Archive for December, 2012
Dec. 26, 2012 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Media Release, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: children, Faculty of Education, hapiness, health, HELP, kids, Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, kindness, UBC, Vancouver
Children who make an effort to perform acts of kindness are happier and experience greater acceptance from their peers, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Riverside.
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Dec. 24, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed
UBC’s Public Affairs Office will be closed on statutory holidays and will provide limited service on Dec. 27, 28 and 31.
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Dec. 20, 2012 | Filed under: Extra, News Feed | Tags: fisheries, Fisheries Centre, ocean, oceans, research excellence, Sea Around Us, smithsonian, sustainability
UBC fisheries scientists were involved in two of the ten best ocean stories of 2012 by Smithsonian magazine’s Surprising Science blog.
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Dec. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: health, next big thing, research, Science, studentlearning, sustainability, UBC experts
From medical maggots to ethical robots, this year’s ten predictions are an eclectic mix of the unusual, unexpected, and hopeful.
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Dec. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Arts and Humanities, Business, Law and Society, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Alan Kingstone, business, Dept. of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Jessica Tracy, Joey Cheng, Joseph Henrich, leadership, politics, power, Science, social hierarchy
Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes in a crowd, a new UBC study finds.
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Dec. 18, 2012 | Filed under: Extra, Media Release, News Feed | Tags: ACT, astronomy, ATLAS, BaBar, CERN, Faculty of Science, FoS, LHC, Physics, PhysicsWorld, research excellence
UBC physicists and astronomers are part of three of the top four breakthroughs of 2012 in Physics World’s annual accounting of the greatest achievements in the field.
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Dec. 18, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports
Dec. 18, 2012 | Filed under: UBC Reports Stories
Highlights of UBC media coverage in December 2012
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Dec. 18, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: Hugh Brock, information technology, learning, learning technology, MOOC, Pierre Ouillet, Wes Pue
Three leaders talk about the brave new world awaiting UBC students in ten years.
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Dec. 18, 2012 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories | Tags: learning, learning technology, MOOC, Rosie Redfield
Increased access may equal a complete rethink of higher education.
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