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UBC Okanagan campus receives SIDIT grants

UBC’s Okanagan campus has received three grants totaling $275,000 from the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT). The awards include $150,000 for a three-year research project led by Susan Murch, […]

Faculty member receives grant from Novo Nordisk to study potential cause of obesity

James Johnson, associate professor in the Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, has won a $625,000 grant from Novo Nordisk to pursue research that could upend conventional notions about the […]

UBC professor receives humanitarian award

Robert H. Taylor, Director, Branch for International Surgery and clinical associate professor of Surgery UBC, has been chosen by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada as the […]

UBC This Week 05-Jan-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Dec. 20  UBC researchers release estimate of “invisible workforce” in global fisheries Dec. 20  People more likely to lie when texting: UBC research   Upcoming […]

75 Years of Controversy: Exhibition and Lectures

Since their establishment in 1936, the Governor General’s Literary Awards have served as Canada’s premier literary honour. Over the years, the awards have often been noted as much for their […]

UBC student wins best paper at IEEE Conference

Electrical and computer engineering student Derrick Wing Kwan Ng received the best paper award at the Wireless Communication Symposium at IEEE Globecom 2011 in Houston, Texas. His paper entitled “Resource […]

UBC student wins Governor-General's award

UBC physiology student Matthew Piva is the recipient of the Governor General’s History Award. The honour includes a cash prize of $1,600 and a medal. Piva wrote a 1,500-word paper […]

Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences appoints new head

Geoffrey Hammond has been appointed as head of the Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, effective March 1, 2012. From 1984 to 2002, Hammond was a member of the Faculty […]

Dept. of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy appoints new head

Catherine Backman has been appointed as head of Dept. of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, effective Jan. 1, 2012 to June 30, 2017. Backman earned her Bachelor of Science in […]

UBC Mathematics appoints new head

Michael Bennett, an expert in Number Theory and Diophantine problems, has been appointed head of the Dept. of Mathematics effective Jan. 1, 2012. Bennett received his PhD in mathematics from […]

Eric Hall appointed dean pro tem of Applied Science

Civil engineering professor Eric Hall has been appointed dean pro tem of the UBC Faculty of Applied Science. Hall follows Dean Tyseer Aboulnasr, who stepped down as of Dec. 31, […]

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IN THE NEWS

Highlights of UBC media coverage in December 2011.