UBC Reports | Vol. 55 | No. 11 | Nov. 5, 2009

Prof. Stephen Chatman, an internationally renowned composer, has an encyclopedic knowledge of school fight songs. - Photo by Martin Dee

Prof. Stephen Chatman, an internationally renowned composer, has an encyclopedic knowledge of school fight songs. - Photo by Martin Dee

New UBC pep song something to cheer about

The best part of UBC’s new pep song may very well be the shouting.

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UBC Okanagan professor Tirso Gonzales is planning a new Indigenous Centre of the Americas and Pacific Rim to foster intercultural dialogue on Indigenous cultures. - Photo by Bud Mortenson

Save the seeds, save ourselves

Native cultures and their plant seeds could be keys to addressing crises of food, medicine and energy, coping with climate change, and easing unprecedented rates of species extinction, according to Tirso Gonzales, an assistant professor of Indigenous Studies at UBC Okanagan.

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UBC students and some of Vancouver’s homeless are composing music for gamelan – an orchestra of traditional Indonesian instruments – in a unique music course. - Photo by Brian Hawkes

Making beautiful music in the Downtown Eastside

A UBC music researcher is teaching the world’s first university course on musical expressions in a Canadian inner city.

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During and around the 2010 Games, UBC student Anushka Samarawickrama will join as many as 1,000 UBC Learning Exchange community service learners and volunteers in Downtown Eastside schools and other Vancouver non-profits. - Photo by Martin Dee

More UBC students volunteer for community service learning in 2010

UBC student Anushka Samarawickrama is looking forward to the 2010 spring break so she can hang out with some special friends.

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Clinical Prof. Dr. Shafique Pirani has dedicated himself to improving treatment of clubfoot in Uganda. - Photo courtesy Brian Kladko

Straightening feet and building bridges

Fourteen thousand kilometres separate the UBC Faculty of Medicine from Uganda. Dr. Shafique Pirani is trying to bridge that gap.

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Developmental coordination disorder (DCD), a poorly known children’s disorder, affects up to six per cent of children aged five to 11. - Photo from ©iStock/Maica

When Johnny can count by twos, but can’t tie shoes

They may be labeled clumsy or lazy, but children who struggle to perform simple motor tasks may actually be unable to fully use key regions of the brain, according to research by a UBC graduate student.

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Students build tiny E.coli ‘traffic light’

A team of UBC undergrads recently won a gold medal for their biosensor technology at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This is the first time a team from UBC has participated in the contest that draws more than 100 teams internationally.

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New focus for the UBC United Way campaign

If United Way organizers have their way, the UBC campus will be rife with pyjamas, bathrobes and slippers on Nov. 13.

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