On December 16th, we received a chocolate treat from CeUPV on the ground floor of the Student Recreation Center.
Category: Actividades 2025-2026
Christmas Decoration – Student Recreation Center 2025
🧸 One Toy, One Smile
The UPV Volunteer Programme is organizing a toy collection campaign to bring joy and hope to children in need. The initiative will take place across the three UPV campuses from December 9th to 12th.
📅 December 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th
📍 VERA CAMPUS
Student Recreation Centre (ground floor)
🕐 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
📍 GANDIA CAMPUS
Building A – Hall
📍 ALCOY CAMPUS
Carbonell Building – Hall
Participants may bring toys in good condition, placed inside closed bags, and deposit them in the boxes assigned to the Foundations and NGOs with which UPV collaborates: Fundación Iniciativas Social, Valencia Acoge, Pueblos/Pobles Solidarios, Fundación Barrio/Familias Torrefiel, Ananda Maitreya, CPI Vida, Motoclub Alcoy, Proyecto Vivir, and Orriols Convive.
Thank you for your support ♥
Patatas Lázaro rewards young Fine Arts talent at UPV on its 80th anniversary
Patatas Lázaro has presented the award for its creative challenge aimed at students from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), an initiative launched to celebrate the company’s 80th anniversary. The challenge invited students to reinterpret the brand’s history, values and purpose through art.
The winning artwork was created by young artist Carmen Muñoz Estellés, whose piece stands out for blending the organic and human worlds as a metaphor for the people and values that have shaped the company’s journey.
The award ceremony took place on 19 December at UPV’s Student Recreation Centre, with the attendance of the jury, company representatives and participating students.
Through this initiative, Patatas Lázaro strengthens its commitment to culture, innovation and young talent, fostering collaboration between the university and business sectors. The artworks will be on display at the Ximo Mora Exhibition Hall, located in the Student Recreation Centre, until 9 January 2026.
CalumBDay
✨CALUMBIRTHDAY SCHEDULE✨
🥳 Opening
🍰 Birthday Cake
🍻 Tardeo
❌ Closeing
📍 Student Recreation Center
📅 Thursday 4th December
🕓 From 6:00 pm to 10:30 pm
⚡️Tickets in the link below ⚡️
www.fourvenues.com/consejo-de-estudiantes-upv/6UFH
Don’t lose the oportunity… ¡limited tickets! 🚨
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UPV Blood Donor Day
From the Student Recreation Center ,we would like to thank the entire university community that participated in the UPV Blood Donor Day, held last Wednesday, November 26th
163 people came forward to donate blood, of which 95 were giving it for the first time.
Blood cannot be manufactured and is needed every day of the year in Valencian hospitals.
Recognizing the work of the student volunteers who were motivating and informing throughout the day.
Many thanks to everyone.
🧡 Rapid HIV Testing at the Student Recreation Centre
Today, November 21st, 2025, an informative activity will take place at the UPV Student Recreation Centre. An information table will be set up on the north façade of the building, where students can learn about the rapid HIV testing procedure and ask questions related to prevention and early detection.
The activity will run from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with trained staff providing guidance and distributing prevention materials.
Alumni Cooperation Day
On Thursday, November 20th, the first edition of the meeting on cooperation, social commitment, and sustainable development took place at the Casa de l’Alumne.
A gathering with UPV graduates who shared real projects and stories of impact and collaboration, together with the Center for Development Cooperation and UPV Alumni.
An event open to all UPV graduates who believe that the university can also contribute to transforming the world.
Hackathon Mercadona IT at the Student Recreation Center
The Student Recreation Center is hosting today, November 10, the Hackathon Mercadona IT, an intensive day in which teams of students from the Universitat Politècnica de València face real technological challenges proposed by Mercadona IT professionals.
The event, organized within the framework of the Cátedra Mercadona IT – UPV, aims to bring students closer to the reality of working in high-level technological environments, promoting teamwork, creativity and problem solving in real contexts.
During 12 hours of uninterrupted activity, the selected teams work arm in arm with professionals from the sector in the Sala Ximo Mora of the Student Recreation Center, competing for various prizes.
The Hackathon is part of the activities promoted by the new Mercadona IT Chair, created in collaboration between Mercadona and the UPV to promote the training of technological talent and the connection between academia and business.
🧩 Hackathon on Cooperativism and Rural Development
📅 November 7th, 2025 | Student Recreation Centre – UPV
Today, the Student Recreation Centre (Casa del Alumno) of the Universitat Politècnica de València hosted the Hackathon on Cooperativism and Rural Development, a full-day event aimed at fostering innovative ideas for sustainable rural development through cooperative models.
The initiative, organized by the Confederació de Cooperatives de la Comunitat Valenciana (Concoval) and the UPV, with the collaboration of the Master’s in Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (RSC), the Business Management Research Centre (CEGEA) and ETSIAMN, is part of the International Year of Cooperatives.
Throughout the day, participating teams worked on proposals aligned with the Fent Cooperatives 2025-2026 plan, addressing key challenges such as ecological transition, circular economy, and rural depopulation.
