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Media Release Archives - May 2012

UBC gains $3.8 million for major studies on religion, security, trade

May. 25, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: arts, business, humanities, intercultural understanding, international relations, morality, politics, religion, Social Sciences, SSHRC

The University of British Columbia has launched major new research projects on religion and morality, terrorism and security, international relations in the digital age, free trade and sustainability, thanks to $3.8 million in new funding from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

A whale of a discovery: New sensory organ found in rorqual whales

May. 23, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: biodiversity, Faculty of Science, FoS, FPInnovations, research excellence, Smithsonian Institution, sustainability, whales

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a sensory organ in rorqual whales that coordinates its signature lunge-feeding behaviour – and may help explain their enormous size.

Largest class of Aboriginal MDs graduate from UBC

May. 22, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: 2012 graduation, Aboriginal, Faculty of Medicine, MDs, physicians, studentlife, UBC, University of British Columbia

Twelve Aboriginal students will graduate with a University of British Columbia medical undergraduate degree (MD) this spring, the largest cohort of Aboriginal students to graduate in the history of the Faculty of Medicine and in the province.

Parents are happier than non-parents, new research suggests

May. 17, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: arts, children, happiness, health, intercultural understanding, kids, marriage, Psychology, research, Science

New research by psychologists at three North American universities, including the University of British Columbia, finds that parents experience greater levels of happiness and meaning from life than non-parents.

UBC researcher wins 2012 Trudeau Foundation scholarship

May. 15, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: BC-CfE, community engagement, FoM, health, HIV/AIDS, learning, research excellence, Student Learning, Trudeau Foundation, UHRI

Daniel Werb, senior research assistant at the Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI) at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), has been awarded the 2012 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship for his PhD research project investigating initiation and cessation of injection drug use among street youth in Vancouver.

Vancouver, Montreal, Portland and Minneapolis among most “bikeable” cities in North America: UBC research

May. 14, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Bike, bikeability, BikeScore, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, cycling, FoM, health, SPPH, sustainability, walkability, WalkScore

University of British Columbia researchers are making bikeability research easily accessible to consumers and city planners by introducing bikeability “heat maps” in partnership with Seattle-based Walk Score® at www.walkscore.com/bike.

Kari Grist to be Managing Director of UBC’s Communications & Marketing Department

May. 14, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized

The University of British Columbia has selected Kari Grist to be Managing Director of the newly created Department of Communications & Marketing. She will join the portfolio of incoming Vice President of Communications and Community Partnership, Pascal Spothelfer.

H1N1 discovery paves way for universal flu vaccine: UBC research

May. 8, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: avian flu, BCCDC, Biomedical Research Centre, bird flu, Canadian Institute for Health Research, CIHR, Faculty of Science, flu, FoS, H5N1, health, HIN1, influenza, research excellence, swine flu, universal flu vaccine

University of British Columbia researchers have found a potential way to develop universal flu vaccines and eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations.

Hedge funds more like guardian angels than vultures: UBC research

May. 7, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: bankdrupty, business, Chapter 11 bankruptcy, finance, hedge fund, investment, investments, research, sauder school of business

New University of British Columbia research shows that – contrary to popular opinion – hedge funds have a positive influence when investing in U.S. companies filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

UBC to double enrolment in midwifery education program

May. 4, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: childbirth, Education, health, health care, midwifery, pregnancy, primary care

The University of British Columbia’s Midwifery Program – bolstered by increased funding from the Province of British Columbia – will double in size over the next five years, a move intended to augment the number of pregnancy and childbirth specialists in B.C.

UBC digitization program brings B.C. history to the world

May. 2, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: B.C. History Digitization Program, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Japanese-Canadian internment, learning, Nikkei National Museum, Prince George Library, UBC Library, West Vancouver Memorial Library

An innovative UBC program has provided more than $1 million in funding to help B.C. communities promote their unique histories to audiences around the world, thanks to digitization.

Canadians don’t mean what we say about government spending: UBC researcher

May. 2, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: business, Generation Squeeze, HELP, Paul Kershaw

Nearly half – 45 per cent – say that government laws, services and programs are irrelevant to their well-being and quality of life, according to a national poll by McAllister Opinion Research on issues studied by University of British Columbia public policy professor Paul Kershaw.