UBC Reports

November 2009

New UBC pep song something to cheer about

The best part of UBC’s new pep song may very well be the shouting.

By Sean Sullivan

Save the seeds, save ourselves

Native cultures and their plant seeds could be keys to addressing crises of food, medicine and energy, coping with climate change, and easing unprecedented rates of species extinction, according to Tirso Gonzales, an assistant professor of Indigenous Studies at UBC Okanagan.

By Bud Mortenson

Making beautiful music in the Downtown Eastside

A UBC music researcher is teaching the world’s first university course on musical expressions in a Canadian inner city.

By Basil Waugh

More UBC students volunteer for community service learning in 2010

UBC student Anushka Samarawickrama is looking forward to the 2010 spring break so she can hang out with some special friends.

By Basil Waugh

Straightening feet and building bridges

Fourteen thousand kilometres separate the UBC Faculty of Medicine from Uganda. Dr. Shafique Pirani is trying to bridge that gap.

By Brian Kladko

When Johnny can count by twos, but can’t tie shoes

They may be labeled clumsy or lazy, but children who struggle to perform simple motor tasks may actually be unable to fully use key regions of the brain, according to research by a UBC graduate student.

By Hilary Thomson

Students build tiny E.coli ‘traffic light’

A team of UBC undergrads recently won a gold medal for their biosensor technology at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This is the first time a team from UBC has participated in the contest that draws more than 100 teams internationally.

By Hilary Thomson

New focus for the UBC United Way campaign

If United Way organizers have their way, the UBC campus will be rife with pyjamas, bathrobes and slippers on Nov. 13.

By Sean Sullivan