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Chairside software puts dental students in the know

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer Probes, drills and mirrors are the chairside utensils found in most dentists’ offices. But at UBC’s Dental Clinic students are using a new tool that […]

Oct 14, 1999

UBC well on way to achieving Trek 2000 goals

UBC has met many of the initial targets it established last year when it launched Trek 2000, its vision for the university in the coming century, President Martha Piper told […]

Oct 14, 1999

Health reform focus of lecture

A noted health-care reform researcher will speak at the School of Nursing’s 29th Annual Marion Woodward Lecture Oct. 21. Julie Sochalski, associate director of the Centre for Health Outcomes and […]

Oct 14, 1999

Campaign kicks off Oct. 18

The countdown is on for this year’s UBC United Way Campaign and organizers have a full slate of fund-raising events in place campus-wide for the two-week effort to be held […]

Oct 14, 1999

Rivalry spurs Internet banking spurt: survey

A Commerce professor has discovered that North American banks and credit unions rate what their competitors are doing as one of the most important factors in deciding whether to boost […]

Oct 14, 1999

Lab on edge to make sense of leading IT tools

Marketing professionals grappling with mountains of customer information welcome information technology that helps them make sense of what customers want, but finding people with the skills to use these tools […]

Oct 14, 1999

Three earn Science Council honours

Three members of the UBC community will be honoured at the 1999 B.C. Science and Technology Awards Dinner at Vancouver’s Hyatt Regency Hotel Oct. 18. Charles Laszlo, professor emeritus in […]

Oct 14, 1999

Creativity, courage define top teacher

by Andy Poon Staff writer Zoology Assoc. Prof. Lee Gass is one of 10 Canadian university educators named as 3M Teaching Fellows this year. “My responsibility is for students to […]

Oct 14, 1999

`Mini-university’ builds bridges for 50 years

by Bruce Mason Staff writer UBC’s Faculty of Graduate Studies was ahead of its time when it was officially approved by Senate in 1949. As the faculty celebrates 50 years […]

Oct 14, 1999

4,000 at home in class of their own

Getting to class on time isn’t a problem for the more than 4,000 UBC students who complete their courses through distance education. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, UBC’s Distance […]

Oct 14, 1999

Commerce: Did you know?

The Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration has consistently been the top business school in Canada for research. Last year the faculty received 15 grants totalling $698,700 from the Social […]

Oct 14, 1999

Fresh ideas ensure 25 lively years on campus

by Bruce Mason Staff writer The 36 faculty and a librarian being inducted into the Quarter Century Club, which honours 25 or more years of service at UBC, share other […]

Oct 14, 1999

Chance visit sets MBA student on career path

A spur of the moment walk at UBC changed Rob Atkins’ life. In the summer of 1997, the Bournemouth, U.K. native had just left the company he had started in […]

Oct 14, 1999

Meeting reports on Trek 2000 progress

Members of the general public as well as representatives from business, labour, education, community groups and the government joined UBC President Martha Piper at the university’s second annual general meeting […]

Oct 14, 1999

Initiatives to smooth path to information technology

UBC students, faculty and staff will find it easier to “click, walk and talk” their way to the university’s information technology services as the recommendations of a business process redesign […]

Oct 14, 1999

Real World Philosophy 101

Peter Raabe puts philosophy to work — counselling lost souls by Dorianne Sager Student intern Sing Tao School of Journalism I remember my roommate talking about a Philosophy exam that […]

Oct 14, 1999

UBC Reports People for 99-10-14

Poul Sorensen, associate professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Pediatrics, has been named as the first recipient of the Asa and Kashmir Johal and Family Chair in Pediatric Oncology. […]

Oct 14, 1999

vol. 45, issue 17

Profile . News Digest . Campus works . People . Feature: Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration . Calendar Meeting reports on Trek 2000 progress Members of the general public […]

Oct 14, 1999

Forging links new dean’s key goal

UBC’s new dean of Commerce and Business Administration has made fostering strong ties between the business world and his faculty a top priority. “We have to take the steps to […]

Oct 14, 1999

UBC Reports Digest for 99-10-14

Canadian Literature — the first scholarly journal exclusively devoted to the discussion of Canadian writing — is celebrating its 40th anniversary with special editions. The first features Native writer Thomas […]

Oct 14, 1999