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UAB, in 10th place worldwide in the QS 50 under 50 Rankings
The QS top 50 under 50 Ranking, which classifies the best 50 world universities under 50 years of age, places the UAB in 10th position worldwide and 2nd in Spain.
UAB to offer information session on Fulbright grants
On Thursday 3 December at 12 noon, the auditorium of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts will host an information session on the Fulbright Grants. These are grants that go to university graduates seeking to enrol in a postgraduate course in US universities.
Doubts raised about projects to mitigate climate change in developing countries
A special edition of the journal Environment and Planning A, edited by researchers at ICTA and the University of East Anglia, casts doubt on the environmental integrity and the social benefits of these projects.
UAB and Johan Cruyff Institute set to collaborate on teaching, employability and cooperation.
The UAB and the Johan Cruyff Institute have announced an agreement to work together on teaching, research and social programmes.
Birth of Europe's largest network of nanoscience infrastructures
The NFFA-Europe project brings together 20 research centres, laboratories and universities that pioneer research in this field, among them those that make up the Barcelona Nanocluster Bellaterra BNC-b: UAB, PRUAB, IMB-CNM, ICMAB and ICN2.
Lluís Tort, president of ECIU
Lluís Tort has been appointed president of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), a leading network in higher education, committed to innovation in both learning and knowledge transfer.
Cerebrospinal fluid used for brain tumour diagnosis
A new technique, published in Nature Communications, uses lumbar puncture to determine the characteristics of the brain tumour without the need for a brain tissue biopsy. The research was led by UAB professor Joan Seoane.