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Past Media Releases (1998)

Media releases for 1998 are presented below in reverse chronological order. You can also view past media releases for other years.

Date

Title

Dec. 10, 1998

UBC helps build national student hiring hall

Disabled access growing at UBC gardens

UBC varsity hockey vies for Valor Cup

UBC receives $2 million to renovate classrooms

Dec. 7, 1998

Death takes a holiday in UBC-sponsored foresnic seminar

Dec. 3, 1998

What the Dickens is Christmas all about?

Better watch out!

Hanukkah pays homage to historic battle

Christmas celebrations kicked off circa 300 AD

Dec. 3, 1998

Put an extra twinkle in your holidays at the UBC Observatory

Nov. 27, 1998

Planning process begins for UBC Oyster River Research Farm

Nov. 26, 1998

CBC documentary reporter Eve Savory wins 1998 UBC Great Trekker award

Nov. 26, 1998

Sauder to serve second term as UBC chancellor

Panel butts out tobacco advertising

Survey aims to take wraps off disordered eating

Two faculty elected to the Board of Governors

Nov. 25, 1998

UBC President Martha Piper launches UBC's vision for the 21st Century at Strathcona Elementary School

Nov. 20, 1998

UBC President Martha Piper launches Trek 2000 -- a vision for the 21st century

Nov. 18, 1998

UBC Creative Writing graduate wins Governor General's Award for poetry

Nov. 18, 1998

UBC holds Fall Congregation Nov. 26 and 27

Nov. 16, 1998

Government structure for UBC area meeting's topic

Alumni nominated for Governor General's awards

Institute brings European film festival to town

Math institute launches major initiatives

Nov. 12, 1998

UBC and child researchers conduct cool study

Nov. 10, 1998

UBC health promotion program geared at keeping seniors fit

Nov. 4, 1998

Lecture focuses on sustainability in agriculture

Nov. 3, 1998

New UBC institute zeros in on Europe

Nov. 2, 1998

UBC forensic dentistry lab celebrates first anniversary

Oct. 29, 1998

Schizophrenia, mood disorders, subject of public forum

Oct. 29, 1998

UBC researchers to put math to work in applications from medicine to finance

Oct. 26, 1998

Nobel Prize-winning UBC professor rallies for health research funding

Oct. 22, 1998

First annual general meeting outlines UBC's future goals

Oct. 19, 1998

UBC to hold first annual general meeting

Oct. 15, 1998

Students go global at congress

UBC to seek public input for cliff erosion proposal

'Vilest rag' celebrates 80 years

Campus constable connects with community

Oct. 13, 1998

UBC grad donates $50 million to alma mater

Oct. 8, 1998

UBC sweeps Science Council of B.C. awards

Oct. 6, 1998

Managing pain -- a leading researcher discusses the challenges

Oct. 1, 1998

Knowledge key to B.C.'s future says UBC professor

Photographs capture town before Holocaust

Alumni welcome back to campus Oct. 17

Oct. 1, 1998

UBC champion football team among students to receive hepatitis B vaccinations

Sep. 29, 1998

UBC opens new Forest Sciences Centre

Sep. 29, 1998

Gifted young students to study on UBC campus

Sep. 28, 1998

Rationing of health-care resources theme of UBC Health Sciences Week Oct. 5 to 9

Sep. 25, 1998

UBC to open new Forest Sciences Centre

Sep. 22, 1998

Steel ingredient may lead to diabetes and cancer therapies, say UBC researchers

Sep. 21, 1998

Computer scientist Maria Klawe appointed UBC dean of Science

Sep. 18, 1998

First-year students receive special attention

Bike Co-op aims to reduce UBC car use

First Nations director re-appointed

Alumni Association finds new definition of family

Sep. 7, 1998

Human rights commissioner to speak at UBC

Sep. 3, 1998

Discovery helps combat kids' bone cancer

CBC's Mansbridge joins UBC panel discussion

Jul. 30, 1998

UBC health reseearch feeling better after grants injection

Jul. 24, 1998

China-Hong Kong Business Studies Network established at UBC

Jul. 20, 1998

China-Hong Kong Business Studies Network to be established at UBC

Jul. 8, 1998

Sports, science, excitement --it's happening at UBC this summer

Jun. 30, 1998

Recycled bikes provide alternative transport at UBC

Jun. 23, 1998

Spectacular "crash" to test emergency services

Jun. 16, 1998

Study to evaluate treatment for perfectionists

Jun. 12, 1998

Course offered to Downtown Eastside residents

Jun. 12, 1998

UBC president named Communicator of the Year

Spinal cord research funded by Hansen initiative

Latest in 3D microscopes on view

Jun. 8, 1998

B.C. executives consulted on innovative student program

Jun. 4, 1998

B.C. schools among best in math exam results

May 27, 1998

UBC candy developer tastes success with gross-out factor

May 26, 1998

Former Canadian Press bureau chief joins UBC journalism school

May 26, 1998

Walkers celebrate mobility with new hips and knees

May 20, 1998

More than 5,000 students to receive degrees May 24-29

Teacher has a nose for finding the best in students

Young alumni serve needs of a new generation

Fourteen outstanding students named Wesbrook Scholars

May 19, 1998

UBC cancer scientists to receive funding

May 19, 1998

Downtown women's centre marks 25 years

May 14, 1998

Piper receives honorary degree from McGill

Think About It research campaign earns award

Set foot for UBC on free campus tours

May 7, 1998

Cultural Revolution and culture shock shape artist

May 5, 1998

5,000 UBC students to graduate May 24-29

From Castlegar to Hong Kong: UBC graduates help build community

Former UBC president among UBC's honorary degree recipients

May 4, 1998

Zooplankton travel from ocean's depths to outer space to battle global warming

Apr. 30, 1998

Commerce tops Canadian business schools

Emergency planner helps UBC brace for crises

New group to bring students alumni together

Apr. 29, 1998

Toxin found in flour may explain rise in neurological diseases, says UBC researcher

Apr. 29, 1998

UBC Commerce students Shanghai-bound

Apr. 29, 1998

Lessons of the past point to better developments, says UBC study

Apr. 28, 1998

Many kids with learning disabilities overlooked

Apr. 22, 1998

UBC and Sun Microsystems open World Wide Web doors to mathematicians

Apr. 21, 1998

Suitcase-sized satellite sets new standards in space exploration

Apr. 20, 1998

Draft UBC vision identifies key goals

Apr. 20, 1998

Information technology program opens doors, fights fears

Apr. 20, 1998

Project examines Canadians' economic well-being

Apr. 17, 1998

Engineering professor wins presitgious Killam Prize

Apr. 17, 1998

UBC researchers explore opportunities to aid developing countries with World Bank

Apr. 17, 1998

School's out, summer research is in

Economist sees future conflicts over resources

UBC spotlights personal security

Apr. 16, 1998

Prospering UBC co-op programs promotelearning beyond the classroom

Apr. 16, 1998

Authors look at diversity in Canadian writing

Apr. 16, 1998

UBC Economics professor receives $1.25 million grant

Apr. 15, 1998

Don't worry, it won't bite -- it's just poetry

Apr. 2, 1998

Opera program humming along

Student enjoys legal wrassling

Putting on the Rits

Apr. 2, 1998

UBC health research gets cash injection

Mar. 26, 1998

UBC experts examine provincial budget issues

Mar. 25, 1998

UBC cancer experts speak out during Cancer Awareness Month

Mar. 25, 1998

Paper lanterns light up cherry blossoms in Nitobe garden Apr. 4

Mar. 25, 1998

Regional health boards enghusiastic but dissatifsfied, UBC survey finds

Mar. 23, 1998

Researchers focus on link between ocean environment and fish stocks

Mar. 23, 1998

Geologists turn to B.C. after finding gems in the frozen North

Mar. 23, 1998

UBC researcher explores reasons for dolphins' return

Mar. 19, 1998

No barriers for poorest students in new program

Much ado about Shakespeare professor

BC Studies offers unique views of native issues

Mar. 18, 1998

Researchers assess high stakes environmental decisions

Mar. 17, 1998

Chair in Snow and Avalanche Science named at UBC

Mar. 13, 1998

Is it art or garbage? UBC dumpsters get decorated

Mar. 13, 1998

Rick Hansen Institute appoints vice-president

Mar. 10, 1998

Solutions to mega-dam disputes possible, says UBC expert

Mar. 10, 1998

Chair in snow and avalanche science to be announced

Mar. 9, 1998

Study examines reproductive decision making of HIV-positive women

Mar. 5, 1998

17th-century monks hold key to computer woes

Mar. 5, 1998

Dial P for Poison

Student film on AIDS gains international attention

Calling all alumni

Mar. 4, 1998

Finance Minister Paul Martin to address UBC Faculty of Commerce

Mar. 3, 1998

UBC hosts 21st annual Physics Olympics for aspiring scientists

Mar. 3, 1998

Creation of International Criminal Court examined

Feb. 24, 1998

Canadian students excel in senior secondary math and science skills

Feb. 19, 1998

Gardener garners gold

Mar. forth on Mar. 4th!

Safeway staff pitch in for Parkinson's

Feb. 19, 1998

UBC's dental clinic hits the road

Feb. 19, 1998

Update: UBC experts examine federal budget issues

Feb. 17, 1998

International test takes the measure of secondary students' math and science skills

Feb. 17, 1998

UBC experts examine federal budget issues

Feb. 13, 1998

UBC president seeks community input in Kamloops

Feb. 12, 1998

Study shows B.C.'s university system too small

Feb. 12, 1998

UBC president seeks community input in Kelowna

Feb. 11, 1998

UBC president seeks community input in Prince George

Feb. 10, 1998

UBC president seeks community input in Victoria

Feb. 9, 1998

Animals, gardens and sustainable design topics of free UBC lecture series

Feb. 9, 1998

Children's morality topic of public lecture

Feb. 9, 1998

UBC celebrates composer's 90th birthday

Feb. 6, 1998

Data proves global fisheries crisis

Feb. 5, 1998

UBC announces honorary degree recipients for 1998

Feb. 5, 1998

Book rustles up quotes from Hollywood cowboys

UBC aims to de-bug disease

Feb. 3, 1998

Lab results while you wait, thanks to UBC invention

Jan. 29, 1998

Web courses fail the test, say researchers

Jan. 28, 1998

Medical research funding cuts hurt UBC research

Jan. 27, 1998

UBC ready to welcome shuttle crew to campus

Jan. 23, 1998

Writers return to campus to discuss their craft

Contemporary India focus of research position

Safer by design

Measday appointed Science dean pro tem

Jan. 23, 1998

Dogs, novels, and subatomic particles subjects for Vancouver Institute spring lecture series

Jan. 22, 1998

Nursing homes need help with hygiene, UBC study finds

Jan. 21, 1998

Dental detectives decode disasters in UBC-sponsored seminar

Jan. 19, 1998

Researchers explore link between childhood activity and bone density

Jan. 16, 1998

Fisheries minister to address new Oceans Act's Pacific Coast impact Jan. 20

Jan. 15, 1998

APEC events topic of campus forum

Jan. 8, 1998

Public urged to help keep medical research healthy

Students take a real-life look at HIV/AIDS

On-lines courses succeed on international level

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