Research
A microscope and a guide to bring science closer to children in rural schools in Chile
The project to bring science to rural schools began at IMPACT with the creation of an accessible and hands-on microscope that seeks to link low-income students with science and technology.
Alliance to achieve sustainable food with scientific rigor
The alliance, signed by the Vice Rector of Research of UANDES, Javier Enrione, and the President of AB Chile, Gonzalo Uriarte, establishes the commitment to work to promote scientific knowledge and the formulation of strategies that contribute to sustainable development.
Schools of Education and Psychology seek to understand late vocations in high school teachers
The team comprising by Marianela Navarro (leader), Annjeanette Martin and Alessandra Díaz, from the School of Education, along with Fabián Barrera, from the School of Psychology, was awarded a fund that aims to promote research in key areas of the University's institutional framework.
More than 500 academics gathered in Chile to promote research in the Spanish language
Universidad de los Andes hosted the XXII Congress of the International Association of Hispanists (IAH), one of the most important academic meetings worldwide dedicated to the study of Hispanic language, literature and culture.
Academic's work is honored at the Open Reason 2025 Awards
Juan Eduardo Carreño has been awarded by the Instituto Razón Abierta of the Francisco de Vitoria University and the Vatican's Foundation Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI.
Researchers from the Schools of Social Sciences and Nursing are awarded new version of BiCI funds
Matías Petersen, María Consuelo San Martín, María Francisca Valenzuela, Verónica Vidal, and Ximena Farfán were the academics selected.
How to smooth economic cycles, reducing the depth of recessions, to be studied with U.S. Federal Reserve researcher
Cristián Cuevas, an academic from the School of Economics and Business Administration, seeks to understand in his project how emerging countries can move from a procyclical fiscal policy to a countercyclical one, seeking to reduce economic volatility through a coordinated approach of fiscal, monetary, and macroprudential policies.
Project developing a tool to optimize the integration of AI models in devices with low computational power, memory, and space obtains a Fondecyt Initiaton grant.
Jorge Gómez, an academic from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, leads research that optimizes the integration of artificial intelligence models in devices close to the end user, improving their efficiency and reliability.
Study revealed possible political bias in municipal appraisals
The study not only sheds light on possible distortions in the appraisal system, but also opens the debate on transparency in tax processes.
Chilean scientists develop a new test to diagnose hypertension
An interdisciplinary team, led by researcher from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, José Manuel Saavedra, is developing generative models that allow reconstructing CT images with less than 50% of radiation, without losing diagnostic quality.