UBC will be presenting Prof. Louis Nirenberg of the Courant Institute for the Mathematical Sciences at New York University an honorary degree during its 2010 Fall Congregation on Nov. 24-26. Nirenberg was born in Hamilton, ON and obtained his undergraduate degree from McGill University before emigrating to the United States. UBC recognizes his longstanding interest [...]
Small businesses across British Columbia now have a free, comprehensive resource to boost their business-planning efforts and foster an online community of information and support through the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. The Small Business Accelerator (SBA), which launched this week at www.sba-bc.ca, is a gateway to business information for small firms and entrepreneurs throughout [...]
In the pilot year of this competition, UBC beat out 38 American campuses to place second in the Campus Conservation National’s Energy competition, held in Totem Park Nov. 1-10. UBC saved 8,989 kWh of electricity, enough to power one 60-watt light bulb for 17 years, or 200 bulbs for a month. The entire competition saved [...]
UBC placed second in the eight annual Citi International Case Competition at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, one of the best business schools in Asia. Nineteen teams competed from ten countries: Canada, Finland, Japan, Korea, China, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand and the U.S. The UBC B.Com students from the Sauder School [...]
Irving K. Barber, a renowned forestry executive, visionary thinker and long-time supporter of projects at UBC, has been named as the Outstanding Philanthropist by the fourth annual Giving Hearts Award Program, presented by the Vancouver Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Barber is the principal donor for the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre [...]
Prof. Timothy Kieffer from the Departments of Cellular and Physiological Sciences and Surgery, won the Canadian Diabetes Association’s Young Scientist Award. The CDA established the Young Scientist Award in 1987 to encourage outstanding research conducted in Canada by scientists under 45. Kieffer was presented with the award at the 2010 Professional Conference and Annual Meetings in Edmonton in [...]
UBC Faculty of Medicine announces the appointment of Dr. Geoffry Cundiff as Head, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Vancouver Acute, Providence Health Care, B.C. Women’s Hospital and the B.C. Cancer Agency effective Nov. 1, 2010 to June 30, 2015. Cundiff is a professor in the Dept. of Obstetrics [...]
In the November Bike to Work Week, UBC won first place for Best Number of Trips in the Higher Education category and first place for Best in the 1000+ Organization category (1,292 commutes, 12,132 km travelled and 208 participants). To view the final results, visit http://www.biketoworkmetrovan.ca/node/454
Catherine Van Raamsdonk, an assistant professor in the Dept. of Medical Genetics, has helped discover a gene associated with uveal melanoma, the most common form of eye cancer. In an article published online Nov. 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine and appearing in the Dec. 2 print issue, Van Raamsdonk and her co-authors describe how they isolated an oncogene called [...]
A team of 10 UBC journalism students investigating the global effects of shrimp farming has partnered with The Globe and Mail to produce a web video project for the paper’s food series, which launched Nov. 20. The students, as part of the International Reporting program led by associate professor Peter Klein, addressed a key component [...]
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