The Spanish Society of Biotechnology awarded the UAB a plaque in "recognition for its pioneering role in the implementation of biotechnology studies in Spain". The plaque was awarded to the UAB at the Society's 19th Congress (BIOTEC 2025), which took place at the Faculty of Biosciences from 15 to 18 July. María José Hernáiz, president of the society, delivered the award to Isidre Gibert, dean of the Faculty.
The UAB campus services will offer a combination of remote and in-office attention with special opening hours during the month of August. Train and bus lines to and from campus will also function on different timetables, which can be consulted on the UAB Mobility and transport website.
The UAB Vice-Rector for Training and Teaching Innovation, through the Institute for Education Studies (ICE), will write up a new series of Educational Studies Reports that will offer an in-depth analysis of the factor influencing teaching processes within the university.
Laura Pons Martínez, student of the PhD programme in Surgery and Morphological Sciences, has won the first prize in this year's “Thesis in 4 minutes” competition of the UAB, endowed with €800. She will go on to represent the UAB in the final phase, organised by the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation, on 3 July at 5:30 p.m. in the Espai Fundació “la Caixa” in Girona.
The finals of the "Thesis in 4 Minutes" competition, in which PhD students present their thesis during a maximum of four minutes, will take place on 8 May at 12 noon at the Doctoral School. The event will be streamed live on the UAB's YouTube channel.
A new call for grants opens for the development of teaching innovation projects related to official undergraduate studies. The projects must take into account teaching needs and provide proposals for improvement that are transferable to the university community. Applications can be submitted between 5 May and 5 June.
All centres of the UAB's Bellaterra Campus will be closed during Spring Break, from 14 to 17 April 2025. Only certain services will be operating on campus.
The call, which is open to UAB lecturers and adminstration and services staff, aims to foster the creation of graduate and continuous learning courses. The application period will be open from 1 May to 30 June 2025.