News of university

UBA awards Emmanuel Macron a doctorate for work on environment

27-10-2021 15:25 Buenos Aires University (UBA) Chancellor Alberto Barbieri on Tuesday awarded a ‘honoris causa’ doctorate to French President Emmanuel Macron for his role in the struggle to preserve the environment.

And that reminds me...

Universities Breed Awareness

14-08-2021 07:30 Two centuries ago, UBA was inaugurated in San Ignacio Church next to what is today the Colegio Nacional, giving life to an edict dated August 9, 1821 issued by Buenos Aires Governor Martín Rodríguez – the university was thus pre-presidential.

by Michael Soltys

Coronavirus vaccine

Officials head to Mexico, Cuba for Covid-19 vaccine talks

24-05-2021 15:43 Two key officials in Alberto Fernández’s government are travelling to Mexico and Cuba for talks over arrival of new vaccines against Covid-19.

AS I SEE IT

Back to square one

10-04-2021 08:11 For poorer countries, among them Argentina, salvation is still a long way off.

by James Neilson

Vaccine delivery

Argentina takes delivery of 218,000 vaccine doses via Covax scheme

28-03-2021 22:40 Argentina took delivery of 218,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on Sunday, the country's first shipment from the World Health Organisation's Covax scheme.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Major EU nations halt AstraZeneca as WHO says it is safe

15-03-2021 22:00 EU's largest countries joined stream of states halting rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organisation and Europe's medicines watchdog insisted it was safe to use.

Dino discovery

Titanosaur found in Patagonia may be oldest yet, says study

01-03-2021 11:10 A colossal dinosaur dug up in the south of the country could be the oldest titanosaur ever found, scientists said Sunday.

REMEMBERING MARIO BUNGE

Difficult but necessary

27-02-2021 08:06 To write about Mario Bunge today, one year after his death on February 24, 2020, at the age of 100, is for me on the one hand difficult, but on the other necessary.

Biodiversity

Economic growth has 'devastating cost to nature', review finds

02-02-2021 09:17 Humanity's unbridled growth in recent decades has come at a "devastating cost to nature" according a wide-ranging international review on the vital economic role played by our living planet.

DINO DISCOVERY

New Patagonian dinosaur may be largest yet: scientists

21-01-2021 12:11 Scientists have unearthed massive, 98-million-year-old fossils in southwest Argentina they say may have belonged to the largest dinosaur ever discovered.

Covid-19 vaccine

Argentina approves AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine

30-12-2020 16:57 Hours after Britain did the same, Argentina authorises use of coronavirus vaccine developed by drug firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Covid-19: As lab execs sell shares worth millions, questions arise

15-11-2020 09:25 Executives at several US laboratories developing Covid-19 vaccines have recently pocketed millions of dollars by selling shares in their companies – raising questions about the propriety of such a move in the midst of a global health crisis.

ENVIRONMENT

Study: Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades

03-10-2020 16:51 This year is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Oxford University and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

13-09-2020 08:52 Trials of potential coronavirus vaccine officially restart, days after clincal trials were suspended following a reported side-effect in a UK patient.

Coronavirus pandemic

Virus crisis forces distance learning on Argentina's student doctors

10-09-2020 08:42 Thousands of students from the faculty of medicine at the University of Buenos Aires have been studying virtually since educational institutions were shut down in Argentina in March.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Mexico warns setback in tests could delay AstraZeneca vaccine

09-09-2020 08:41 Latin American roll-out of AstraZeneca's potential Covid-19 vaccine could be delayed after the biotech company announced a pause in tests, says Mexican government, which will co-produce it with Argentina.

PROFILE

Hugo Sigman: Renaissance man's firm to co-produce vaccine

24-08-2020 07:00 Hugo Sigman is a low-profile businessman from the pharmaceutical industry, who is also one of Argentina's richest individuals. He also produces films, collects art and now his firm is to co-produce the Oxford-AstaZenaca vaccine with Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim.

by Ernesto Ise

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

More than 8,000 new virus cases for second straight day

22-08-2020 08:34 Health Ministry announces 8,159 new cases recorded on Friday – the second straight day that the amount cleared 8,000. Total number of infections to date now reaches 329,043.

Coronavirus pandemic

New poll points to lockdown fatigue in Buenos Aires City

15-08-2020 08:33 Eight out of 10 people admit to quarantine fatigue while also expressing fear of Covid-19 contagion, a University of Belgrano opinion poll has revealed.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Argentina to co-produce coronavirus vaccine with Mexico

12-08-2020 17:48 President Alberto Fernández confirms Argentina and Mexico will co-produce millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and Swedish-British pharma firm AstraZeneca.

INTERVIEW

Robert Jervis: 'There’s a danger of an arms race between the United States and China'

25-07-2020 08:27 Professor of International Relations at Columbia University says Donald Trump’s approach foreign policy reflects his ego and says if Joe Biden wins the election, Democrat would seek to improve Washington’s relationship with Argentina.

by Leandro Dario

PROFILE

Guzmán takes on Wall Street

25-07-2020 08:01 Argentina’s Stiglitz-groomed debt chief has taken on a task many would have turned down. And as talks with bondholders enter a crucial stage, the stakes are higher than ever.

INTERVIEW

Stephen Walt: 'The pandemic has hurt the United States more than China'

08-07-2020 23:03 Stephen Walt, professor of international relations at Harvard University, says that Americans are sick of Trump. "If the rivalry between the US and China continues to intensify, South America will probably have to pick sides," he warns.

by Leandro Dario

THE PERONIST PROFESSOR

President Fernández keeps up with UBA teaching commitments online

10-06-2020 17:00 President Alberto Fernández thanks his students for their patience and understanding, as he finds time among the pandemic to teach theory of crime and penal law class.

OPINION AND ANALYSIS

The oil shock of 2020 appears to be here – and the pain could be wide and deep

16-03-2020 10:53 The world is again undergoing an oil shock. This is a big deal, not only for the global economy, but for geopolitics, the future of transport and efforts to mitigate climate change.

News of university

UBA awards Emmanuel Macron a doctorate for work on environment

Universities Breed Awareness

Officials head to Mexico, Cuba for Covid-19 vaccine talks

Back to square one

Argentina takes delivery of 218,000 vaccine doses via Covax scheme

Major EU nations halt AstraZeneca as WHO says it is safe

Titanosaur found in Patagonia may be oldest yet, says study

Difficult but necessary

Economic growth has 'devastating cost to nature', review finds

New Patagonian dinosaur may be largest yet: scientists

Argentina approves AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid vaccine

Covid-19: As lab execs sell shares worth millions, questions arise

Study: Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades

Oxford University and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

Virus crisis forces distance learning on Argentina's student doctors

Mexico warns setback in tests could delay AstraZeneca vaccine

Hugo Sigman: Renaissance man's firm to co-produce vaccine

More than 8,000 new virus cases for second straight day

New poll points to lockdown fatigue in Buenos Aires City

Argentina to co-produce coronavirus vaccine with Mexico

Robert Jervis: 'There’s a danger of an arms race between the United States and China'

Guzmán takes on Wall Street

Stephen Walt: 'The pandemic has hurt the United States more than China'

President Fernández keeps up with UBA teaching commitments online

The oil shock of 2020 appears to be here – and the pain could be wide and deep

Argentina tightens Covid rules amid fears over new variant

'It’s not Cristina': Argentina’s VP breaks silence, pushes IMF decision to Congress

Latam Airlines reaches bankruptcy deal that hands reins to creditors

Pope appoints Martín Guzmán to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

As Castro reign ends, Cuba is mired in a debt debacle once again

Mariano, el hermano payamédico de Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: "Mi madre dijo que le salvé la vida"

Marcha atrás: el agresor del playero iba a entregarse por orden del padre, cambió de idea y escapó con la madre

Con Jorge Macri a la cabeza, llegan los cambios porteños

Conmueve a La Pampa el calvario del chiquito de 5 años masacrado a golpes por la madre y su novia

La presencia de un universo de emociones