The University of British Columbia has launched an ambitious $1.5 billion fundraising campaign with a twin goal of doubling the number of alumni engaged in the life of the university by 2015.
The University of British Columbia has launched an ambitious $1.5 billion fundraising campaign with a twin goal of doubling the number of alumni engaged in the life of the university by 2015.
On September 20, 2011, CBC TV Vancouver news broadcast a story about the Faculty of Medicine’s Northern Medical Program entitled: Northern B.C. program barely producing rural doctors. Faculty of Medicine Dean and UBC Vice Provost Health Dr. Gavin Stuart, and program students have responded in separate letters to inaccuracies in the story.
Today, UBC opened the country’s first new purpose-built university law school building in 30 years, a $56-million facility made possible by the largest private fundraising effort for a Canadian law school building.
Recent UBC Media Releases Sep. 22: What’s so unique about the tropics? UBC researcher says: “Less than we thought” Sep. 21: UBC-Vancouver Coastal Health researchers help discover common genetic cause of ALS and frontotemporal dementia Sep. 21: UBC gains $32.6 million in funding for genomic-based forestry research Sep. 20: UBC biologist wins MacArthur “genius” grant Sep. 19: [...]
Celebrate Science! A Festival of BC Science Writers for Kids and Teens will take place on Sept. 24 at UBC’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum. A fundraiser in support of the work of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre, the event will appeal to teachers, teacher-librarians, student teachers, public librarians, child care workers and parents. The half-day program [...]
UBC Creative Writing Program graduates Sheryda Warrener, Bren Simmers, Jamella Hagen and Linda Besner will be reading poems from their debut collections in a showcase tilted Four Score! September 2010 saw the publication of Simmers’ Night Gears (Wolsak & Wynn) and Warrener’s Hard Feelings (Snare Books). Besner’s The Id Kid (Signal Editions/Véhicule) followed in April [...]
A new, online Chinese Canadian videogame is using the latest in multimedia technology to connect young users to the lost stories of earlier generations. The game, entitled Gold Mountain Quest, will be one of the highlights at the preview of a one-of-a-kind multilingual web portal to be unveiled by the Chinese Canadian Stories project (http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca) at [...]
The Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit Film Festival in Toronto is partnering with the Nanisiniq: Arviat History Project from UBC (http://nanisiniq.tumblr.com/) to screen a series of films on Sept. 27 at York University. The Project is a collaborative initiative between the Sivulinuut Elders Society and UBC which has trained four Inuit youth Curtis Konek, Amy Owingayak, Jordan Konek, and [...]
David Farrar, UBC Provost and VP Academic, announced on Sept. 13 new leadership and a new structure and role for the College for Interdisciplinary Studies (CFIS). Hugh Brock, who takes over from Prof. Michael Burgess as Principal pro tem, will work closely with the Provost, Deans, senior administration and faculties across UBC to facilitate research [...]
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