The crowdfunding campaign to raise money for “UAB Refugee Grants, Emergency in Ukraine” will be ending in the following weeks. Until now, a total of 3050 euros have been donated, which will go to covering the academic fees of Ukrainian refugee students. This is the last call to ask for members of the UAB community to donate abd help reach the crowdfunding goal of 20,000 euros.
The UAB Theatre hosts the show "From chaos to ecstasy", an artistic reflection by David Jou, a former physics professor at the UAB, that explains the complementarity and the connection between the different ways of knowledge (mythical, religious, scientific and artistic) to explain how our universe works.
The UAB cinema hall will host a film cycle dedicated to Billy Wilder (1906-2002), one of Hollywood's most important film directors and scriptwriters from the 1950s and 1960s.
Close to 300 UAB students participated in volunteer programmes in prisons, hospitals, schools and on campus during the 2021/22 academic year, a figure representing a 33% increase in comparison to the previous year, and similar to the number of students volunteering before the pandemic. The Fundació Autònoma Solidària (FAS) is in charge of the volunteering programmes available at the UAB, one of the most varied and large set of programmes existing in Catalonia's universities.
The UAB will adapt a toilet in each faculty or school during the first term to make cleaning menstrual cups easier
The UAB signed an agreement with the Vallès Symphony Orchestra in which university community members will receive a discount price on concert tickets.
In September, the Library Service offers sessions to get to know the different UAB libraries first hand. Registration is now open!
The UAB Institute for Ancient Middle Eastern Studies (IEPOA) will host on Friday 25 November at 5 p.m. an activity entitled "Yes, wonderful things! – Howard Carter" in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. The event will take place at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. Marc Orriols, associate professor of Egyptology at the UAB, will give a brief introduction to the event to explain the reasons why José Lull's conference had to be postponed and will give way to the performance of the musical group Neteru Ensemble.
In these four remaining months of the year 2022, two hugely important feats in Egyptology will be celebrating their 100th and 200th aniversary: 200 years since the hieroglyphics were successfully deciphered, and 100 years since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. The UAB's Institute for Ancient Middle Eastern Studies (IEPOA) will also be celebrating these events with two free informative talks, on 14 September and on 25 November from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. The UAB is also working on an exhibition entitled "Més enllà de Tutankamon", which will be inaugurated in November at the Exhibitions Hall of the Communications Library.