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Hot chocolate to raise funds for child cancer research
On 14 February from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., the UAB will be offering hot chocolate beverages to raise money for child cancer research projects at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu.
On 14 February from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., the UAB will be offering hot chocolate beverages to raise money for child cancer research projects at the Hospital Sant Joan de Déu.
The UAB Doctoral School has organised a competition for its PhD students. The challenge consists in an oral presentation of their research, lasting a maximum of four minutes and aimed at a general public. All those interested can sign up from 27 February to 21 March.
The UAB will be holding its annual Open Days to make its course offer for the 2019/20 academic year known to future students on 5, 6, 7 and 8 February.
French microbiologist and activist Marie-Paule Kieny was awarded an honorary doctorate by the UAB for, as Rector Margarita Arboix said in her speech, "her undeniable commitment to helping the underprivileged".
After two years leading the UAB's Observatory for Equality, Joana Gallego hands over the direction to lecturer Maria Prats Ferret.
Writer and translator Ramon Folch i Camarasa died on 2 January in Mollet del Vallès. Author of more than a hundred novels and translator of over 200 works, Folch i Camarasa was awarded an honorary doctorate by the UAB in 2006.
As is customary during the winter break, some UAB campus services will have special opening hours and most will close from 24 December 2018 to 6 January 2019.
On 16 January Marie-Paule Kieny will receive one of the five exceptional honorary doctorates being awarded this year in celebration of the university's 50th anniversary. The event will be streamed live by the YouTube.