The UAB adheres to the 15-minute halt
Today, 17 October, the UAB held a demonstration in front of its different teaching centres in protest of the imprisonment of Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart. Rector Arboix affirmed that the UAB "will always be in favour of dialogue and the reinforcement of democracy".
From 23 to 29 October the International Open Access Week is celebrated, a yearly initiative in which open access is promoted in the academic and research sectors. The UAB Library Service has prepared different activities in celebration of this week.
The UAB's Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week will take place from 23 to 27 October, with mobility-related activities every day for the entire community. Some of the activities will serve to compensate hours for members of the administration and services sector.
Researchers from the Centre for the Study of Prehistoric Archaeological Heritage (CEPAP-UAB) recently discovered several engravings from the Late Stone Age on the walls of the Cova Gran de Santa Linya, in the Noguera county of Lleida. These are the oldest artistic representations to have been discovered to date in Catalonia.
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ranks 92 worldwide in the Times Higher Education rankings in the subject of Business & economics; and 96 in Arts & humanities.
All Catalan universities give support to the initiative of creating an independent committee for mediation, dialogue and reconciliation launched by the Barcelona Bar Association and other civil society entities.
The international Chartae Latinae Antiquiores series now includes two new volumes dedicated to Catalonia, which is comprised of almost 100 original documents from the 9th century or before, studied and edited by UAB Professor Jesús Alturo, with the collaboration of pre-doctoral researcher Tània Alaix.
The UAB calls for dialogue and negotiation, and for those with the power to do so to take action to solve the grievous political conflict unfolding in Catalonia.