
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.