UBC’s CiTR radio station has teamed up with Vancouver’s Mint Records to release the CiTR Pop Alliance Compilation: Vol 2, an 11-song collection of the city’s underground music acts. All money raised from the compilation will go to CiTR. The limited-edition record will be released today at Vancouver’s Interurban Gallery. Scratch Records will present a [...]
Archive for February, 2011
UBC Food Services residence chef wins award
UBC Food Services residence chef Steve Golob has been given the John McCormick Award by the Canadian Association of Foodservices Professionals (CAFP) in recognition of his excellence in the food service and hospitality industry. Golob was presented with the award on Feb. 8 at the 31st annual BC Leadership Night. He has worked as a [...]
Pioneering UBC clean energy project gets $11.2 million in new government support
A first-of-its-kind clean energy project that will generate enough clean electricity to power 1,500 homes and reduce the University of British Columbia’s natural gas consumption by up to 12 per cent, received $11.2 million in new federal and provincial government funding at an official groundbreaking ceremony today. The $27-million UBC Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Project [...]
UBC Seismic Expert in Christchurch
UBC Civil Engineering Assoc. Prof. Kenneth Elwood just happened to be attending a seminar on building seismic assessments in Christchurch, New Zealand when the 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit on February 21.
Canadians and Americans get different drug information online: UBC study
Canadians and Americans are getting vastly different search results when they look up prescription drug information online, says a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.
On the decline of large fish in the sea
It’s a question of how many people are fishing, how they are fishing, and where they are fishing
Fishing down food web leaves fewer big fish, more small fish in past century: UBC research
Predatory fish such as cod, tuna, and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled over the same period, according to UBC researchers.
Infants raised in bilingual environments can distinguish unfamiliar languages: UBC research
Infants raised in households where Spanish and Catalan are spoken can discriminate between English and French just by watching people speak, even though they have never been exposed to these new languages before, according to UBC psychologist Janet Werker.
UBC’s CiTR Radio and Vancouver’s Mint Records release compilation
UBC’s CiTR radio station has teamed up with Vancouver’s Mint Records to release the CiTR Pop Alliance Compilation: Vol 2, an 11-song collection of some the city’s best underground music acts. All money raised from the compilation will go to CiTR. The limited-edition record will be released on Feb. 24 at Vancouver’s Interurban Gallery. Scratch [...]
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