revive the tradition of the Iranian city.
23/02/2024
A new device uses a blood sample to identify patients with high cardiovascular risk
The URV is part of the European project PoCCardio which is developing this innovative tool for quick detection that can be used in primary health-care centres.
22/02/2024
Farewell to Joaquim Mallafrè, historic lecturer of Catalan language and literature at the URV and translator of universal works into Catalan
An academic referent in Catalonia and Europe, he is responsible for the translations into Catalan of James Joyce’s Ulysses and the complete theatrical work of Samuel Beckett
22/02/2024
New species of fungi potentially harmful to humans have been identified in freshwater ecosystems
Part of a project that studies fungi as indicators of environmental quality, the URV research finds that in periods of drought some species could be more exposed and constitute a risk to human and animal health
19/02/2024
The URV receives the Innovative Excellence in Internationalization Award
The Association of International Education Administrators recognises the outcomes of the staff training at the University and its contribution to internationalisation and opening the institution up to the world.
16/02/2024
Nearly thirty students of the Aurora Student Council meet at the URV
They have discussed the initiatives of the universities of the alliance in terms of inclusion and diversity
16/02/2024
“You have to be curious, try things out, and change your habits, because now is the time and it soon goes.”
A total of 13% of URV students are international. Some are on a mobility programme from another university, an experience that they live intensely.