Recent UBC Media Releases Dec. 9: Audain Foundation’s $2.5 million grant supports UBC Museum of Anthropology Dec. 9: Tropical birds waited for land crossing between North and South America: UBC study Dec. 4: UBC’s two new Rhodes Scholars to focus on global water crisis, health care Dec. 4: Pre-Games impact study for 2010 Olympic Winter [...]
Nominations for the 2010 UBC Alumni Achievement Awards are now being accepted. The annual Awards present an opportunity to recognize outstanding alumni for their accomplishments. Submissions can be made at http://www.alumni.ubc.ca/events/awards/nomination.php . To receive print nomination forms, contact Marisa Iuvancigh at 604-822-8917 or marisa.iuvancigh@ubc.ca. Deadline for nominations is Jan. 31, 2010.
The Ike Barber Learning Centre Gallery will have on display, Morph, an art exhibit featuring work by students from the Visual Arts 300 class. The theme is “transformation”, featuring paintings that deal with creative focus, academic backgrounds, personal stories and global perspectives. The students’ compilation is guided by contemporary artist Gu Xiong and combines a [...]
Plans are underway for the Vancouver School Board to re-use and expand the former National Research Centre building for a new secondary school at Wesbrook Place. UBC Campus and Community Planning will host an open house to review the plans for the first stage of site preparation along the south side of West 16th Avenue [...]
In conjunction with the climate change talks taking place in Copenhagen, members of UBC and the University Neighborhoods are organizing a rally to reinforce their dedication to meaningful climate change. The rally will be part of the international day of action for climate change promoted by Avaaz and 350.org. Date: Dec. 12 Time: 10 – 11 [...]
UBC professor emeritus Dr. Douglas Clement has been named one of the volunteer honorary mayors to welcome athletes to Whistler and Vancouver during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Clement is a sports medicine clinician and researcher who has taught and practiced sports medicine for more than 20 years at UBC. He will [...]
Prof. Alan Mackworth, Computer Science has received a 2009 Association for Constraint Programming (ACP) Research Excellence Award. His two papers on consistency algorithms and their complexity were among the most highly cited in the history of the journal, Artificial Intelligence. For more information, visit http://4c.ucc.ie/a4cp/.
The Minister of State for Climate Action, the Honourable John Yap and President Stephen Toope recently visited the UBC Electric Car Club (UBC ECC) to gain familiarity with the club’s vision and goals and to view the status of the club’s electric vehicle. UBC ECC is a multidisciplinary undergraduate student organization founded by electrical engineering [...]
Electrical and Computer Engineering’s Assoc. Prof. Sydney Fels, master student Billy Lam, PhD student Ian Stavness, and co-op student Ryan Barr have won Best Demonstration Award at the 17th International Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Multimedia in Beijing. Their winning research project is entitled Interacting with a Personal Cubic 3D Display. To view a [...]
Pfizer is entering into a three-year, $9-million research collaboration with the BC Cancer Agency and the Vancouver Prostate Centre, a UBC and Vancouver General Hospital Centre of Excellence, to tackle new treatment avenues for breast, ovarian and prostate cancer. For more information, visit http://www.pfizer.ca/english/newsroom/press%20releases/default.asp?s=1&releaseID=305
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