Recent UBC Media Releases Aug 24: Helping foreign students feel at home in new surroundings Aug. 23: Lucie McNeill to be director of UBC Public Affairs Aug. 23: Southern Medical Program students tour UBC campus Aug. 23: UBC’s University Librarian first Canadian to head global group Aug. 22: T-cell discovery holds promise for organ transplant and [...]
RES’EAU WaterNET invites seasoned and new water professionals to a two-day workshop that will highlight solutions to the challenges of delivering drinking water in small systems. The workshop will be held on Oct. 5-6, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver Downtown. RES’EAU WaterNET is Canada’s first and only research network devoted exclusively to developing innovative, [...]
Derek Desrosiers, BSc(Pharm) ’82 recently received the 2011 Canadian Foundation for Pharmacy Pillar of Pharmacy Award in recognition of his lifelong contributions to pharmacy in Canada. Desrosiers is one of Canada’s foremost authorities in the economic and professional practice issues of pharmacy. He spent 13 years working in community pharmacy as a pharmacy manager and [...]
Zahra Ahmadian, a PhD candidate working with Prof. Lutz Lampe in the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering recently received the Google Anita Borg Scholarship. The award is given to encourage women to excel in computing and technology and become active role models and leaders. For more information, visit http://www.ece.ubc.ca/news/201108/zahra-ahmadian-2011-google-anita-borg-scholar
UBC’s Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory (CARIS), led by Prof. Elizabeth Croft in the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, has acquired a new human-friendly robot. Dubbed Charlie by the CARIS team, the advanced robot research system navigates indoors at walking speed, handles customary workplace and home obstacles, lifts a 10 kilogram load in each [...]
Prof. Erik Eberhardt has been appointed as the Director of the Geological Engineering Program from August 16, 2011 to June 30, 2014. Prof. Eberhardt obtained his MSc and PhD in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 1995 and 1998. He joined the UBC Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences in [...]
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On June 27, 2011, the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences signed a Statement of Cooperation with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. The Statement of Cooperation represents the first step in a long-term joint venture between both faculties. For more information, visit http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/aboutus/faculty-news#Copenhagen
Ingrid Parent, UBC’s University Librarian, last week became the President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) for a two-year term. She 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. A UBC graduate, Parent first [...]
UBC Civil Engineering Prof. Tarek Sayed received the 2011 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award for his contribution to the transportation profession by relating academic studies to the practice of transportation. Prof. Sayed received the award on Aug. 15, 2011 at ITE’s annual meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. “Dr. [...]
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