Activities
Friday, October 10 2025
Dia · Setmana
12:00
Conference by Enrique Barón, former president of the European Parliament
Description:
Economist and lawyer Enrique Barón was president of the European Parliament (1989-1992) and Spanish Minister for Transport, Tourism and Communications (1982-1985). He will offer the inaugural lecture of the UAB's Master's Degree in European Integration, which this year reaches its 40th anniversary. The event will take place on 10 October at 12 noon at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law.
Place: Faculty of Law (Aula Magna)
Date: Friday 10, October2025 - 12:00h
Monday, October 13, 2025
12:30
Screening of the documentary "Anhedonia: Inside Depression" by Fidel Masreal
Description:
"Anhedonia, Inside Depression" is an observational documentary directed by Fidel Masreal and Facu Beraudi, following the depression journey of seven anonymous individuals over the course of more than a year. It is an unprecedented, intimate, and unfiltered portrait produced by Broadcaster with the support of the Government of Catalonia. The film serves as an educational, awareness-raising, and advocacy tool, the result of five years of work by a team of professionals.
After the screening, there will be a roundtable discussion featuring:
- Fidel Masreal: Documentary Director
- Marcel·lí López: Documentary Participant
- Susana Subirà: Director of the Department of Clinical Psychology, UAB
- Diego Palao: Director of the Department of Psychiatry at UAB and Head of Psychiatry at Parc Taulí Hospital
- Ana Barajas: Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, UAB
This session is part of the 1st Culture and Health Week program.
Place: UAB CINEMA
Date: Monday 13, October2025 - 12:30h
Telephone: 935812204
E-mail: cultura.enviu@uab.cat
13:00
Inauguration of the academic year at the Faculty of Biosciences
Description:
Jaime Martínez, professor of Genetics in the UAB Department of Genetics and Microbiology, will give the inaugural conference entitled "Changing pathogens in a changing world. Novel genomic approaches to predict how pathogens survive and thrive in a changing climate". The conference forms part of the inauguration of the 2025/26 academic year at the Faculty of Biosciences and will take place on 13 October at 1:00 p.m. at the faculty's conference halls. The event will include a recognition for the final projects presented and a tribute to the best academic trajectories of the bachelor's degrees in Biochemistry and Biotechnology by the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. There will also be institutional speeches by the rector of the UAB, Javier Lafuente, and the dean of the Faculty, Isidre Gibert.
Place: Faculty of Biosciences (conference hall)
Date: Monday 13, October2025 - 13:00h
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
10:00
Dependent censoring in survival analysis: from basic concepts to some recent advances based on copulas
Description:
In commemoration of World Statistics Day, a date to emphasise the fundamental role of statistics in the development of knowledge and decision-making, several activities have been scheduled in the Faculty of Science.
On 15 October, the magazine Sort, Idescat and the Catalan Statistical Society are organising the Statistical Short Course “Dependent censoring in survival analysis: from basic concepts to some recent advances based on copulas”. The course will be given by Ingrid Van Keilegom, from the Operations Research and Statistics Research Group of the Faculty of Economics and Business of KU Leuven. The activity is free, but prior registration is required to attend.
Place: Sala Josep Vendrell (C0/140.1), Faculty of Science
Date: Tuesday 14, October2025 - 10:00h
End date: Tuesday 14, October2025 - 13:30h
11:00
Among walls and promises: the human price of political decisions in the US and Mexico
Description:
Nilda Flores-González, John O. Whiteman Dean's Distinguished Professor and sociology professor at Arizona State University, and Irsaema Coronado, director of the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, will offer a conference entitled "Among walls and promises: the human price of political decisions in the US and Mexico". the conference iwl ltake place on 14 October at 11 a.m. at the meetings hall of the MRA building (Plaça del Coneixement). The event is organised by the UAB's GEDIME research group (CER Migracions).
Place: MRA building (meeting hall)
Date: Tuesday 14, October2025 - 11:00h
12:30
Inauguration of the academic year at the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
Description:
Economist Elena Flores will deliver the lecture "Evolution of the economy and global governance during the past three decades" at the institutional inauguration of the 2025/26 academic year of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. The event will take place on 14 October at 12:30 p.m. in the faculty's conference hall.
Elena Flores holds a degree in Economics from the UAB and has worked many years in several European institutions. Among the positions she has held is Deputy Director General for Investment and International Affairs of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission. The opening ceremony of the academic year will also include recognition for the teaching staff with the best results in the teaching evaluation surveys and for the students with the best academic records of the Faculty in the 2024/25 academic year. UAB Rector Javier Lafuente and Faculty Dean Àlex Rialp will give the institutional speeches.
Place: Faculty of Economics and Business Studies (conference hall)
Date: Tuesday 14, October2025 - 12:30h