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UBC This Week 19-Apr-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Apr 19 Volunteers lend a voice in 24-hour narrate-a-thon for persons with disabilities Apr 18 Scientists re-write rulebook on breast cancer in landmark global study […]

Apr 19, 2012

New profiles posted for Applied Science’s Class of 2012 Rising Stars

Graduating students of Applied Science’s Class of 2012 are featured on http://www.apsc.ubc.ca/stars/congregation12/index.php New profiles include: • Jacob Bayless, Engineering Physics • Saba Farmand, Masters in Landscape Architecture • Emily Landry, School of Engineering […]

Apr 19, 2012

Will You Be My Hands? Exploring Mixed-Ability Artistic Collaboration

Kate Collie is visiting Green College from the University of Alberta and the Arts in Medicine program at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton. Mia Weinberg, a Vancouver artist specializing […]

Apr 19, 2012

Asia Pacific Memo update – National Testing in Japan and Australia

Short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific are published twice-weekly at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/ Two most recent Memos: Apr. 17 – National Testing in […]

Apr 19, 2012

Computer science graduate student receives Faculty of Science Graduate Prize

Computer Science graduate student Ron Maharik is the recipient of the Faculty of Science Graduate Prize. The award recognizes a Faculty of Science student whose record is the best in […]

Apr 19, 2012

Pharmacy student to attend science forum in Korea

Jenny Hanbi Kim, a graduate student from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC, has been selected to attend the 2012 Young Generation Forum (YGF) in Korea. This international forum […]

Apr 19, 2012

SCARP’s Bill Rees receives honourary doctorate from Laval

Professor Emeritus William (Bill) Rees of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) has received an honourary doctorate from Laval University. To view photos of the event, visit http://www.scarp.ubc.ca/news/2012/apr/17/bill-rees-honourary-doctorate-laval-university

Apr 19, 2012

CACS/AIC awards computer science professor

Associate Professor Joanna McGrenere from the Department of Computer Science at UBC has been awarded the Canadian Association of Computer Science / Association d’Informatique Canadienne (CACS/AIC) Outstanding Young Computer Science […]

Apr 19, 2012

WMAP project tops Thomson Reuters' “Hottest Research” list for 2011

Three Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) reports are at the top of Thomson Reuters’ “Hottest Research of 2011” list. Mark Halpern and Gary Hinshaw, of UBC Physics and Astronomy, are […]

Apr 19, 2012

UBC professor receives Bank of Canada Governor’s Award

The Bank of Canada announced that UBC economics professor Francesco Trebbi is this year’s recipient of the Governor’s Award. Trebbi’s current research focuses on the political economy dynamics related to […]

Apr 19, 2012

UBC professor receives Genome B.C. Award for Scientific Excellence

Dr. Neil Cashman, chief scientific officer, director and founder of Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd. and professor in the Division of Neurology and Scientific Director of PrioNet Canada at UBC, has […]

Apr 19, 2012

UBC faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Class of 2012

Medical geneticist Philip Andrew Hieter and evolutionary biologist Dolph Schluter of UBC were among 220 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Hieter, a professor in […]

Apr 19, 2012

Volunteers lend a voice in 24-hour narrate-a-thon for persons with disabilities

Eighty volunteers will narrate in shifts for a 24-hour period to create audio-recorded materials for persons with print disabilities

Apr 19, 2012

Live For The Moment – A research-based art show examines how young men grieve

A University of British Columbia study has provided a unique window into the worlds of 25 young men as they struggle to find ways to grieve their male friends. Live for the Moment is an exhibition at The Fall Gallery in Vancouver, B.C. featuring photos taken by research participants to answer questions about grief, loss and dealing with it as a man.

Apr 19, 2012

Scientists re-write rulebook on breast cancer in landmark global study

Scientists at the BC Cancer Agency and University of British Columbia have identified new breast cancer genes that could change the way the disease is diagnosed and form the basis of next-generation treatments.

Apr 18, 2012

Jellyfish on the rise: UBC study

Jellyfish are increasing in the majority of the world’s coastal ecosystems, according to the first global study of jellyfish abundance by University of British Columbia researchers.

Apr 18, 2012

UBC remembers alumnus, forester and philanthropist Dr. Irving K. Barber, OC, OBC 1923 – 2012

Prominent Canadian and British Columbian Irving K. Barber passed away peacefully at home on April 13 at the age of 89. “Ike,” as he preferred to be called, graduated from UBC’s Faculty of Forestry in 1950, having previously served during World War II for five years with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Apr 16, 2012

Early screening for anxiety disorders in children helps prevent mental health concerns: UBC study

A University of British Columbia researcher has developed a simple two-question test to screen kindergarten-aged children for future anxiety disorders – the most commonly reported mental health concern among children.

Apr 16, 2012

New tool helps teachers use technology more effectively

A University of British Columbia researcher has piloted a tool to help elementary and secondary school science teachers get the most out of new classroom technologies.

Apr 14, 2012

Children teaching parents about Aboriginal culture: UBC study

In a unique role reversal, children in literacy programs for indigenous families are learning about Aboriginal culture and language and teaching it to their parents – many of whom are missing this knowledge because of Canada’s history of residential schools and child welfare removal policies. This reversal is identified in a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia.

Apr 14, 2012