On 22 March, the UAB Observatory for Equality held an awards ceremony at the conference hall of the Rectorat building in recognition of the 46 top bachelor's degree final projects (TFG) with a gender perspective. This is the 7th edition of a pioneering award among all universities in Spain. This year, 46 students from 11 different teaching centres received the award, from a total of 102 final projects submitted.
As in recent years, all centres of the UAB's Bellaterra Campus will be closed during the Spring Break, from 3 to 6 April 2023. Only certain services will be operating on campus.
This year you can give away books in a sustainable manner.
The UAB will be holding a new edition of its "Thesis in 4 minutes" competition, in which PhD students are asked to explain their research in a maximum of four minutes. Candidates may submit their applications until 12 noon on 27 March, and the competition will take place in front of a jury on 17 May.
On Wednesday 1 March, at 1 p.m., the UAB Theatre will host the premiere of the play «Solitude in Stromboli. Dreams, signs and symbols», a production that delves into the parallel universes of the play Solitude by Caterina Albert and the film Stromboli by Rossellini and highlights the plot and descriptive coincidences between the Italian director's film and the novel of the famous Catalan writer.
From 2023, journals from Cambridge University Press and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) are also available for open access publishing at no cost to authors.
Between February and May, the UAB Cinema Hall will host the film season "The Immortals", a biannual activity that aims to pay tribute to four films that are considered classics of cinema, the legacy of which has surpassed several generations and tastes, to the point of having achieved cultural and artistic recognition in society, as well as eternal fame and glory.
March is full of cultural activities in which the university community will be able to enjoy two plays, “Solitude in Stromboli. Dreams, signs and symbols” and “The Misanthrope”; two concerts, a musical tribute to Mike Oldfield and another that recalls the legacy of the greatest female names in music; and two screenings, Modern Times and Fermat's Room. All the activities are part of the programme of our cultural card.
University of Cape Town Professor Janice McMillan gave the inaugural conference of the 11th International Service Learning (SL) Conference a few days ago at the UAB-Casa Convalescència. She is expert in this field and have received several awards for her contributions to the teaching and research of SL.