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UBC researchers to put math to work in applications from medicine to finance

University of British Columbia researchers at the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) will help develop mathematical tools and models for applications ranging from biomedical to financial thanks to […]

Oct 29, 1998

UBC Reports Calendar for 98-10-29

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from November 1 through November 14, 1998. The previous calendar is also available. […]

Oct 29, 1998

vol. 44, issue 18

Profile . Offbeat . People . Calendar Annual General Meeting: Nov. 3: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts UBC Annual Report 1997/98 (Adobe Acrobat version, 1.4 MB, October 1998). N.B. […]

Oct 29, 1998

UBC Reports Offbeat for 98-10-29

With winds gusting to 64 kilometres per hour, two-metre waves, high tide, crashing logs and four young women trapped at the bottom of a 60-metre cliff, Campus Security knew they […]

Oct 29, 1998

UBC Reports People for 98-10-29

Fifth-year Mechanical Engineering student and Thunderbird volleyball star Mike Dalziel was recently named the Canada West Conference’s Most Outstanding Academic All-Canadian at a gala dinner hosted by Royal Bank recently […]

Oct 29, 1998

The right mix

Baking soda started Prof. Gail Bellward’s career by Hilary Thomson Staff writer A box of Cow Brand baking soda started Pharmaceutical Sciences Prof. Gail Bellward on a career that has […]

Oct 29, 1998

First annual meeting delivers goals to public

More than 200 members of the public as well as representatives from business, labor, education, community groups and government joined UBC President Martha Piper at the University of British Columbia’s […]

Oct 29, 1998

$50 million gift to give key boost to research

UBC alumnus Dr. Stewart Blusson has donated $50 million to the university, a gift believed to be the largest single donation ever made to a Canadian public institution by an […]

Oct 29, 1998

Therapy student’s invention opens doors

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer Doorways are often used to symbolize opportunity and mobility. But for third-year Rehabilitation Sciences student Pamela Andrews they had become symbols of restriction and frustration […]

Oct 29, 1998

New institute zeros in on Europe

The newly opened Institute for European Studies in the Faculty of Graduate Studies aims to be a nerve centre for the study of Europe at UBC. “The institute must reflect […]

Oct 29, 1998

Community marks Nov. 11 with memorial service

The foyer of War Memorial Gym will be the setting for UBC’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony Nov. 11 beginning at 10:45 a.m. Barry McBride, vice-president, Academic, Brian Fraser, dean of […]

Oct 29, 1998

Schizophrenia, mood disorders, subject of public forum

Event: Public forum on schizophrenia and mood disorders Date: Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998 Time: 9 a.m.-noon (schizophrenia); 1-3 p.m. (mood disorders) Place: British Ballroom, Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia St. […]

Oct 29, 1998

Award winners improve students’ lives

The co-ordinator of a highly successful pilot work internship program for English students is among 13 recent winners of the first student development awards. The awards, initiated this year by […]

Oct 29, 1998

Nobel Prize-winning UBC professor rallies for health research funding

Chronic underfunding of health research is costing Canadians more than knowledge, says Nobel Prize winner and University of British Columbia Prof. Emeritus Michael Smith. Smith has joined a nationwide public […]

Oct 26, 1998

First annual general meeting outlines UBC’s future goals

The University of British Columbia held its first-ever annual general meeting in downtown Vancouver today to update the community on its goals for the future, key accomplishments of the past […]

Oct 22, 1998

UBC to hold first annual general meeting

Date: Thursday, Oct. 22, 1998 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Place: Robson Square Conference Centre, Robson Ballroom, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C. Parking: Howe and Nelson Street entrance The […]

Oct 19, 1998

Students organize global congress

Last year, Christopher Gorman and a handful of fellow students decided that rather than simply studying political science and international relations, they would like to provide a bit of input. […]

Oct 15, 1998

Students go global at congress

UBC students will host an international conference next August to gather ideas for presentation to the 1999 Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting to be held in Cape Town, South Africa. […]

Oct 15, 1998

Theatre founder Wood’s star to shine on Granville

The late Frederic Wood, a driving force of theatre development at UBC and in the province, was inducted into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame Society Oct. 13. Wood, a […]

Oct 15, 1998

Academic team aims to reduce poverty in Vietnam

UBC is leading a broad academic team in a unique program to reduce poverty in Vietnam. More than 30 UBC faculty, staff and students will work with people from nine […]

Oct 15, 1998