The UAB will no longer generate 13,017 tonnes of CO2 each year thanks to the acquisition of 100% sustainable energy, equivalent to the emissions generated by 36,000 train trips from the UAB to Barcelona every day during an entire year.
During the month of August, UAB campus services will have special opening hours and some will close for a short period. Train and bus lines to and from campus will also function on different timetables.
Students of the UAB bachelor's degree in Archaeology are participating this summer in the Arqueoborn project: researching the urban site of the El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria with the objective of obtaining the entire chronostratigraphic sequence from between the end of the 13th century and the year 1717.
Given the high temperatures foreseen for the next few days, the UAB Area of Prevention and Support offers safety measures for all members of the university community.
The UAB aims to raise 15,000 euros through a crowdfunding campaign to contribute to helping refugee students continue their university studies.
From 17 to 21 June, the UAB organises a new edition of the Erasmus Staff Week, where administrative members from different worldwide universities spend a week at the UAB.
On 14 May the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology presented 50 anys del moviment estudiantil a la UAB, half a century of student activism in celebration of the UAB's 50th anniversary. The presentation took place at the faculty's conference hall.
From 3 June to 25 July and from 2 to 17 September the Communications Library and General Newspaper Archive will be displaying “Entre línies. Viatge, desig i fantasia il·lustrada”, a look at the history of illustrated literature.
From 3 to 23 June, the SAF offers a summer promotion for all members of the university community with no registration fees in both in-person and online registrations.