Posts Tagged ‘India’
Nov. 6, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Uncategorized | Tags: Aboriginal Engagement, business, community engagement, earthquakes, health, India, intercultural understanding, international engagement, learning, malaria, NCE, networks of centres of excellence, research excellence, Student Learning, sustainability, water
Scientists from the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Toronto and 11 leading institutions in India are joining forces to tackle urgent issues in both countries with a $30-million partnership.
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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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Nov. 10, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Bangalore, business, Education, health, India, international, learning, medicine, New Delhi
The University of British Columbia is deepening its commitment to India by opening offices in Bangalore and New Delhi and establishing partnerships with leading universities and research institutions across India.
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Mar. 1, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: air pollution, Andy Grieshop, Auto-rickshaw, clean fuel, climate change, CNG, Conor Reynolds, emissions, fuel-switching program, greenhouse gases, India, Milind Kandlikar, New Delhi, sustainability, urban pollution
A pioneering program by one of the world’s largest cities to switch its vehicle fleet to clean fuel has not significantly improved harmful vehicle emissions in more than 5,000 vehicles – and worsened some vehicles’ climate impacts – a new UBC study finds.
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