 | The University of Coimbra awards Honoris Causa degree to Portuguese entrepreneur Commander Rui Nabeiro. The ceremony will take place on the 8th of June, at the Great Hall of Acts (Sala dos Capelos), at 11 a.m. |
| Study concludes that urban children have a great lack of knowledge about aquatic ecosystems and their biodiversity. The study focused on assessing the impact of an environmental project with children aged 6 to 10 (elementary school), which aims to educate children about the importance of urban streams, their biodiversity and services. |  |
 | University of Coimbra hosts the International Erasmus Games. The event will take place between the 12th and 15th June. This is the largest sports event of the Erasmus Student Network (ESN), gathering the Erasmus community in several sports competitions, workshops and campaigns. |
| The "Chi Solutions" team was the big winner of the "Sustenta UC" Business Ideas Competition, promoted by UC Business. The proposal involves entering the frozen food market using packaging made from chitin, one of the most abounding polysaccharides on the planet. The group proposes the use of shellfish to create a 100% natural and 100% biodegradable packaging. | |
 | Researchers reuse biodiesel by-product in farmed fish feed. A Portuguese and French team, coordinated by Ivan Viegas, from the Centre for Functional Ecology of FCTUC, has successfully tested a new diet for aquaculture fish, using glycerol as an alternative ingredient, which may help to solve one of the major challenges of this business area. |
| UC scientists discover cognitive mutations caused by a gene variant linked to intellectual disability. Genetic mutations associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability, are often found in genes that encode proteins present in the synapse, the communication structure between neurons in the brain. |  |
