Tag: University of Chile

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 21:28 UTC

  Genes make Antarctica bacteria immune to antibiotics

  

  A team of Chilean scientists doing research in Antarctica has come up with bacteria resistant to antibiotics and other man-developed treatments thanks to information passed on through genes, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since August, University of Chile

  

  More than 30,000 tremors have rocked Antarctica since the end of August, according to the University of Chile, a spike in seismic activity that has intrigued researchers who study the remote, snowbound continent.

• Wednesday, March 26th 2014 - 05:41 UTC

  UK universities delegates visit Chile for closer education and scientific research links

  

  High level delegates from twelve British universities visited Chile the week of 17 March to deepen their partnerships with the country, becoming the first large international education delegation to visit under the new Chilean government of President Michelle Bachelet.

• Monday, November 18th 2013 - 22:06 UTC

  Chilean leaders of the massive student protests elected to Congress

  

  Vallejo's victory and those of independent candidates Giorgio Jackson and Gabriel Boric and fellow communist Karol Cariola, former comrade-in-arms in the student movement, who also gained seats in Chile's lower house on Sunday is significant for presidential front-runner Michelle Bachelet's bid to have her Nueva Mayoria coalition gain a stronger foothold in both houses of Congress.

• Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 06:24 UTC

  Protesting Chilean students occupy main Santiago university despite arrests

  

  Following over a hundred arrests made on Thursday and clashes with police, students in Santiago occupied on Friday the central building of the University of Chile, the country’s most important higher education facility, as the demands to the government over education reform ensue.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2012 - 06:31 UTC

  Three Chilean universities among top 100 in Latam; two Brazilian and a Mexican rank first

  

  Three Chilean research universities have placed in the top 100 Latin American universities, according to a new study released last week by Iberoamericano SIR 2012.

• Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Enrolment of foreign students in Chilean universities soars 700% in a decade

  

  The enrolment of foreign students in Chilean universities has grown by 700% this past decade, with North American students leading the pack. Many students are attracted by the opportunity to travel, to learn Spanish and to experience a different culture.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2010 - 16:37 UTC

  Dramatic Gap between Chile’s Public and Private Health Care Sectors

  

  An investigation by the World Bank and Chile’s Health Ministry confirmed large discrepancies between the public and private health sectors.