Archive for November, 2011
Nov. 30, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: atheism, behavioral psychology, belief, business, ethics, health, life, prejudice, Psychology, religion, social psychology, spirituality
Distrust is the central motivating factor behind why religious people dislike atheists, according to a new study led by UBC psychologists.
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Nov. 29, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: BMO, business, Business Familes Centre, Dairy Education and Research Centre, Education, entrepreneurs, sauder school of business
The University of British Columbia welcomes a $2.2 million donation from BMO Financial Group to support education and outreach for successful family business as well as innovative research and education to benefit dairy farms – most of them family-run.
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Nov. 29, 2011 | Filed under: Events
Nov. 28, 2011 | Filed under: Quotable
Most people find if they have some idea what their loved one had in mind, it makes a difference.
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Nov. 28, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Antisocial Behavior, Babies, Baby, Cognitive Development, health, Human Behavior, Justice, Kiley Hamlin, medicine, Negative Behavior, Parenting, Psychology, Punishment, Reciprocity, study
Babies as young as eight months old want people who commit or condone antisocial acts to be punished, according to a new study led by a University of British Columbia researcher.
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Nov. 28, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: barnacles, biodiversity, climate change, FoS, mussels, San Juan Islands, Science, Vancouver Island
The biodiversity loss caused by climate change will result from a combination of rising temperatures and predation – and may be more severe than currently predicted, according to a study by University of British Columbia zoologist Christopher Harley.
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Nov. 25, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed
The ISIS research centre at UBC’s Sauder School of Business is partnering with the Province of British Columbia and other business and non-profit organizations on a dynamic initiative to fund social innovation in B.C.
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Nov. 25, 2011 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: Applied Science, CARIS, concrete tobaggan, Education, engineering, learning, nanotechnology, Snowbots, Supermileage, Wayne and WilliamWhite Engineering Design Centre
UBC Engineering students and researchers are providing an insider’s view on how things work: from wind tunnel aerodynamics and robotics to nanotechnology and DNA testing.
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Nov. 25, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Arctic, business, climate change, COP17, Durban, environment, expert, experts, experts list, Green Climate Fund, Science, South Africa, sustainability, UN, United Nations
UBC experts are available to speak about the 17th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17/CMP7) in Durban, South Africa, beginning Nov. 28.
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Nov. 24, 2011 | Filed under: UBC This Week
Recent UBC Media Releases Nov. 20: Effects of climate change to further degrade fisheries resources: UBC researchers Upcoming Event Highlights Nov. 25: Why Don’t (More) Good People Enter Politics? Nov. 25: Book sale at UBC Bookstore Nov. 26: UBC Engineering Open House Fair Nov. 26: A Little Creation Nov. 27: Soundings: Music of David [...]
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