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Premiats Amics UAB

AmicsUAB awards the people and organisations standing out for their contributions to the UAB

The AmicsUAB association held its annual festival in which it awarded individuals and organisations in recognition for their contributions to the UAB. The event took place on 16 November in Barcelona. The "Amic dels Amics" awards went to professor Xavier Montalbán, head of the Neurology Unit at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital; Jesús Alturo and Tània Alaix, palaeographers who certified the oldest text written in Catalan; and Margarita Arboix, former rector of the UAB. The technological centre EURECAT was awarded a group prize, while the Lynx publishing house and lecturer Martí Pumarola received the "Amic de les Biblioteques" award.

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The first non-heterosexual couple of female "gegantes" in Catalonia is born, fruit of an award-winning work at the UAB

UAB master's degree student David Caelles Fernández has designed, built and financed the first giantesses couple in Catalonia - which were presented on Saturday 11 November in Solsona - to show people and groups normally excluded from popular culture and the world of gegants. The project received recognition from the UAB Observatory for Equality as one of the best final projects with a gender perspective in the bachelor's degree in Humanities, in the latest call for the award.

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First ever "gigantes" couple in Catalonia, the result of a TFG at the UAB

UAB master's degree student David Caelles Fernández has designed and built the first giantesses couple in Catalonia - which were presented on Saturday 11 November in Solsona - to show people and groups normally excluded from popular culture and the world of gegants. The project received recognition from the UAB Observatory for Equality as one of the best final projects with a gender perspective in the bachelor's degree in Humanities, in the latest call for the award.

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Opening of the exhibition "Pioneering Women of the European Union"

Ana Mar Fernández-Pasarín, professor of the Jean Monnet Chair at the UAB, inaugurated the exhibition "Pioneering Women of the European Union" in the foyer of the Faculty of Economics and Business studies on Wednesday 25 October. The exhibition pays tribute to ten exceptional women who contributed to the development of the European Union by defending the values of equality, freedom, democracy, solidarity, diversity and respect for human rights.

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First congress on the figure and works of writer Sebastià Juan Arbó

The UAB organises the First Sebastià Juan Arbó Congress in collaboration with the Amposta Town Council, which will be held on 25 and 26 October. The congress aims to be the first large academic event bringing together researchers and specialists in the figure and works of this author, translator and journalist, and forms part of the commemoration of his 120th birth anniversary.

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The UAB sets up purple information stands in all of its teaching centres

The purple information points aim to raise awareness and inform on the very concepts of harassment, as well as provide assessment on the circuits, tools and people in charge of equality policies at each centre, as well as on the Observatory for Equality, available to all members of the university community.

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Presentation of a car sharing website during European Mobility Week

The UAB will present its new website dedicated to car sharing during the European Mobility Week, taking place from 18 to 22 September. On 21 September an information stand will be set up at the Espai SiS to help users become familiar with how the web works and clear up any doubts university members may have. All those signing up to participate will also enter a chance to win a sustainable weekend getaway for two.