The UAB Library Services offers the university community the possibility to participate in the citizen experimentation and prototype lab “Fanzins atemporals” (UAB),which will be held at the COMTEC Centre of the Communications Library and General Newspaper Archives and at the Faculty of Communication Studies on 7, 8 and 9 February, with the aim of finding new ways to rethink, reshape and reuse this collection made up of 849 fanzines.
Over 1,000 people participated in the 12th edition of the Solidarity Race to raise funds for La Marató de TV3, which took place on Sunday 17 December. The race was organised by the UAB and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council, with the collaboration and sponsorship of the Applus+ Laboratories, the University of Barcelona (UB) and the EMD Bellaterra. Here you can view images of the race and results.
On Monday 18 December at 1:30 p.m., the Theatre Hall of the Plaça Cívica will host the traditional Christmas concert of the UAB, under the title "El so de la llum" [The Sound of Light], with performances by the Choir, the Chamber Choir and the University Orchestra.
The bibliophile and collector has assembled an important library specialising in Islamic thought, Arab philosophy and Ramon Llull, which he has now donated to the Humanities Library of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Almost 900 UAB students took part in the 38 Catalan University Championships (CCU), winning 58 medals: 26 gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze. In individual sports, the UAB stood out in swimming and taekwondo, while in team sports, the UAB came in first in men's indoor football and handball and women's volleyball.
A total of 67% of the UAB community uses public transport to reach the campus, the highest figure since 2001, while private transport means have fallen to 27.5%, the lowest percentage since 2001, according to a UAB survey on mobility habits answered by 4,495 people.
After Brussels and Beijing, the UAB visited New York on Wednesday 24 May to inaugurate its UAB Alumni East Coast Chapter, a network promoting the exchange of professional experiences among Catalans living on the US East Coast who studied at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
