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UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | Oct. 05, 2000 A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from October 08 through October 21, 2000. The previous […]

Oct 5, 2000

Digest

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 Nominate for Killams The Canada Council for the Arts is seeking nominations for the 2001 Killam Prizes and the 2000 Canada Council for the Arts Molson […]

Oct 5, 2000

UBC Reports Index for 00-10-05

Prof. Jack Saddler, head of the Dept. of Wood Science, has been appointed dean of the Faculty of Forestry effective Dec. 1. “I think UBC’s Faculty of Forestry is one […]

Oct 5, 2000

Honour Roll

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | Oct. 05, 2000 Fred Fotis has been named the director of Housing and Conferences effective Jan. 3 next year. Fotis is currently director of Housing at Pennsylvania State University […]

Oct 5, 2000

Pills of wisdom

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 Pharmaceutical Sciences Prof. Mary Ensom loves learning by Hilary Thomson staff writer Ask a UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences student about Prof. Mary Ensom’s trademark teaching technique and […]

Oct 5, 2000

Scholar scans the comic side

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 Assoc. Prof. Bonny Norton finds there’s more to Archie than meets the eye by Bruce Mason staff writer “You’re wasting your time with that trash,” every […]

Oct 5, 2000

Engineers aim to build data bridges

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 The building industry contributes about 12 per cent to Canada’s national economy and employs more than 850,000 workers, but it is fragmented by the use of […]

Oct 5, 2000

Biologists earn top U.S. awards

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 Innovative research zeros in on deadly diseases by Hilary Thomson staff writer Major epidemics like bubonic plague may be wiped out, but have we really won […]

Oct 5, 2000

Health research seeks B.C. boost

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 Medical investigators have to “scrap for every penny,” says researcher B.C. ranks second to last in Canada when it comes to providing funds to build and […]

Oct 5, 2000

New procedure a cut above

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 Technique makes kidney donors’ lives easier, say transplant surgeons by Hilary Thomson staff writer The surgical invasion associated with kidney donation will be sharply reduced thanks […]

Oct 5, 2000

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 Professor named dean of Forestry Former head of Wood Science Dept. plans to build community links Prof. Jack Saddler, head of the Dept. of Wood Science, […]

Oct 5, 2000

Students share jubilee program

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 UBC medical and dental undergraduates will be taking notes alongside faculty members when the Faculty of Medicine Jubilee scientific conference gets underway Friday, Nov. 3 and […]

Oct 5, 2000

United — the only way to go

UBC Reports | Vol. 46 | No. 15 | October 05, 2000 The United Way campaign is all about helping others by Bruce Mason staff writer You are never too busy to take part in the United Way, […]

Oct 5, 2000

Nobel laureate and UBC professor Michael Smith lost to cancer at 68

Nobel prizewinner and University of British Columbia Prof. Emeritus Michael Smith died yesterday of cancer. He was 68 years old. “We at UBC feel a real sense of personal loss,” […]

Oct 5, 2000