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Alumni Weekend and JY Kwon at the Learning Centre

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

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UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences Building Wins Best of Show Award

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

The annual Ontario Association of Architects Celebration of Excellence Awards on May 10 showcased the best in architectural design and innovation by Ontario architects. In addition to the 15 Design Excellence awards announced before the ceremony, three more honours were unveiled during the gala including Best of Show, awarded to UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences/CDRD [...]

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NGDI-UBC hosted global health meeting

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

Global health leaders from across Canada met on May 3-4 to discuss the creation of a training program to bring together Canadian researchers who are widely acknowledged as world leaders in their fields from different universities into a single, coherent national global health training initiative. The meeting was hosted by the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative [...]

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Mentors help high school student succeed in science fairs

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

Nicole Ticea, a Grade 9 student at York House School, will compete in the Canada-Wide Science Fair, May 11-18 in Lethbridge, AB. Ticea participated in the Science Fair Foundation’s Alumni Mentorship Program under the guidance of UBC Electrical Engineering’s John Berring and Christoph Sielmann, graduate students of Professor Konrad Walus. Her project, one of 12 [...]

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Continuing Studies recognized

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

Transformations: A History of UBC Continuing Studies, published in 2012 in tandem with the 75th anniversary of Continuing Studies, was recognized with an Honorable Mention by the 2013 Philip E. Frandson Award Committee of the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). UBC Continuing Studies also received the UPCEA International Program of Excellence Award for its [...]

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Faculty of Education announces 2013 Alumni Teacher Award Winner

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

Harpreet Dhillon, a grade six teacher at Surrey’s Cindrich Elementary School, has been named winner of the 2013 UBC Faculty of Education Alumni Teacher Award for her work in bringing social responsibility to her students and the greater student body of Cindrich. The UBC Faculty of Education presents this award to celebrate the outstanding achievements [...]

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Professor wins teacher educator award

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

The Association of B.C. Deans of Education (ABCDE) has named Professor Linda Farr Darling the winner of its 2013 Teacher Educator award. Farr Daring is the Eleanor Rix Professor of Rural Education in UBC’s Faculty of Education and works with the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program in partnership with Selkirk College, Castlegar, and school districts [...]

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Film by MFA student becomes ninth-highest grossing domestic film in China

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

Chinese film Finding Mr. Right, a classic romantic comedy produced by UBC Film Production MFA student Michael Parker and his wife Shan Tam, has become the ninth-highest grossing domestic film in China’s history. Shot mostly in Vancouver, the film has topped the box office in China for four successive weeks since its March 21 release. [...]

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Student and alumni awarded 2013 Trudeau Scholarships

May. 16, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

Three UBC members are among 14 who have been awarded Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholarships: Interdisciplinary Studies doctoral student Sophia Murphy and alumni David Morgan (Masters in Political Science, 2011) and Robyn Sneath (Bachelor of Education, 2011). The scholarships support social sciences and humanities doctoral students focused on researching and sharing innovative ideas that will [...]

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The Role of Gender in Science Communication

May. 9, 2013 | Filed under: UBC People

The Creating Connections conference at UBC on May 10-11 kicks off with a free keynote panel discussion titled “The Role of Gender in Science Communication,” moderated by Jennifer Gardy, senior scientist at B.C. Centre for Disease Control and recurring guest host for the Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel. The conference brings together over 300 [...]

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