Today, 17 October, the UAB held a demonstration in front of its different teaching centres in protest of the imprisonment of Jordi Sánchez and Jordi Cuixart. Rector Arboix affirmed that the UAB "will always be in favour of dialogue and the reinforcement of democracy".
From 23 to 29 October the International Open Access Week is celebrated, a yearly initiative in which open access is promoted in the academic and research sectors. The UAB Library Service has prepared different activities in celebration of this week.
The UAB's Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week will take place from 23 to 27 October, with mobility-related activities every day for the entire community. Some of the activities will serve to compensate hours for members of the administration and services sector.
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ranks 92 worldwide in the Times Higher Education rankings in the subject of Business & economics; and 96 in Arts & humanities.
All Catalan universities give support to the initiative of creating an independent committee for mediation, dialogue and reconciliation launched by the Barcelona Bar Association and other civil society entities.
The UAB calls for dialogue and negotiation, and for those with the power to do so to take action to solve the grievous political conflict unfolding in Catalonia.
The UAB vigorously condemns today's acts of violence and reafirms its calls for dialogue in redirecting the severe political conflict in Catalonia.
The UAB Governing Council has voted in favour of including the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in the National Pact for the Referendum.
Federico Mayor Zaragoza was unable to attend the inaugural ceremony held on 21 September for health reasons, but he did record a video in which he gave his opening lecture, focused on the culture of peace and particularly on the role of women and knowledge in the "transition from force to words".