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Weekend story ideas: Topical discussions, free tours & attractions, Rick Mercer – and more – for UBC Alumni Weekend!

May. 23, 2013 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed

On Saturday, May 25, media and the public are invited to join more than 4,000 alumni who will return to campus for UBC’s annual Alumni Weekend.

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Kenneth Chau is excited about the newly published research that explains how he and his colleagues developed a negative-index material that can be sprayed onto surfaces and act as a lens.

UBC engineer helps pioneer flat spray-on optical lens

May. 23, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: , , , , ,

A University of British Columbia engineer and a team of U.S. researchers have made a breakthrough utilizing spray-on technology that could revolutionize the way optical lenses are made and used.

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Mega genomes of spruce species decoded

May. 22, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Canadian and Swedish scientists today released genome sequences of two of the most economically important forest trees in the world.

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UBC congregation ceremony at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts. Photo credit: Martin Dee

Graduation and honorary degree ceremonies begin

May. 21, 2013 | Filed under: Media Advisory, News Feed, University News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

UBC confers degrees on 6,600 graduating students and four honorary degree recipients at the Vancouver campus’ Spring Congregation, May 22-29.

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Sophia Murphy. Photo credit: Trudeau Foundation

Making food policy more sustainable

May. 17, 2013 | Filed under: Extra, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology, University News | Tags: , , , , , , ,

A UBC student is one of 14 recipients of the 2013 Trudeau Foundation Scholarship, worth $180,000 over three years.

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