From 8 to 12, the last activities of the Health and Sustainability Week addressed to the university community will be taking place. On Tuesday 9 April, there will be a walk at the Sabadell campus and another walk on 11 April at the Northern Axis of the Bellaterra campus, with food-trucks from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
As in recent years, centres at the Bellaterra Campus will be closed during the spring break: from 15 to 22 April 2019. Only certain services will be operating on campus.
In celebration of International Day of Light on 16 May, the faculties of Sciences and Biosciences have organised a flash fiction competition, open to all members of the UAB. The stories must reenact situations in which light is an essential element of the plot. Submissions must be made by 28 April.
UAB’s Care Center for Disability (PIUNE) offers this service addressed to university students with an auditory disability.
Harvard professor in theoretical physics and renowned science communicator Lisa Randall was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Randall pointed out the surprising connections between the most abstract physics and the reality of our everyday world.
Within the framework of the Let’s Clean Up Europe campaign, the FAS Environmental Team took part in a cleaning action in UAB’s forest. The aim was to protect biodiversity on campus and to restore its natural environment. They built a figure with the trash picked up in order to raise awareness on the issue.
From 1 to 5 April over 40 free activities will be available for the UAB community: workshops, conferences, walks, sports, etc. On Wednesday 3 April, there will be music performances and healthy food offered by food-trucks at the Rambla Nord.
Yale University's Professor Deborah Coen will be offering a seminar on 15 March at 12 noon at the Centre for the History of Science (CEHIC) on her latest book Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and the Problem of Scale. The seminar is open to all those interested in attending.
