On March 19, 2025, the University of Barcelona held the act of recognition of the entities of UB 2025 Chairs and Classrooms. Among the 72 institutions recognized was the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation, patron of the UB – Dr. Antoni Esteve i Subirana Chair of Research in Pharmacology.
The event was attended by the Rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transfer, Mercè Segarra, together with the President of the Social Council of the UB, Joan Corominas, and the representatives of the different entities of UB Chairs and Classrooms. On behalf of the Dr. Antoni Esteve Foundation, its President, Laura Gil-Vernet, and the Patron Marta Esteve attended.
The rector of the University of Barcelona, Joan Guàrdia, described the event as “a recognition of institutional and academic trust between the university and the promoting entities, an intangible that has enormous value for us”. “As a university we want to weave ecosystems that make it possible to change the lives of the people we are targeting and you also participate in this objective to a large extent,” he said, referring to the patron entities.
The Vice-Rector for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transfer of the UB, Mercè Segarra, reviewed during the speech the main figures achieved in recent years. He highlighted the increase from eleven chairs in 2018 to the current 72, and stressed that this last year thirteen chairs have been created, among which is the UB – Dr. Antoni Esteve i Subirana Chair of Research in Pharmacology.
The president of the Social Council of the UB, Joan Corominas, highlighted the chairs as an example of “fruitful collaboration between university and society, with a clear social and cultural vocation for the benefit of society as a whole”.
Finally, the rector presented diplomas of recognition to the patron entities that have created chairs in collaboration with the UB during the years 2024 and 2025. The event was attended by 200 people, including directors of chairs and representatives of companies.
