The research team led by Professor Josep Cervelló aims to restart in April the digs suspended last year due to the pandemic and unveil the secrets of this important Egyptian necropolis. A micro donations campaign has been launched to help with the costs of the dig.
The UAB's UNESCO Chair in Communication (InCom-UAB) has been renewed until 2024 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Professor Amparo Huertas is now the newly appointed director.
A research team has developed a tool to evaluate the quality of urban green spaces to better understand their beneficial effects on health. The study has been led by ICTA-UAB, ISGlobal and the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC).
UAB Rector Javier Lafuente spoke on the lines of action for 2021 in an extraordinary meeting of the University Senate in which he expressed his gratitude for the "titanic efforts" being done by the university community with reagrds to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the first time ever, the senate meeting was held online and streamed live.
Students of the Laboratory and Virtuality in Primary Education subject of the degree in Education Studies, in collaboration with the UAB Open Labs, has created the campaign Pla’t pel canvi to foster the recycling of plant-based plastic on campus.
The ECIU University aims to have a real impact on society through the resolution of challenge-based problems. Of the over 30 new challenges programmed for this second semester, the UAB will be offering four.
On 28 January, UAB Rector Javier Lafuente and Secretary in Digital Policies of the Government of Catalonia David Ferrer will present a new degree in Artificial Intelligence in an event which will begin at 10 a.m. and will be available on the UAB's YouTube channel.
In an extraordinary session held on 15 January, the UAB Governing Council passed three exceptional measures concerning student evaluations during the 2020/21 academic year in view of the emergency situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UAB once again receives the HR Excellence in Research award from the European Commission's Directorate General for Research and Innovation in recognition for its efforts in improving its human resource policies with regards to researchers.
Lecturers Maria dels Àngels Calvo, Maite Martin and Natàlia Majó form part of the new One Health Committee, created by the Council of the Veterniarian Association of Catalonia (CCVC) as a consulting agency for zoonotic diseases.
Chair Professor of the Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering Francesc Gòdia was recently elected chair of the Board of Directors of the Blood and Tissue Bank (Banc de Sang i Teixits).
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