Más de trescientas personas se darán cita en la UGR para participar en el VI Congreso Andaluz de Voluntariado Universitario

Más de trescientas personas vinculadas a ONGs y al voluntariado desarrollado desde el ámbito universitario se darán cita la próxima semana en Granada para participar durante los días 6 y 7 de noviembre en el VI Congreso Andaluz de Voluntariado Universitario que bajo el lema “Retos del Voluntariado en la Universidad de Hoy”, organiza el Centro de Iniciativas de Cooperación al Desarrollo (CICODE) de la Universidad de Granada, con la colaboración de la Consejería de Gobernación de la Junta de Andalucía a través de la Agencia Andaluza del Voluntariado.

El congreso, que ha sido presentado esta mañana en el Rectorado de la universidad granadina por el vicerrector de Extensión Universitaria y Cooperación al Desarrollo de la UGR, Miguel Gómez Oliver, el director general de la Agencia Andaluza de Voluntariado de la Consejería de Gobernación, Higinio Almagro Castro, y la directora del Centro de Iniciativas de Cooperación al Desarrollo (CICODE) de la UGR, Josefa Capel Martínez, celebra su sexta edición bajo un enfoque planteado en una doble vertiente, a través de la presentación de comunicaciones y pósters que permitirán la exposición tanto de investigaciones como de experiencias relacionadas con el voluntariado en los ámbitos de la cooperación internacional, la discapacidad, la inmigración, el medio ambiente, la tercera edad, los menores y jóvenes en riesgo social, la mujer, la salud, etc.

Plazo de inscripción
Mañana viernes concluye el plazo de inscripciones para el encuentro, que cuenta ya con más de trescientos participantes. Los interesados pueden efectuar su inscripción en cualquiera de las oficinas de voluntariado de las Universidades Andaluzas.

Durante la presentación del congreso, tanto la directora del CICODE, como el vicerrector de Extensión Universitaria y Cooperación al Desarrollo de la UGR y el director general de la Agencia Andaluza de Voluntariado han insistido en señalar el papel determinante que desempeñan las universidades como motor de las acciones de voluntariado, constituyendo una de las mayores fuentes de voluntarios formados y cualificados para realizar acciones de cooperación, además de su valor como creadoras de concienciación y valores ciudadanos, en un firme compromiso de responsabilidad social.

En ese sentido, se han referido a lo enunciado por la Ley del Voluntariado que califica a la participación como “un principio democrático de intervención directa y activa de los ciudadanos y ciudadanas en las responsabilidades comunes, promoviendo el desarrollo de un tejido asociativo que articule a la comunidad desde el reconocimiento de su autonomía y pluralismo.”

Durante la presentación, han insistido en la idea de que la participación universitaria supone la intervención directa y activa de todos los profesores, alumnos y personal de administración y servicios en las responsabilidades comunes dentro de la Universidad (delegaciones de alumnos, asociaciones universitarias, etc.), de forma que quede reconocido el pluralismo existente dentro de la misma. Pero también, como ciudadanos, tienen que implicarse en la sociedad civil y esto debe tenerlo en cuenta la Universidad en actuaciones de sensibilización y formación.

Al respecto de este compromiso, la Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas (CRUE) aprobó en 2001 el documento “Universidad: Compromiso Social y Voluntariado”, en el que se señala que «la Universidad debe asumir un papel protagonista en los procesos de desarrollo humano, explorando y llevando a la práctica nuevas estrategias destinadas a construir una sociedad más justa y participativa a través del voluntariado, la cooperación y el trabajo en el tercer sector.»

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Referencia: Josefa Capel Martínez. Directora del CICODE
Tel. 958 240 952 / 958 240 949. Correo e. coopera4@ugr.es


Convenio entre la Universidad de Pekín y la UGR

Mañana, viernes, 31 de octubre, a las 11 h. el rector de la Universidad de Granada, Francisco González Lodeiro, y el rector de la Universidad de Pekín, (China), Zhang Guoyou, firmarán un convenio de colaboración.

El convenio recoge y amplía el intercambio de estudiantes y profesorado entre ambas instituciones, que colaboran en este ámbito desde 1986.

Al acto de firma de convenio asistirá una delegación de la Universidad de Pekín, que visita Granada en estos días con motivo de la inauguración del Instituto Confucio en la UGR.

CONVOCATORIA:
ASUNTO: Firma de convenio.
DÍA: viernes, 31 de octubre.
HORA: 11 h.
LUGAR: Despacho del rector. Hospital Real.


Granada Hoy

Portada: \»En Granada hay pocas posibilidades de abrir más fosas de la guerra, a lo sumo habrá siete\»
Pág. 10: Un millar de viviendas para estudiantes universitarios
Pág. 11: Alertan del riesgo para los alérgicos de poner plantas exóticas en las ciudades
Pág. 12: \»La gran dificultad que tenemos es que las familias siguen teniendo miedo a hablar\»
Pág. 15: Miguel Botella inaugura hoy el ciclo sobre violencia en el siglo XXI
Granada y Pekín se unen con el primer Instituto Confucio de andalucía
Pág. 20: Charla sobre el centenario de Claude Lévi-Strauss
Pág. 21: El Sáhara occidental sigue siendo tema de debate
Pág. 56 y 57: Aprender informática con una Play Station
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Ideal

Pág. 13: 6.000 fusilados granadinos, balance de la guerra y posguerra
Miguel Botella analiza hoy el segundo ciclo
Club de Defensa de la Constitución de 1978
Pág. 16: el chino se pone de moda en la Universidad
Estudiantes de Educación recogen firmas para mejorar la secretaría
Enrique Hita, único candidato a defensor con 87 avales
Pág. 25 – Opinión: Histeria colectiva en el Campus
Pág. 48: El Parque Tecnológico de la salud, un polo de innovación en Andalucía
Pág: 55: \»Los grupos han sido anulados en la academia\»
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El Mundo

Portada – Campus: Uno de cada tres universitarios abandona sus estudios
Pág. 4 y 5 – Campus: El universitario español tiene bao nivel, desinterés y escasa vocación
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La Opinión

Pág. 13: La UGR estrena el único centro oficial de estudios chinos de Andalucía
Pág. 14: UGR y Junta ofertan otros 800 pisos de alquiler en Maracena y Granada
Contratos de arrendamiento para cinco años
Reconocen la labor de innovación educativa de dos institutos
Pág. 41: El otro Sáhara
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Electricity Found on Saturn Moon–Could It Spark Life?

Electricity Found on Saturn Moon–Could It Spark Life?

Recently identified electrical activity on Saturn\’s largest moon bolsters arguments that Titan is the kind of place that could harbor life.

At a brisk -350 degrees Fahrenheit (-180 Celsius), Titan is currently much too cold to host anything close to life as we know it, scientists say.

But a new study reports faint signs of a natural electric field in Titan\’s thick cloud cover that are similar to the energy radiated by lightning on Earth.

Lightning is thought to have sparked the chemical reactions that led to the origin of life on our planet.

«As of now, lightning activity has not been observed in Titan\’s atmosphere,» said lead author Juan Antonio Morente of the University of Granada in Spain.

But, he said, the signals that have been detected «are an irrefutable proof for the existence of electric activity.»

Frozen, Prebiotic Casserole

Morente\’s team studied data returned from the European Space Agency\’s Huygens probe, which broke away from NASA\’s Cassini spacecraft in 2005 to become the first probe to go below Titan\’s clouds. (Read «Voyage to Saturn» in National Geographic magazine.)

As soon as the probe entered the moon\’s atmosphere, a strong wind tilted the device about 30 degrees.

This accidental motion enabled Huygens to detect the Earthlike electrical resonances that it otherwise would have missed, which Morente and colleagues describe their study, published in a recent issue of the journal Icarus.

Jeffrey Bada, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, believes the process that allowed lightning to spark life on Earth is universal and could happen in many environments—including on Titan.

Confirmation earlier this year of Titan\’s hydrocarbon lakes makes the Saturnian moon the first place other than Earth where open bodies of liquid have been found.
«If you had lightning taking place in the atmosphere of Titan, you could make what we call precursor molecules,» said Bada, who was not involved with Morente\’s study.

«To go any further than that,» he said, «you need liquid water.»

Titan\’s water is currently frozen into chunks as hard as granite. If those ice «rocks» were to melt, however, the environment could become more hospitable to the building blocks of life.

With liquid water, the planet could host the formation of amino acids and then full proteins, which drive all biochemistry and set the stage for more complex molecules.

«I look at Titan as a big, frozen, prebiotic casserole,» Bada said, referring to the state before the emergence of life.

«The idea that life could be widespread in the universe, I think, is very credible.»

A Field of Its Own

Advocates of theories about life on Titan note that various celestial events could temporarily warm up the moon enough to melt its ice into water.

Perhaps this happened in the past, they say—or it could happen in the future.

But study author Morente said it\’s impossible to precisely assess such possibilities with the scientific knowledge available today.

What astronomers do know is that Titan does not have its own magnetic field, he said. The moon instead orbits within Saturn\’s magnetosphere at differing distances from the planet.

This means that the strength of Titan\’s magnetic field is constantly changing, leaving its surface more vulnerable to damaging cosmic rays.

Without stable protection from radiation, Morente said, «the existence of life is very unlikely.»
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Electricity on Titan may spark life

Electricity on Titan may spark life

Lightning is thought to have sparked the chemical reactions that led to the origin of life on our planet.

As of now, lightning activity has not been observed in Titans atmosphere, said lead author Juan Antonio Morente of the University of Granada in Spain.

But, he said, the signals that have been detected are an irrefutable proof for the existence of electric activity.

According to a report in National Geographic News, Morentes team studied data returned from the European Space Agencys Huygens probe, which broke away from NASAs Cassini spacecraft in 2005 to become the first probe to go below Titans clouds.

As soon as the probe entered the moons atmosphere, a strong wind tilted the device about 30 degrees.

This accidental motion enabled Huygens to detect the Earthlike electrical resonances that it otherwise would have missed.

Jeffrey Bada, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, believes the process that allowed lightning to spark life on Earth is universal and could happen in many environmentsincluding on Titan.

Confirmation earlier this year of Titans hydrocarbon lakes makes the Saturnian moon the first place other than Earth where open bodies of liquid have been found.

Hydrocarbons are organic molecules, and the fact that they exist in large quantities on Titan suggests that life could take root there under the right conditions.

If you had lightning taking place in the atmosphere of Titan, you could make what we call precursor molecules, said Bada. To go any further than that, you need liquid water, he added.

Titans water is currently frozen into chunks as hard as granite. If those ice rocks were to melt, however, the environment could become more hospitable to the building blocks of life.

With liquid water, the planet could host the formation of amino acids and then full proteins, which drive all biochemistry and set the stage for more complex molecules.

I look at Titan as a big, frozen, prebiotic casserole, Bada said, referring to the state before the emergence of life.

The idea that life could be widespread in the universe, I think, is very credible, he added. (ANI)
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Electricity on Titan may spark life

Electricity on Titan may spark life

A new study has reported faint signs of a natural electric field in the thick cloud cover of Saturn’s largest moon Titan that are similar to the energy radiated by lightning on Earth, which suggests that it could spark life.

Lightning is thought to have sparked the chemical reactions that led to the origin of life on our planet.

“As of now, lightning activity has not been observed in Titan’s atmosphere,” said lead author Juan Antonio Morente of the University of Granada in Spain.

But, he said, the signals that have been detected “are an irrefutable proof for the existence of electric activity.”

According to a report in National Geographic News, Morente’s team studied data returned from the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe, which broke away from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2005 to become the first probe to go below Titan’s clouds.

As soon as the probe entered the moon’s atmosphere, a strong wind tilted the device about 30 degrees.

This accidental motion enabled Huygens to detect the Earthlike electrical resonances that it otherwise would have missed.

Jeffrey Bada, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, believes the process that allowed lightning to spark life on Earth is universal and could happen in many environments—including on Titan.

Confirmation earlier this year of Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes makes the Saturnian moon the first place other than Earth where open bodies of liquid have been found.

Hydrocarbons are organic molecules, and the fact that they exist in large quantities on Titan suggests that life could take root there under the right conditions.

“If you had lightning taking place in the atmosphere of Titan, you could make what we call precursor molecules,” said Bada. “To go any further than that, you need liquid water,” he added.

Titan’s water is currently frozen into chunks as hard as granite. If those ice “rocks” were to melt, however, the environment could become more hospitable to the building blocks of life.

With liquid water, the planet could host the formation of amino acids and then full proteins, which drive all biochemistry and set the stage for more complex molecules.

“I look at Titan as a big, frozen, prebiotic casserole,” Bada said, referring to the state before the emergence of life.

“The idea that life could be widespread in the universe, I think, is very credible,” he added. (ANI)
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Electricity on Titan may spark life

Electricity on Titan may spark life

A new study has reported faint signs of a natural electric field in the thick cloud cover of Saturn’s largest moon Titan that are similar to the energy radiated by lightning on Earth, which suggests that it could spark life.

Lightning is thought to have sparked the chemical reactions that led to the origin of life on our planet.

As of now, lightning activity has not been observed in Titan’s atmosphere, said lead author Juan Antonio Morente of the University of Granada in Spain.

But, he said, the signals that have been detected are an irrefutable proof for the existence of electric activity.

According to a report in National Geographic News, Morente’s team studied data returned from the European Space Agency’s Huygens probe, which broke away from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2005 to become the first probe to go below Titan’s clouds.

As soon as the probe entered the moon’s atmosphere, a strong wind tilted the device about 30 degrees.

This accidental motion enabled Huygens to detect the Earthlike electrical resonances that it otherwise would have missed.

Jeffrey Bada, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, believes the process that allowed lightning to spark life on Earth is universal and could happen in many environmentsincluding on Titan.

Confirmation earlier this year of Titan’s hydrocarbon lakes makes the Saturnian moon the first place other than Earth where open bodies of liquid have been found.

Hydrocarbons are organic molecules, and the fact that they exist in large quantities on Titan suggests that life could take root there under the right conditions.

If you had lightning taking place in the atmosphere of Titan, you could make what we call precursor molecules, said Bada. To go any further than that, you need liquid water, he added.

Titan’s water is currently frozen into chunks as hard as granite. If those ice rocks were to melt, however, the environment could become more hospitable to the building blocks of life.

With liquid water, the planet could host the formation of amino acids and then full proteins, which drive all biochemistry and set the stage for more complex molecules.

I look at Titan as a big, frozen, prebiotic casserole, Bada said, referring to the state before the emergence of life.

The idea that life could be widespread in the universe, I think, is very credible, he added. (ANI)
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