Campus turns out to hear annual report

About 700 people packed the main floor of the Chan Centre for the Performing
Arts for UBC’s second campus annual general meeting Oct. 19 to hear UBC’s administration
report on its activities for the past year.
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Library receives priceless pieces of life’s passion

There are 12,000 books and 1,700 artifacts in the collection that Dr. Wally
Chung, his wife Dr. Madeline H. Chung and their family are donating to UBC.
University Librarian Catherine Quinlan says the gift, valued in the millions
of dollars, is priceless.
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Community remembers “ultimate sacrifice” Nov. 11

Thirteen campus and community groups will lay wreaths in the War Memorial Gymnasium
foyer as part of UBC’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony Nov. 11 from 10:45 a.m.
to noon.
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Dwarfs behind dark puzzle posit scientists

UBC scientists may be a step closer to finding the answer to one of astronomy’s
most perplexing questions: What is the galaxy made of?
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Interdisciplinary teams earn research grants

Two interdisciplinary teams of UBC researchers and external scholars have each
received $500,000 in the form of coveted thematic grants from the Peter Wall
Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) this year.
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