An important collection of copies of the Quixote, donated by Professor Francisco Rico, are on display at the UAB exhibitions hall (Communication Library and General Newspaper Archives, Plaça Cívica) from 9 November to 16 December.
The P-SPHERE programme, with a total budget of €10.5M, will award 3-year postdoctoral fellowships for research stays at centres belonging to the UAB-CIE Sphere.
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is the best university in Spain according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016, and is in 146th position worldwide.
An exhibition of neuroimages, organised by the UAB Institute of Neuroscience (INc) and Cultura en Viu, can be visited from 12 October to 4 December at the Plaça Cívica.
An ICTA-UAB study quantifies the potential economic losses that could derive from the gradual disappearance of Coralligenous species and the proliferation of jellyfish.
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UAB professor José Martínez Gázquez has identified a new set of annotations and commentaries made in the 15th century by Nicholas of Cusa, in the margins of a Latin manuscript in the Vatican Apostolic Library, following his reading of a Latin Koran.
A team of researchers from the Miquel Crusafont Catalan Institute of Palaeontology describes, in the journal Science, the new genus and species Pliobates cataloniae, based on a skeleton recovered from the landfill of Can Mata (els Hostalets de Pierola).
An ICTA-UAB study quantifies the potential economic losses that could derive from the gradual disappearance of Coralligenous species and the proliferation of jellyfish.
UAB researchers have studied for the first time how persons over the age of 68 attend and process the advertising that appears simultaneously on screen during programmes, compared to young viewers.
In Humanities, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona is the best university in Spain and is in 62nd position worldwide on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Featuring on the programme for this year's edition of the Seminars, which opened on 4 November, are Mariano Barbacid, Manuel Perucho, Àngel Pellicer, Miguel Beato, Carlos Cordón, Manel Esteller, Ramon Pascual, Caterina Biscari, Pilarín Bayés and Sandra Ibarra.
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Thomas Tufte, a lecturer at Roskilde University (Denmark) and an expert on the concept of Communication for Development, conducts research on the social changes being facilitated by communication in many parts of the world. He studies the ways in which citizens are mobilising to make themselves heard, and the many changes this is bringing about.
Interview with Leonardo van den Berg, from the Centre for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture (ILEIA), who recently visited the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine to talk about food sovereignty.
Mammoth presents a short film commissioned by Catalonia's Tourism Department for Barcelona Province. Created by MammothMedia.tv
Students coming to the UAB are keen to get information before they arrive and one of their main concerns is often languages. Guide through the UAB website.
Upon arrival, international students are made to feel at home at the UAB and are invited to discover and become familiar with the campus' facilities, services and areas.
Anna and Sara tell us about their experience of participating in a language and cultural exchange activity.
Come exercise at SAF, where our mission is to promote all types of activities to get you physically active and where we are dedicated to the integral training of individuals.
Vila 2 is a new residential space with apartments and all the comfort, and the services of Vila Universitària.
