On Monday 6 June, Margarita Arboix was sworn in as new Rector of the UAB in an event which took place at the Auditorium of the Rectorat building. Professor in Pharmacology, Dr Arboix was elected rector in the elections held this past 19 May.
From 1 to 3 June, the UAB Casa Convalescència will host this year's conference of the International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS), co-organised with the UAB. The conference will focus on financial market risks and the role of institutions. The main speaker will be economist Viral Acharya.
The provisional results give the victory to Margarita Arboix, who was elected Rector of the UAB in the elections held on 19 May. Margarita Arboix, professor of Pharmacology, received 60.56% of votes; and Antonio Méndez, professor of Theoretical Physics, 39.44%.
On Tuesday 24 May the conference hall of the Rectorate building will host an information session on the new call for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF).
The UAB stands out once again in a ranking on the 50 most popular degrees in Spain according to El Mundo: the university improves its 2015 results and is now second in the ranking, surpassed only by the Complutense University of Madrid.
The UAB Laboratory of Geographic Information and Remote Sensing and ESRI España have jointly organised a seminar on 4 May at the Faculty of Science and Biosciences to present the new 10.4 version of ArcGIS.
On 30 April and 7 May this year's Family Day will take place, in which future university students and their families can visit the campus, the different faculties and the Vila Universitària.
Ferran Sancho, Rector of the UAB, and Miguel Pajares, President of the Catalan Committee to Help Refugees, signed a collaboration agreement to carry out joint actions such as help refugees continue with their university studies.