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Dirty laundry displays compelling message

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer A tumble of multi-coloured T-shirts, paint brushes and felt pens litter the floor of the Women Students’ Office (WSO) as small groups of women huddle […]

Oct 16, 1997

Professor to head Canada Foundation for Innovation

Prof. Keith Brimacombe, director of UBC’s Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The foundation was created this […]

Oct 16, 1997

Human rights observer to receive Great Trekker award

A former diplomat and Vancouver lawyer who reports annually on the human rights situation in Iran to the United Nations is this year’s recipient of the Great Trekker Award. UBC […]

Oct 16, 1997

Animal welfare issues focus of new UBC research positions

Event: News conference for new UBC/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Animal Welfare Date: October 22, 1997 Time: 11:00 a.m. Place: Cecil Green Park House, 6251 Cecil Green Park Rd. Parking: […]

Oct 16, 1997

Whiplash education effort to hit the road

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer Whiplash is a pain in the neck. It’s responsible for more than 50,000 soft-tissue injury claims costing close to $500 million in B.C. every year. […]

Oct 16, 1997

Werker becomes associate vice-president, Research

Janet Werker has been named associate vice-president, Research, effective Nov. 1, 1997. Her duties will include all aspects of the research portfolio, with specific responsibilities for initiatives in the social […]

Oct 16, 1997

Campus pitches in to help cause

Even before the United Way’s campus campaign kick-off Oct. 7, first-year Forestry students had raised $800 by selling apples. Campaign Chair Peter Nault of Plant Operations says he has no […]

Oct 16, 1997

Diplomat captures Great Trekker honour

Maurice Copithorne, this year’s winner of the Great Trekker Award, joined the Canadian Foreign Service after graduating with a UBC law degree to see a little of the world, never […]

Oct 16, 1997

Catch the action

Thunderbird Home Events 1997 For times and locations, call the 24-hour T-Bird hotline at 822-BIRD. Oct. 17* Football vs. Alberta Oct. 18-19* Women’s Field Hockey Tournament Oct. 21* Men’s Basketball […]

Oct 16, 1997

Campaign promotes value of UBC research

UBC President Martha Piper conferred her first “honorary degrees” on eight diapered infants last week at the launch of the UBC Research Awareness Campaign. The one- to two-year-olds received honorary […]

Oct 16, 1997

Nobel laureate Smith heads genome centre

UBC’s Nobel prize winner Michael Smith has been named director of the first research centre in Canada devoted to decoding human genes. The $25-million Genome Sequence Centre, a project of […]

Oct 16, 1997

Forests earn passing grade, says report

A panel of experts led by Forestry Prof. Gordon Baskerville gave Canada’s National Forest Strategy Coalition a passing grade after its first five years of operation. Baskerville, head of the […]

Oct 16, 1997

Experts warn Fraser Basin on edge of ecological ruin

by Sean Kelly Staff writer A little more than a century ago the area extending from Vancouver to the town of Hope was a forest of giant trees with extensive […]

Oct 16, 1997

Diamond researchers first to publish findings

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer UBC researchers are about to make diamond exploration history with the publication of evidence supporting claims that the Slave region in Canada’s Northwest Territories may […]

Oct 16, 1997

Engineer wins B.C. award

Metals, medicine and mobility. These are the fields of expertise of three members of UBC’s community who will receive Science Council of B.C. awards at the B.C. Science and Technology […]

Oct 16, 1997

UBC Reports Calendar for 97-10-16

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from October 19 through November 1, 1997. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

Oct 16, 1997

CIAU Academic All-Canadians

UBC congratulates its Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) Academic All-Canadians — student athletes who play on UBC’s CIAU teams and achieved 80 per cent or better in their studies: Sarah […]

Oct 16, 1997

Genetic Centre of Excellence gets federal funding guaranteed to 2005

The Canadian Genetic Diseases Network (CGDN), a national Centre of Excellence based at UBC, has been awarded $18 million in research funding by the federal government. The award allows the […]

Oct 16, 1997

UBC’s own to play key innovation role

Prof. Keith Brimacombe, director of UBC’s Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The foundation was created in […]

Oct 16, 1997

UBC’s first resident ensemble goes for baroque this fall

The Pacific Baroque Orchestra, a professional Vancouver group recently named UBC’s first ensemble in residence, will play a series of concerts on campus beginning Oct. 19. The group performs 17th- […]

Oct 16, 1997