The UAB will be showcasing its academic programmes for the 2018-2019 academic year at the Saló de l'Ensenyament (14 to 18 March) and Futura (16 and 17 March). Both education fairs will take place at the Montjuïc Fair venue in Barcelona.
On 8 March, the UAB's Physical Activity Service (SAF) opens its doors to celebrate International Women's Day with activities designed especially for women. Registration is free and allows visitors to attend all of the day's programmed activities.
The Planttes application is a citizen science project which aims to encourage people to identify and locate on a map the existence of allergy-causing plants and indicate their phenological state.
The UAB ranks 31 worldwide in Veterinary Medicine and is amongst the top 100 univeristies of the world in 15 more disciplines, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
A total of 57 students from the bachelor's degree in Physics participated in the international University Physics Competition, an event which includes over 700 university physics students from all over the world.
The Interuniversity Council of Catalonia (CIC) has announced a new call for the Serra Húnter Programme which will be open until 20 April. The UAB offers eight tenure-eligible lecturer positions.
On Tuesday 6 March the UAB organised an institutional celebration of International Women's Day, which this year paid homage to Professor Montserrat Solsona. Different activities have been held on campus throughout the week, all dedicated to 8 March.
Researchers from the UAB and ALBA Synchrotron have analysed with synchrotron light different Alzheimer’s aggregates, their location and their effect in cultivated neuronal cells. Results pave the way to better understand the development of this disease.
On 15 February the Institute of Neuroscience has organised a Speed-Dating event to meet with neuroscientists and gender experts at the UAB. The faculties of Sciences and Biosciences inaugurated a mural in commemoration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and organised a "macro photo" shoot at the Plaça del Rellotge.