A research team made up of the UAB, the MAC and the IMF-CSIC confirms the use of fungi to light or transport fire at la Draga some 7300 years ago. It is one of the oldest examples documented until now of the technological use of these organisms.
Mental disorders, depression, anxiety and suicide are some of the issues which will be discussed by experts in the First Solidarity Week, organised by the Faculties of Science and Biosciences and taking place from 23 to 27 April. The main objective is to provide information on subjects of interest from a scientific and social point of view and get the university community involved.
From 23 to 27 April, the UAB organises a new edition of the Erasmus Staff Week, where administrative members from different European universities spend a week at the UAB.
Six pianos in six different places on campus will be seen on 17 and 18 April. They will be available for anyone interested in playing the piano and filling the UAB campus with music! The initiative forms part of the 50th anniversary celebrations at the UAB.
The UAB has opened a new call for application for language grants for different purposes among the university community: language learning, correction of teaching materials or organisation of seminars and conferences.
This is the first time the exhibition is shown outside of a museum and contains some eighty pieces from 11 different museums of Catalonia which focus on sexuality in Roman society.
A research conducted in collaboration with the UAB at the Aranbaltza site in the Basque Country reveals the existence of 90,000-year-old tools built by Neanderthals, the oldest samples of Neanderthal-built tools ever found in the Iberian Peninsula. The study was recently published in the journal PLOS ONE.
In April, we will be running new courses aimed at helping you write your doctoral thesis in English or Catalan. To enrol in the course, please come to our offices at least two working days before the course starts.
Different events such as a popular walk, debates, concerts, book presentations, etc. will take place in celebration of the university's 50th anniversary and lead up to the main event on 6 June, a celebration dinner at the SAF building.