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UBC researcher wins top Canadian research prize

Terry Snutch, a professor in UBC’s Biotechnology Lab, has won the Steacie Prize, Canada’s most prestigious award for young scientists and engineers. The $10,000 award comes in recognition of Snutch’s […]

Dec 15, 1997

UBC unleashes canine IQ test

My dog’s smarter than your dog. Or is he? You can figure out Fido’s brain power with a new video, The Intelligence of Dogs, created by Psychology Prof. Stanley Coren […]

Dec 15, 1997

Bubble zeros in on deadly tumours

UBC cancer researchers Tom Madden and Marcel Bally are trying to get the bubble to burst. They are designing a new type of liposome or fat bubble that can deliver […]

Dec 12, 1997

UBC Reports Calendar for 97-12-11

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from December 14 through January 10, 1997. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

Dec 11, 1997

UBC Reports Digest for 97-12-11

The search is on to find a new director for the First Nations House of Learning . Current director Jo-ann Archibald plans to return to research and teaching in the […]

Dec 11, 1997

The Rule of Law, APEC and Canada

by W. Wesley Pue Wesley Pue is a professor in the Faculty of Law and holder of the Nemetz Chair in Legal History at UBC. A group of dictators who […]

Dec 11, 1997

vol. 43, issue 21

News Digest . Forum . People . Letters to the Editor . Calendar Life scientist wins prestigious Steacie Terry Snutch, a professor in UBC’s Biotechnology Lab, has won the Steacie […]

Dec 11, 1997

Don’t forget farming: dean

Editor: I was delighted with the write-up on the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in the recent UBC Reports, but not with the unfortunate front-page index entry. As much as I […]

Dec 11, 1997

UBC Reports People for 97-12-11

David Dodge, former deputy minister in the federal Ministry of Finance, is the first Distinguished Senior Visiting Fellow at the SFU-UBC Centre for the Study of Government and Business (CSGB). […]

Dec 11, 1997

Piper calls campus post-APEC forum for Jan. 20

UBC will hold a post-APEC forum on Jan. 20, 1998 in the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. “We should take the opportunity offered by the APEC experience to reflect […]

Dec 11, 1997

Dentistry clinic gets tough with bad breath

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer Secretly worried about your breath? Worry no more. A scientific analysis is now available at B.C.’s first breath testing clinic in UBC’s public Dental Clinic. […]

Dec 11, 1997

Bubble zeros in on deadly tumours

Cancer researchers Thomas Madden and Marcel Bally are working on getting the bubble to burst. Madden, an adjunct professor of pharmacology, and Bally, a biochemist at the B.C. Cancer Agency, […]

Dec 11, 1997

Traffic ideas flow in, lead to transit passes

Since Gordon Lovegrove started his job as UBC’s new director of Transportation Planning, he’s received a steady stream of suggestions from the community on and off campus. “The suggestions are […]

Dec 11, 1997

Dog video test to raise student project funds

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer Psychology Prof. Stanley Coren has gone to the dogs and he’s taking the Dept. of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing with him. Together they’ve produced […]

Dec 11, 1997

New position focuses on geriatrics research

How we treat elderly people ties in to how we value them and the values we hold generally in our society, says Pamela Brett, geriatrics researcher in the Dept. of […]

Dec 11, 1997

Grad named B.C.’s Rhodes scholar

UBC graduate John McArthur has been awarded the 1998 Rhodes Scholarship for B.C. McArthur graduated from UBC in 1996 with a BA in political science. He is now studying for […]

Dec 11, 1997

Life scientist wins prestigious Steacie

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer Terry Snutch, a professor in UBC’s Biotechnology Lab, has won the Steacie Prize, Canada’s most prestigious award for young scientists and engineers. The $10,000 award […]

Dec 11, 1997

Scholar aims to lessen First Nations suicide rate

by Gavin Wilson Staff writer A UBC counselling psychology professor has taken a different approach in his research on suicide among First Nations youth. Instead of focusing on the problems […]

Dec 11, 1997

Think About It sales to support students

Wondering what to buy for Christmas? The UBC Bookstore wants you to “Think About It.” In particular, Western Canada’s largest bookstore wants people to consider purchasing umbrellas, hats, mugs and […]

Dec 11, 1997

UBC experts offer advice for the holidays

Ready or not, here come the holidays. During the festive weeks ahead, faculty experts from the University of British Columbia are standing by to offer the gift of their knowledge […]

Dec 8, 1997