UBC This Week | Feb. 8, 2007

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

• Feb. 7: UBC Library digitizes rare Darwin letters, now available online for the first time

Upcoming Event Highlights

• Feb. 8-11: UBC Opera Ensemble - Puccini: La Bohème
• Feb. 9-10: Women's basketball at War Memorial Gym
• Feb. 9-10: Men's basketball at War Memorial Gym
• Feb. 12: African Queen, the Real Life of the Hottentot Venus
• Feb. 12-16: UBC Midwifery student art show – To Celebrate Birth and Its Meaning, AMS Art Gallery

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

• Pride UBC Outweek celebrates campus diversity
• UBC College for Interdisciplinary Studies web site launch
• UBC Prof. appointed Robert E. Hallbauer Chair in Mining and Sustainability
• Talisman Energy launches top scholarships at UBC
• Student on-line exhibition: American suffrage valentines
• UBC budget proposal for 2007-08
• UBC Public Affairs launches internal campaign to support media relations
• Leadership at UBC library

UBC People

Pride UBC Outweek celebrates campus diversity

Feb. 12-16 will mark the 27th annual Pride UBC Outweek. This is a week of events to highlight LGBTQTTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, transsexual, two-spirit, and/or intersex) students, staff, and faculty, and to create forums for dialogue and understanding.

View the full schedule of events at www.prideubc.com/content/outweek.

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UBC College for Interdisciplinary Studies web site launch

The new College for Interdisciplinary Studies’ web site is now live. All interdisciplinary units and interdisciplinary academic programs formerly located in the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FoGS) have been transferred to the College, leaving FoGS to support UBC’s graduate students and programs.

View the new website for the college at www.cfis.ubc.ca.

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UBC Prof. appointed Robert E. Hallbauer Chair in Mining and Sustainability

UBC Mining Engineering Prof. Malcolm Scoble has been named the Robert E. Hallbauer Chair in Mining and Sustainability. The chair is intended to enhance teaching and research activities in the areas of social and environmental responsibility at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at UBC.

As head of UBC Mining Engineering since 1998, Scoble has advocated for environmental stewardship and community health in mining operations. As chair, he will continue to engage in these and other issues associated with globalization, aboriginal peoples, sustainable development and mine communities.

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Talisman Energy launches top scholarships at UBC

Talisman Energy recently endowed the Faculty of Applied Science with $280,000 to create two scholarships for students of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The inaugural recipients are Kyle Loutet and Troy Adebar.

For more information, visit www.chml.ubc.ca.

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Student on-line exhibition: American suffrage valentines

Honours English graduate Cait McKinney’s work on the suffragette movement will soon be featured on the website of Sewall-Belmont House (www.sewallbelmont.org), headquarters of the historic US National Woman's Party, now an educational organization. McKinney prepared an online edition of the personalized Valentines designed by National Woman's Party members and sent to anti-suffrage American Congressmen on Valentines' Day, 1917.

To view the exhibit now, visit http://faculty.arts.ubc.ca.

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UBC budget proposal for 2007-08

The budget proposal for UBC Vancouver 2007-08 is now available online. President Stephen Toope outlines the process undertaken to address a budget shortfall. A detailed listing of targeted budget measures is included.

To view the message, visit www.president.ubc.ca/budget.

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UBC Public Affairs launches internal campaign to support media relations

Part of Public Affairs’ mandate is to help publicize the research and teaching efforts of UBC faculty and staff. The office offers media awareness and media training services, on-site TV and radio studios to facilitate interviews, capacity to podcast public lectures, and the development of new online resources.

To spread the word, the Public Affairs team is offering a short presentation on how media relations can help faculty reach their academic goals. To arrange a presentation or a customized media training session, contact Randy Schmidt at randy.schmidt@ubc.ca.

Faculty are also encouraged to update their contacts as part of UBC’s online media Experts Guide. Journalists call every day seeking UBC expertise on a wide range of topical issues. The higher the participation, the more UBC can offer to the media and the public.

To learn more and update the Experts Guide, visit www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/experts.

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Leadership at UBC library

Prof. Peter Ward, Interim Deputy University Librarian, will become the University Librarian pro tem with responsibility for the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, effective March 17.

Ward joined UBC’s Department of History in 1973, became Head of the Department in 1991, and was appointed Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives in the Faculty of Arts in 2003. His research interests are in Canadian social history and the history of health in the modern west. During this time, he has served on several Library committees.

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