Archive for the ‘Media Advisory’ Category
Feb. 8, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: documentary, female sexuality, health, orgasm, Pink Viagra
Increasingly, women are being told they need a medical boost to fully enjoy sex.
Leading researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria will explore issues raised by Orgasm Inc, the hit documentary by Liz Canner about the drive for profits and the medicalization of sex.
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Feb. 7, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: AAAS, AAAS2012, CFI
Canada Foundation for Innovation Dialogues at UBC Robson Square presents Adele Diamond and Clyde Hertzman – a public lecture on early child development
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Feb. 6, 2012 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Advisory, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Dept. of English, hot topics, Ira Nadel, learning, literature, Suzy Anger, Tale of Two Cities, Victorian England
One of the giants of English literature, Charles Dickens, was born 200 years ago on February 7, 1812. The author of such beloved works as David Copperfield and Tale of Two Cities, Dickens remains a potent literary touchstone and still speaks to audiences today. Marked by his own experience of child labour, Dickens was a tireless social campaigner. His books exposed the glaring inequalities of the Victorian age while capturing its hurly burly creative force.
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Feb. 1, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory | Tags: Canada Foundation for Innovation, CIRS, John Robinson, Raymond Cole, Robson Square, sustainability
John Robinson, Executive Director of the UBC Sustainability Initiative, thinks much of the green movement misses the point. The traditional thinking on sustainability focuses on the need to reduce human activity in order to save the environment from ruin. But what if human activity could actually heal the environment? What if the commercial and residential buildings popping up around the world could improve the well-being of their inhabitants while making positive contributions to the environment?
Robinson and collaborator, UBC architecture professor Raymond Cole, will share their unique vision in regenerative sustainability Feb. 1 at the Canada Foundation for Innovation Dialogues at UBC Robson Square lecture series.
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Jan. 26, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: Global Game Jam, learning, studentlife, UBC, Vancouver, video games, video-game competition, video-game programming marathon
Vancouver’s hottest young video-game talents face off this weekend at Vancouver’s Global Game Jam 2012, part of a 48-hour, world-wide programming marathon.
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Jan. 24, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory | Tags: AAAS2012
Accredited newsroom registrants of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2012 Annual Meeting are invited to an exclusive media tour of two research facilities and meet scientists at the University of British Columbia on Feb. 15.
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Jan. 24, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: Applied Science, battery, design competition, energy relay race, engineering, learning, mechanical engineering, solar power, studentlife, wind power
UBC Mechanical Engineering students will be showcasing their vehicle design and manufacturing talents in an energy-relay race. The 130 second-year students, divided into 20 teams, were given only three weeks to come up with four prototypes using different energy sources such as solar, battery or wind power.
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Jan. 19, 2012 | Filed under: Hot Topics, Media Advisory, News Feed | Tags: Chinese New Year, experts, Lunar New Year, UBC, Year of the Dragon
Chinese New Year falls on Monday, January 23 and will mark the beginning of the Year of the Dragon. UBC experts are available to comment on its cultural and social significance and the astronomical origins of the New Year. UBC will also host a number of New Year celebrations on campus.
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Jan. 17, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: book donations, fundraiser, India, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Live-in Literacy, local publishing, studentlife, UBC Library
Lovers of literacy and libraries are invited to come by and show their support for Live-in for Literacy, which begins this Tuesday on the second-floor foyer of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. From January 17 to 26, students will once again “camp” at the Learning Centre in order to raise funds to build one or more libraries in a developing country.
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Jan. 13, 2012 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed
More than 1,200 UBC student leaders. faculty, staff and community members will gather for one of the largest student development conferences at a Canadian university.
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