Posts Tagged ‘international engagement’
May. 7, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, University News | Tags: Dominic Barton, intercultural understanding, international engagement, learning, Stephen Toope, Student Learning, studentlife, U21, Universitas 21
Presidents and students from universities around the world will be at the University of British Columbia May 8-10 to explore the impact of new technology on learning and research.
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Apr. 15, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology | Tags: Amanda Vincent, conservation, danajon bank, environment, fisheries, Fisheries Centre, international engagement, international league of nature photographers, marine protected areas, philippines, Project Seahorse, research excellence, sustainability, zoological society of london
A rare double-barrier reef in the Philippines is facing grave threats and urgently needs increased protection, according to new photographic evidence released today by a team of marine conservationists and photographers organized by Project Seahorse, a partnership of the University of British Columbia and the Zoological Society of London.
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Mar. 15, 2013 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed, Science, Health and Technology, University News | Tags: CIDA, clubfoot, community engagement, Faculty of Medicine, health, international engagement, research excellence, Shafique Pirani
Thousands of Bangladeshi infants born with clubfoot – in which the feet are turned inward and downward – will be cured of the debilitating condition, thanks to a project led by two University of British Columbia professors, and supported by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
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Mar. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: Alzheimer's, Canada Research Chair, china, Faculty of Medicine, health, intercultural understanding, international engagement, Weihong Song
A year in the life of a Three Minute Thesis finalist
Baillie Redfern’s 2012 entry to UBC’s annual competition was on whale barf and perfume
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Feb. 6, 2013 | Filed under: Business, Law and Society, Science, Health and Technology, UBC Reports Stories, University News | Tags: Bern Klein, Brian Lin, business, CIDA, environment, ErinRose Handy, Faculty of Applied Science, international engagement, Jeffrey Selder, marcello veiga, mining, Normal B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, research excellence, Silvana Costa, sustainability
How UBC engineers are leading a more sustainable approach to resource extraction
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Nov. 23, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: business, community engagement, corporate social responsibility, environment, international engagement, mining, research excellence, SFU, sustainability
The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University will lead an international coalition to help developing countries benefit from their natural resources in environmentally and socially responsible ways.
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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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Oct. 10, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: conservation, international engagement, learning, Project Seahorse, research excellence, seahorse, Student Learning, sustainability, traditional medicine, west Africa
Researchers from the University of British Columbia’s Project Seahorse today released the first-ever footage of a little-known seahorse species.
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Sep. 10, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cambodia, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian International Development Agency, health, HIV/AIDS, international engagement, Kenya, malaria, neglected global diseases, NGDI, research excellence, tuberculosis
Researchers with the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) at the University of British Columbia have attracted more than $20 million in funding to find ways to eliminate diseases and conditions that kill millions of people in developing countries worldwide.
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Jul. 3, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release, News Feed | Tags: European Commission, European Union, Faculty of Science, fisheries, Fisheries Centre, FoS, international engagement, Madagascar, Pew Environment Group, research excellence, Sea Around Us Project, sustainability
Unfair and exploitative political agreements allow Europeans to eat fish from the plates of developing countries, according to a study led by University of British Columbia researchers.
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