UBC This Week | Oct. 19, 2006

UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This Week past issues are also available on-line.

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Recent UBC Media Releases

• Oct. 19: UBC researchers find food-free route to obesity
• Oct. 19: Women's math performance affected by theories on sex differences: UBC researchers
• Oct. 18: UBC Biotech partnership produces implantable device, earns National Innovation Award

Upcoming Event Highlights

• Oct. 20: UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble
• Oct. 21: University Singers
• Oct. 21: Men's rugby v. Rowing Club at Brockton Oval
• Oct. 22: The Bill Duthie Memorial Lecture with Adrienne Clarkson
• Oct. 23: Ritsumeikan Open House
• Oct. 26: Teaching and Learning with Social Bookmarking

Find out what else is happening at UBC this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site at www.gothunderbirds.ca/schedule.asp.

UBC People

• Campus Plan community consultation
• Professor nominated for Governor General’s Literary Award

UBC People

Campus Plan community consultation

Public consultation will help in determining the next steps in the physical evolution of UBC’s Vancouver campus. From these ideas a new vision for our spaces and places will support UBC's position as a leading global university.

Throughout the history of UBC each campus plan has been a dynamic process, changing in response to the ideas and feedback of the campus community. The essence of land use planning is shaping the future growth and development of an area (city, neighbourhood or campus) by understanding the current needs and desires of the community and projecting those forward in time. A plan provides a framework for decision-making that knits individual projects into a cohesive whole.

For information about blogs, on-line feedback opportunities and public workshops, visit: www.campusplan.ubc.ca.

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Professor nominated for Governor General’s Literary Award

Sharon Thesen, Creative Writing Associate Prof. at UBC Okanagan, has been nominated for a 2006 Governor General’s Literary Award for her latest book of poetry, The Good Bacteria, published by House of Anansi Press. Winners will be announced Nov. 21, 2006.

Thesen has been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award twice before. Her previous book of poetry, A Pair of Scissors (Anansi), won the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. In 2002, she was a member of the jury for the prestigious Griffin Prize for Excellence in Poetry. The Canada Council for the Arts funds, administers and promotes the Governor General’s Literary Awards, worth $15,000 each.

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