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Former journalist and CBC radio host Lucie McNeill will become the new director of the Public Affairs office at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus on October 17, 2011. […]
Aug 23, 2011
UBC’s University Librarian is the first Canadian to head an organization that has been the global voice of the library and information profession for more than eight decades. Earlier this […]
University of British Columbia researchers have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding the activation of T-cells, white blood cells that find and kill viruses and bacteria but also participate in the […]
Aug 22, 2011
As the ice melts, new rules for shipping and fishing are needed, quickly.
Aug 19, 2011 - by Michael Byers
Pioneering clean energy projects, an aggressive carbon-reduction strategy and North America’s greenest building have helped UBC to garner Canada’s first gold rating in a new international program that assesses sustainability achievements in higher education.
Aug 19, 2011
The ninth annual Welcome Back BBQ signals the start of the new academic year and an opportunity to connect with more than 3,000 staff members over lunch. The event includes […]
Aug 18, 2011
A study by graduate student Emma Talbott from UBC’s Okanagan campus is looking at how many graduates stay in the region and are able to find employment in their field after […]
Laura Bandy and Mehrdad Bokharaei, graduate students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, have recently been awarded scholarships from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Bandy won […]
Fariborz Musavi, Wilson Eberle and William G. Dunford won the first prize paper award from the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Industrial Power Conversion Committee for their paper “A High-Performance Single-Phase […]
UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences announces five new faculty appointments for the upcoming academic year. Learn about them at http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/aboutus/faculty-news#FiveNewFacAppts “We will be accepting an additional 72 professional degree students this September,” […]
UBC Bookstore’s new website rolls three websites into one and has a strong focus on eye-catching visuals and layout, simple navigation, one click to buy (where possible). Students can now […]
UBC unveiled the Dept. of Chemistry’s new Shared Instrument Facility (SIF), a 262 square metre learning space that will provide undergraduate students with unprecedented access to instruments being used in […]
Recent UBC Media Releases Aug. 18: entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund to help launch UBC startups Upcoming Event Highlights Aug. 19: British Columbia’s Burgess Shale: one hundred years of discoveries and current research […]
Startups from the University of British Columbia community can now apply for investments of up to $100,000 to support their new venture thanks to the entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund.
The 2011 International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC) marks the “Jade Anniversary” of the initial international bioinorganic conference held on the UBC campus, in June 1976. The conference is […]
Aug 11, 2011
UBC Bachelor of Fine Arts student Laura Good has won the silver award for Excellence in the Craft of Filmmaking in Canada for her third year film While I Breathe. The […]
Steve Mairs, a third-year physics and astronomy student at UBC’s Okanagan campus leaves for Hawaii early next month for two weeks study at the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Mauna […]
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) faculty member Judith Saltman and co-author Gail Edwards, Chair of the history department at Douglas College and adjunct faculty member at SLAIS, […]
UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences announces the appointment of Dr. Peter J. Zed to the position of Associate Dean, Practice Innovation. Zed will be commencing his new role with the faculty this […]
Recent UBC Media Releases Aug. 10: Atlanta runs world’s most fiscally efficient airport, Guangzhou boosts efficiency: UBC research Upcoming Event Highlights Aug. 12: Ramadan Fundraising Dinner for Rumana Manzur Aug. […]
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