As the one-year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games approaches, UBC experts are ready to comment on social, economic and environmental impacts of the major international event.
As the one-year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games approaches, UBC experts are ready to comment on social, economic and environmental impacts of the major international event.
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Recent UBC Media Releases Jan. 24: Genome of blue stain fungus evolved to bypass tree defense in mountain pine beetle epidemic: UBC research Jan. 21: UBC gains $2.8 million for research infrastructure Upcoming Event Highlights Jan. 28: Canada West Swimming Championships Jan. 31: Early Astrophysics from the Planck Mission Feb. 1: Public Salon Feb. 2: [...]
On UBC CiTR Radio’s Prof Talk, with host Farha Khan, Dean of Arts and Haitian scholar Gage Averill will discuss his new role at UBC as well as his recent Grammy nomination for his project, Alan Lomax in Haiti: Recordings for the Library of Congress, 1936-1937. Every second Tuesday, Prof Talk on 101.9FM features interviews [...]
A new, secure, 96-bike storage facility in Buchanan Tower was officially opened on Jan. 26. The facility is located in two matching open-air areas of Buchanan Tower, part of the Faculty of Arts complex. This facility provides safe and secure storage in a unique, custom designed structure with an innovative two-tier racking system designed to [...]
The Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Clinic for Alzheimer’s disease and Related Disorders at UBC Hospital invites patients, staff, and the public to participate in Dementia 2011. The forum this year features 12 VCH researchers and clinicians covering leading-edge aspects of Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions. Topics inlcude advances in early diagnosis and treatment options, meaningful [...]
With more than 25 events planned for next week, the UBC Engineering Undergraduate Society will be hosting a range of events for Engineering Week 2011— from Old Red New Red to dodgeball and a career fair. Visit: www.ubcengineers.ca/eweek/
Thirty-seven UBC engineering students, including 17 from UBC’s Okanagan campus, are heading to Saskatoon to match their skills against engineering students from across western Canada. Students will compete in communications engineering, consulting engineering, impromptu debate, innovative design, junior team design and senior team design. At the Western Engineering Competition (WEC) students have the opportunity to [...]
A team of UBC physicists and engineers have designed an experiment featuring a trough of flowing water to help bolster a 35-year-old theory proposed by eminent physicist Stephen Hawking. For more information, visit www.science.ubc.ca/news/505
UBC researchers have produced the first map of the world outlining the ease of fluid flow through the planet’s porous surface rocks and sediments. The maps and data, published in Geophysical Research Letters, could help improve water resource management and climate modeling, and eventually lead to new insights into a range of geological processes. For [...]
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