Margarita Sentís Vilalta, retired professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, passed away on 8 February 2024. The UAB wishes to extend its deepest condolences to the people who knew and loved her and express its sorrow for her passing.
Esther Goitiz Zabala, member of the UAB administration and services staff (PAS) passed away on 1 January 2024. The University wishes to express its sincere condolences to all her family and friends.
The UAB Library Services offers the university community the possibility to participate in the citizen experimentation and prototype lab “Fanzins atemporals” (UAB), which will be held at the COMTEC Centre of the Communications Library and General Newspaper Archives and at the Faculty of Communication Studies on 7, 8 and 9 February, with the aim of finding new ways to rethink, reshape and reuse this collection made up of 849 fanzines.
Over 1,000 people participated in the 12th edition of the Solidarity Race to raise funds for La Marató de TV3, which took place on Sunday 17 December. The race was organised by the UAB and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council, with the collaboration and sponsorship of the Applus+ Laboratories, the University of Barcelona (UB) and the EMD Bellaterra. Here you can view images of the race and results.
UAB researchers have published The Third Half, towards the creation of healthier research careers, a compendium of international articles on mental health problems and well-being management affecting young researchers and on evidence-based strategies to help promote positive mental health and reduce stigma. These strategies include the University programme "Tercer Temps", which has been running successfully for the past three years.
On Monday 18 December at 1:30 p.m., the Theatre Hall of the Plaça Cívica will host the traditional Christmas concert of the UAB, under the title "El so de la llum" [The Sound of Light], with performances by the Choir, the Chamber Choir and the University Orchestra.
Joan Baptista Culla Clarà, retired professor of the Department of Modern and Early Modern History of the UAB, has left us. The ceremony will take place on 1 December at 11 am, at the Monastery of Sant Cugat del Vallès. The University extends its deepest condolences to his family and friends and to all those who knew and appreciated him, and shares the sadness felt by his passing.
The AmicsUAB association held its annual festival in which it awarded individuals and organisations in recognition for their contributions to the UAB. The event took place on 16 November in Barcelona. The "Amic dels Amics" awards went to professor Xavier Montalbán, head of the Neurology Unit at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital; Jesús Alturo and Tània Alaix, palaeographers who certified the oldest text written in Catalan; and Margarita Arboix, former rector of the UAB. The technological centre EURECAT was awarded a group prize, while the Lynx publishing house and lecturer Martí Pumarola received the "Amic de les Biblioteques" award.
UAB master's degree student David Caelles Fernández has designed, built and financed the first giantesses couple in Catalonia - which were presented on Saturday 11 November in Solsona - to show people and groups normally excluded from popular culture and the world of gegants. The project received recognition from the UAB Observatory for Equality as one of the best final projects with a gender perspective in the bachelor's degree in Humanities, in the latest call for the award.