Les excavacions realitzades enguany al jaciment de la Draga (Banyoles) han permès documentar els basaments de travertí de construccions que daten del neolític antic, aprofundint en el coneixement de l'arquitectura neolítica i en donar respostes a com estava organitzat l'assentament.
Researchers at the UAB have mapped Barcelona and and 9 surrounding towns using a new methodology based on urbanism activist Jane Jacobs' ideas on how cities should be configured to become vital spaces: 25% of the area is classified as having high vitality, 35% as moderate and 40% as little or none.
The Crafting Europe in the Bronze Age and Today project, which aims to bring traditional pottery back to life by using Bronze Age productions as an inspiration, was awarded 105,000 Euros by the "Creative Europe" call for projects related to the European Year of Cultural Heritage.
The UAB will be offering new programmes covering a wide range of academic fields, all highly interdisciplinary.
On 2 July, economist Cristina Narbona and philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo will close the 2017/18 edition of the Master's Degree in Business Administration of the CITIUS Programme. Narbona's conference on the convergence of economics and ecology, entitled "Economia i ecologia: la necessària convergència", and Jahanbegloo will speak on "Martin Luther King: Our Contemporary".
From 25 June to 13 July, the UAB will receive 395 secondary school students participating in the Campus Ítaca programme, an initiative aimed at motivating adolescents with unfavourable economic backgrounds and good grades to encourage them to continue with their studies.
The presentation of the "Art Apart" exhibition will take place on 19 June at 4 p.m. at the Exhibitions Hall of the Communication Library and General Newspaper Archives. The event will include the participation of Jaume Vidal, professor of Art History, and Vice Rector for Institutional Relations and Culture Carlos Sánchez.
The UAB will offer two new minors, one in entrepreneurship and social innovation and another in Latin American studies. Minors allow undergraduate students to acquire knowledge in a discipline different to the one they are studying. Registration now open.
For the first time, the UAB's undergraduate and postgraduate students can participate in the UAB Barcelona Summer School, which this year expands the number of courses offered.