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Four new members have recently joined UBC’s 15-member Board of Governors. UBC alumnus and architect Joe Wai has been appointed to the board for a three-year term. Principal of Joe […]
Apr 1, 1999
Date: Tuesday, April 6 Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Place: First Nations House of Learning Longhouse, 1985 West Mall, UBC Parking: Available at Fraser River Parkade. Enter off Northwest Marine Drive at […]
by Hilary Thomson Staff writer Graduation comes early this year for 10 UBC faculty members who are the first-ever class to complete the UBC Certificate Program on Teaching in Higher […]
by Bruce Mason Staff writer In the midst of widespread interest, controversy and confusion concerning the historic Nisga’a Treaty, UBC’s BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly has published the first […]
From a media release distributed last week by the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada. In light of the recent resignation of UBC Dean of Arts, Dr. Shirley Neuman, […]
Shirley Neuman, dean of UBC’s Faculty of Arts since 1996, has announced she is leaving the university to accept a position as dean of the College of Literature, Science and […]
Thirty budding student composers from Lower Mainland high schools and community colleges caught the beat of UBC’s School of Music recently. The school’s first-ever music composition workshop offered the students […]
UBC Chemical Engineering Prof. John Grace is one of 12 outstanding Canadian researchers to receive a Canada Council Killam Research Fellowship. Killam Research Fellowships are among Canada’s most distinguished research […]
Tuition fees will remain frozen for a fourth year at B.C.’s post-secondary institutions. In announcing the decision, Premier Glen Clark said the provincial government’s post-secondary education strategy for 1999-2000 also […]
A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from April 4 through April 17, 1999. The previous calendar is also available. […]
by Hilary Thomson Staff writer Some of the brightest young minds in the Lower Mainland have teamed up with UBC researchers to compete in the Connaught Student Biotechnology Exhibition being […]
The spotlight shone on two of Canada’s best volleyball players and three of its top varsity teams at UBC’s 78th annual Big Block Club Reunion and Awards Banquet held last […]
Asst. Prof. Inge Andreen teaches poor communities to learn for life by Susan Stern Staff writer It’s no wonder that Inge Andreen is only the second person to receive the […]
Prof. Derek Atkins has been appointed associate vice-president, Planning. He will be involved with all aspects of academic planning within UBC, with particular reference to the new Academic Plan and […]
Evelyn Story Lett, one of UBC’s first graduates and a founding member of the Alma Mater Society, died March 26. Together with her future husband, Sherwood Lett, she created the […]
Profile . News Digest . Forum . People . In Memoriam: Evelyn Lett . Calendar Tuition fee freeze to continue: Clark Tuition fees will remain frozen for a fourth year […]
by Robert Allen Economics Prof. Robert Allen’s research focuses on economic growth and technological change in North America and Europe. The following is an excerpt from “The Education Dividend,” a […]
The university is seeking nominations for the 1999 3M Teaching Fellowship Awards. The awards, begun in 1986, recognize individuals who excel in teaching and demonstrate an exceptionally high degree of […]
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