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Alumni Weekend 2010, May 28-30

UBC welcomes alumni and friends back to campus for lectures, tours, athletic events, wine tastings and more. For more information, visit http://www.alumni.ubc.ca/events/alumniweekend/index.php

May 20, 2010

TAG Institute gives week-long seminar

The Centre For Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG) will give a week-long series of seminars that feature a variety of topics on teaching, learning, professional and academic growth and technology. […]

May 20, 2010

UBC Library contributes to BC Books Online project

UBC Library is a participant of BC Books Online, a project that features a digital collection of non-fiction books about the province of B.C.  The collection includes books on history, […]

May 20, 2010

Learning Centre gives update on current initiatives

Two years ago, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre celebrated its grand opening.  The Centre will hold an event to highlight its achievements of the past two years and give […]

May 20, 2010

New Associate Dean, Postdoctoral Fellows appointed by the Faculty of Graduate Studies

The Office of the Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies announces the appointment of Prof. Anthony P. Farrell, Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture (Dept. of Zoology and Faculty of Land and Food […]

May 20, 2010

Computer science prof receives two awards

Prof. Gail Murphy from the Dept. of Computer Science, is the recipient of two awards. She was one of 12 to receive a 2010 Microsoft Software Engineering Innovation Foundation Award […]

May 20, 2010

UBC engineering team wins ALSBC Innovation Award

A team from UBC Engineering—students Graeham Douglas, Enrico Guld, Stephen Herbrik, Mark Hewett, Colin Keightley, Fraser McDonald and Zach Ross, supervised by mechanical engineering professors Mike Van der Loos and […]

May 20, 2010

UBC graduate student wins Equity Through Education Student Award

UBC graduate student Barbara Schober (Doctor of Philosophy/History) is one of 12 winners of the 2010 National Education Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) Equity Through Education Student Awards Program. She […]

May 20, 2010

CRNBC award UBC faculty 2010 Nursing Excellence Awards

Faculty members of UBC’s School of Nursing were recipients of the 2010 Nursing Excellence Awards given by the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. Lecturer Marlene Groening was recognized in […]

May 20, 2010

B.C. signs agreement with Japanese company to beat cancer

The BC Cancer Agency and the Vancouver Prostate Centre announced a formal agreement with Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited for new drug treatments to fight breast, ovarian and prostate cancers. […]

May 20, 2010

UBC Library welcomes Douglas Coupland archives

The extensive archives of Douglas Coupland – one of Canada’s most renowned authors, an internationally recognized visual artist and a cultural icon who coined the term “Generation X” – have a new home at UBC Library.

May 20, 2010

Long-term use of anti-anxiety drugs continues in B.C. despite known health risks: UBC study

Drugs to treat anxiety and sleep disorders are still being prescribed for extended periods to British Columbian patients – and increasingly so for baby boomers – despite warnings against long-term use, according to a University of British Columbia study.

May 20, 2010

UBC co-hosts G8 University Summit

Presidents of world universities will gather in Vancouver to prepare advice for their governments as Canada prepares to host the G8 Summit in Huntsville, Ont. next month.

May 19, 2010

UBC researchers call for “social offset” to tackle neglected tropical diseases

Public health and international development experts at the University of British Columbia are calling for a “social offset” mechanism to set aside a portion of research funding slated for neglected tropical diseases (NTD) to address broader social determinants of disease.

May 18, 2010

Inaugural Canada Excellence Research Chair appointed to UBC: up to $10M towards research in Parkinson’s, neurodegenerative disorders in adults and children

The University of British Columbia and its affiliated research institutes today welcomed Dr. Matthew Farrer as its first Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neurogenetics and Translational Neuroscience.

May 17, 2010

The Trudeau government’s ‘regret’ and ‘hindsight’ in the Mark Norman affair

Paul Evans, a professor at UBC’s school of public policy and global affairs, was mentioned in Maclean’s round-up of the week’s politics. Evans had commented to Global News about relations […]

May 14, 2010

UBC This Week

Recent UBC Media Releases May 13: UBC opens Beaty Biodiversity Centre, unveils Canada’s largest blue whale skeleton exhibit May 11: UBC and City of Vancouver partner to reach Greenest City […]

May 13, 2010

UBC hosts All Science Challenge

All Science Challenge, a day-long science competition held at UBC this week, pits more than 200 Grade 6 and 7 students from across the Greater Vancouver Regional District against one […]

May 13, 2010

Canadian children’s literature exhibit at UBC Library

UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) division will display an exhibit in conjunction with the release of a new book on children’s literature. The exhibition Picturing Canada: Canadian […]

May 13, 2010

New exhibitions at Learning Centre Gallery

Two new exhibitions are on display at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Beyond the Words features portraits of writers by the late Carl Kohler (1919-2006), a Neo-Modernist/Abstract Swedish artist. […]

May 13, 2010