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UBC releases 2010 report on care of research animals

The University of British Columbia today released the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) assessment report on the University’s animal care and use program. It is the first university in Canada to release the results of a comprehensive CCAC inspection, a review conducted for research universities every three years.

UBC This Week 30-Aug-2012

  Upcoming Event Highlights Aug 31 Cruising Through Your International Grad Student Life Sep 1-8 AMS First Week Sep 1 Kits Market Cycling Resource Centre Sep 1 UBC Farm Market […]

New courses in First Nations Studies Program

The First Nations Studies Program is offering the following new courses (click on course name for more information). • FNSP 100 Indigenous Foundations • FNSP 401D Special Topics: Indigenous Feminisms • FNSP 401A […]

UBC engineering co-op students support research

In summer of 2012, engineering co-op students worked with the Brain Behaviour Lab in the Faculty of Medicine assisting with matlab and labview programming for EEG-based research, conducting data analysis […]

UBC students win Global Business Challenge

UBC engineering students took top prize at the KnowledgeWorks Global Student Business Concept Challenge at Virginia Tech in Roanoke,Virginia. The team won for their VersiCool device, designed for the pre-hospital […]

Two UBC students named Action Canada Fellows

Two UBC students have been recognized for their leadership and named Action Canada Fellows. Action Canada, a national organization that aims to create a network of skilled leaders for Canada’s […]

UBC researchers win Best Paper Award from the 2012 IEEE International Conference

UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD candidate Hamidreza Boostanimehr and Professor Vijay K. Bhargava won Best Paper Award at the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications held in Beijing Aug. […]

Pharmacists provide additional line of defense for detecting knee osteoarthritis

A team of Canadian researchers have determined that community-based pharmacists could provide an added resource in identifying knee osteoarthritis (OA). Led by Dr. Carlo Marra, director with the Collaboration for […]

UBC Applied Science employee wins national service award

UBC Engineering Co-operative Education Program director Jenny Reilly has won the Meritorious Service Award from the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education (CAFCE) in recognition of her work as Chair of […]