The cafeteria of the Social Sciences Library will open on weekends (19, 20, 26 and 27 May and 2, 3, 9 and 10 June), and on Monday 21 May (public holiday). The café will be open from 9:30 a.m.to 5:30 p.m.
The UAB obtains the highest score in 24 of 34 indicators evaluated by the Knowledge and Development Foundation (CYD). The CYD ranking evaluates 73 Spanish universities and is based on the European Commission's U-Multirank.
The UAB participated alongside five other Catalan universities: URV, UOC, UdL, UPC and UPF. Over 100 researchers will be working in the centre, coordinated by the Rovira i Virgili University.
The UAB ranks third in Spain according to Reuters' World's Most Innovative Universities. It is located in 93rd position in the Reuters News ranking, which assesses patents and the commercial impact of university research.
As part of the Feynman Year 2018, Kaiser will give a conference in "Following His Own Path: The Life and Science of Physicist Richard Feynman", on Wednesday 9 May at 12 noon at the conference hall of the Faculty of Sciences.
Margarita Salas began a project at the CSIC Biological Research Centre on bacteriophages as a study model of molecular biology of morphogenesis, replication and transcription, after having worked in the United States with Severo Ochoa.
As partof its 50ty annivesary celebrations, the UAB has decided to award five honorary doctorates to experts from different fields of knowledge: Caddy Adzuba, Marie-Paule Kieny, Jaume Plensa, Joaquim Mª Puyal and Lisa Randall.
Candidates have until 18 May to submit their applications to the call for emeritus and honorary titles for teaching staff in the 2018/19 academic year. Departments and institutes can present applications for professors who have already retired and fulfil all requirements stated in the call details.
Throughout the day there will be poetry recitals by David Jou and a conference by ICFO researcher Jens Biegert. From 7 to 18 May the faculty is also hosting an exhibition on posters.