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UBC This week

Recent UBC Media Releases Oct. 28: Open Letter to the UBC Vancouver Community Oct. 26: UBC worldwide contest challenges classrooms to engage with 2010 Olympic Games Upcoming Event Highlights Oct. […]

Search for St. John’s College Principal

Update: Application is now closed.  Thank you for your interest. UBC invites applications for the position of Principal at St. John’s College, a residential college on campus with a focus […]

UBC innovation, industry collaboration recognized by NSERC awards

Advances in ultrasound and digital display technologies developed by UBC researchers have been recognized by Canada’s leading science and engineering funding agency with two prestigious awards. UBC engineering professors Robert […]

Engineering professor receives teaching award

The IEEE Electron Devices Society has awarded UBC electrical and computer engineering professor David Pulfrey with an Education Award for his contributions to the teaching of semiconductor devices at both […]

Canadian Literature wins Canadian Online Publishing Award

Canadian Literature, the country’s oldest journal devoted to studying Canada’s literature, has won the award for “Best Cross-Platform” at the first annual Canadian Online Publishing awards announced  Monday in Toronto.  […]

Medical Council of Canada presidency given to UBC associate dean

Oscar Casiro, Regional Associate Dean, Island Medical Program, UBC Faculty of Medicine, has become President of the Medical Council of Canada (MCC). Casiro will serve a one-year term leading MCC, […]

Five faculty members named Fellows of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Five members of UBC’s Faculty of Medicine are among the 28 new Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) recognized for their contributions to health science. • Alison Buchan, Senior […]

Computer Science professors elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

UBC Computer Science professors David Kirkpatrick and Alan Mackworth have been elected as Fellows the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Kirkpatrick is internationally recognized for many seminal contributions to the […]

UBC community Remembrance Day ceremony

This year’s UBC Remembrance Day ceremony at the War Memorial Gym will include music provided by the UBC School of Music, short readings and remarks. Members of the platform party […]

UBC This Week

Recent UBC Media Releases Oct. 22: UBC innovation, industry collaboration recognized by NSERC awards Upcoming Event Highlights Oct. 23: Brazilian Film at Frederic Wood Theatre Oct. 26: Living with two […]

Learning Centre exhibits

Three exhibits are on display in the gallery space of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre located on level two of the Learning Centre, to the left of the circulation […]

ROBOstudio features student designed retrofits for UBC buildings

A collaboration between architecture, mechatronics (mechanical engineering) and engineering physics students from UBC, ROBOstudio will be on display on Oct. 27. ROBOstudio features student designed retrofits for buildings on UBC campus. There […]

Chinese heritage site launched

The UBC Library and the City of Vancouver Archives has launched a new website that offers users a look at a century of local Chinese-Canadian heritage.  Entitled The Chinese Experience […]

Engineer receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research

UBC Mechanical Engineering Prof. Hongshen Ma has been awarded a Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation valued at US$100,000. The grant will support an innovative […]