Aragon's public universities will receive €3,796,284 from the Spanish Government to fund the salaries of 94 assistant professors with PhDs in 2026. The funding will be provided through the María Goyri Program, under which the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities covers part of the cost of hiring new faculty at public universities.
The Director-General for Universities of the Aragón Government, María Luisa Feijóo, representing Education, Science and Universities Minister Carmen Susín, on Thursday called on the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities to guarantee the “financial sustainability of the additional Medicine degree places” whose funding will be withdrawn from the 2026/27 academic year at Spain’s public universities, as well as “ensuring their continuity in the coming academic years”.
A student from Zaragoza has joined the ranks of Ibero-America’s most talented young biologists. Patricia Pueyo Sánchez, a student at IES Goya in Zaragoza, won a bronze medal at the 19th Ibero-American Biology Olympiad, held this week in São Paulo, Brazil, after overcoming a demanding selection process that began with more than 5,000 upper-secondary students in Spain.
September has begun without offering any respite. Aragon will be covered by orange and yellow alerts this Friday, September 4, as temperatures reach 41°C in Zaragoza and heat warnings are issued across all nine areas of the region. The situation will continue throughout the weekend, although the affected areas will change slightly.
With classes starting in just a few days, the University of Zaragoza still has places available for the 2026-2027 academic year. Following the fourth admissions round held this Monday, vacancies have opened in some programs that were full in previous rounds. In total, fourteen university degrees in Zaragoza, Huesca, Teruel and La Almunia de Doña Godina still have places available.
Aragón’s Plant Health and Certification Center (CSCV) has urged farmers in areas affected by the Mediterranean locust and grasshopper to plow their fields during September and October. The aim is to interrupt the embryonic development of both species and reduce their presence before spring arrives.
The Catholic calendar remembers Saint Moses today, Friday, September 4, 2026, one of the figures linked to Christian tradition whose memory forms part of the Catholic Church’s calendar of saints. His name appears alongside other saints and blesseds also remembered on this day for their lives and example of faith.
Aragon presents a distinctive picture of sexually transmitted infections. In 2024, it had among Spain’s lowest reported rates, but syphilis and gonorrhea rose sharply in 2025.
Zaragoza will warm up for the 2026 Pilar Festival by running for a special cause. On Sunday, October 4, Parque Grande José Antonio Labordeta will host the III Cruz Roja Pilar Charity Race, with proceeds helping create a therapeutic garden for spinal cord injury patients at Miguel Servet University Hospital.
Aragon has recorded a new case of Escherichia coli this week in Zaragoza province, according to the Epidemiological Bulletin of the Government of Aragon. Specifically, it is a case of Shiga toxin- or Vero toxin-producing E. coli (STEC/VTEC).
San Jorge University will begin the 2026-2027 academic year on September 8 with more than 1,300 new students and the opening of the Innova building, the eighth on its Villanueva de Gállego campus, expanding advanced simulation and immersive technology facilities.
A year ago, then-Aragón Health Minister José Luis Bancalero announced plans for a larger, more modern and innovative Royo Villanova Hospital. This Thursday, current minister Ángel Sanz announced the opening of a public consultation to choose the best location for the new hospital, which is expected to be built on Zaragoza’s left bank before 2030.
This summer's heat has reduced Aragon's stone fruit harvest, including peaches, nectarines, cherries, plums and apricots. UAGA estimates production will be 10% to 20% below forecast.
Summer refuses to give up. September has arrived, but temperatures across the region remain sky-high. Weather in Aragon this Thursday will be marked by heat and stable conditions. Temperatures will be high in all three provincial capitals, especially Zaragoza, where thermometers will reach 39 degrees today and tomorrow.
The Catholic calendar commemorates Saint Gregory I the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church, on Thursday, September 3. His papacy had a major influence on Western Christianity through the reorganization of the Church, care for those in need and intense pastoral activity.
Negotiations between the Government of Aragón and the unions on Infoar staff conditions are nearing a positive outcome. This follows a technical meeting held on Wednesday with representatives of the Departments of Finance, Interior and Public Administration, and Environment and Tourism, where an agreement was reached with the trade unions CCOO, UGT and CSIF to analyze the demands of civil servants and employees of the regional administration who take part in the operation.
The heat did not deter thousands who filled Zaragoza's Plaza del Pilar and surrounding streets on Wednesday to show their support for Ceuta.
Loli Cabezas was born in Ceuta, but Zaragoza has been her second home since she was 17. She arrived in the Aragonese capital after falling in love with a man from Zaragoza who was doing his military service and, decades later and after being widowed, she describes herself as having two inseparable identities. “I love Zaragoza,” she said this Wednesday in statements to ARAGÓN DIGITAL, moved to tears by the sight of thousands of people gathered in Plaza del Pilar. But something has not changed over the years: despite not having set foot in the autonomous city for more than a decade, Loli says she “always carries Ceuta in her heart, and the people of Zaragoza are wonderful.”
The countdown has begun for thousands of university students to once again fill the halls of faculties across Aragon, many of them for the first time. To help them settle in, the University of Zaragoza has prepared, as it does every year, a series of welcome sessions where new students can find out where classrooms are, understand how exams work and learn where to go for help with any questions.
Returning to the classroom, discovering new subjects and being part of university life have no age limit. The University of Zaragoza's University of Experience is opening a new academic year in Teruel with 90 places and a program designed for those who want to keep learning, share interests and maintain their intellectual curiosity throughout the year.
