UBC Reports | Vol. 59 | No. 3 | Mar. 6, 2013

UBC Reports

March 2013
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A brave new beginning

As UBC reports turns fully digital, we celebrate its illustrious past in print

Lucie McNeill

Amandeep Hans (left) and Akashdeep Villing were two of four UBC dental students providing treatment to factory workers in India. Tarndeep Singh Photograph

Students reap benefits from volunteering

Four dentistry students set up free dental camps in India

Terry Wintonyk

Eliminating cash could mean huge savings for governments, says Sauder School of Business Prof. Maurice Levi. Mark Mushet Photograph

No cash, no crime?

Eliminating cash would mean big fiscal savings and a cut in crime says UBC Sauder Prof. Maurice Levi

Andrew Riley

Vote Compass helps citizens determine where political parties stand on key issues, says UBC Political Science Prof. Richard Johnston. Martin Dee Photograph

Find your political match

UBC researchers partner on B.C. Vote Compass to help people assess provincial party platforms

Basil Waugh

For her doctoral research, Sara Barron will study how to balance natural forest environments with higher density housing in suburbs. Martin Dee Photograph

People need trees. Cities need forests.

Future Forests Fellowship winner Sara Barron will study the impact of nature on suburbia

Heather Amos

UBC coach Marek Jedrzejek is leading Team Canada to the Cross Country World Championships on March 24. Richard Lam Photograph

You can go home again

UBC head cross-country coach Marek Jedrzejek takes his team to Poland for the World Championships

Heather Amos

Just being in a green building makes people act more sustainably, say UBC Psych. Prof. Alan Kingstone, Alessandra DiGiacomo and David Wu. Martin Dee Photograph

Sustainable by design

A UBC study finds that the greener the building, the greener its inhabitants

Salina Marshall

Janette Bulkan is a new professor in the Faculty of Forestry. Jamie Myers Photograph

Protecting land, protecting people

New UBC Prof. Janette Bulkan will focus on the issues facing indigenous and community forestry

Heather Amos

Sweeping vistas of the Okanagan Valley greet students studying on the bridges connecting classroom and office towers of the Engineering, Education and Management building at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Martin Dee Photograph

Research initiatives in the Okanagan grow by 40 per cent

Since 2006, faculty and student research has grown from $8.3-m to $11.6-m

Paul Marck

Professors Stephen Porter and Joan Bottorff have been awarded the distinction of Researchers of the Year at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

Two outstanding researchers honoured

Profs. Joan Bortoff and Stephen Porter share the UBC Okanagan’s Award for Excellence in Research

Patty Wellborn

An image from the animated two-minute video of Baillie Redfern's thesis on whale barf and perfume. Jorge Cham PHD Comics

Outtakes

A year in the life of a Three Minute Thesis finalist
Baillie Redfern’s 2012 entry to UBC’s annual competition was on whale barf and perfume

In the news

Highlights of UBC media coverage in February 2013

Heather Amos

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