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The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line. Apr. 25, […]
Apr 25, 2002
An international research team led by scientists at the University of British Columbia today announced a more reliable estimate that verifies the age of the universe at 13-14 billion years. […]
Apr 24, 2002
UBC President Martha Piper announced today a gift of $500,000 from Methanex Corporation to help the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC) at UBC. "Methanex’s involvement will position CERC to conduct […]
Apr 21, 2002
The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line. Apr. 18, […]
Apr 18, 2002
With the launch of a new on-line graduate degree program today, UBC is set to help educators around the globe harness the teaching potential of the Internet and other new […]
Apr 16, 2002
The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line. Apr. 11, […]
Apr 11, 2002
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 Judy Newton has the prescription for green thumbs. By Michelle Cook A late March snowstorm has blanketed the budding crocuses outside her window in white and […]
Apr 4, 2002
Event: HSBC/UBC major gift announcement Date: Tuesday, March 19 Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. Place: UBC at Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver Join Martin Glynn, President and Chief Executive Officer of […]
Vancouverites will have the opportunity to learn more about Tibetan Buddhist music, meditation and spiritual practices when a group of monks, including the Dalai Lama’s personal translator, makes a rare […]
Canada should mobilize the international community to take action now to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Northern Uganda, says Lloyd Axworthy, CEO of UBC’s Liu Centre for Global Issues which […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 UBC technical writer takes Wen-Do to the far east. By Helen Lewis Teaching self-defence in a sun-scorched refugee camp is not your typical vacation plan, but […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 UBC lab technician finds award-winning strength. By Helen Lewis As a child, Nancy Carpenter watched in awe as Olympian Vasily Alexyev competed on weightlifting’s world stage, […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 Club members – staff who have worked on campus for a quarter-century – will join UBC President Martha Piper at a celebratory dinner on May 14 […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 UBC’s Freda Pagani proves sustainability is a good deal. By Ruth Abramson Freda Pagani is proving every day that you have to burn energy to save […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 He died in 1971, but the loves, life and music of 20th century icon Igor Stravinsky will live on in the UBC library’s special collection stacks, […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 UBC faculty up for national music awards. Three UBC Music professors are nominees in two of Canada’s premier music awards. Prof. and pianist Rena Sharon’s CBC […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 Acquiring "new"collections of old materials makes UBC library unique. By Michelle Cook As libraries everywhere race to modernize by adopting web-based holdings and wireless Internet portals, […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 Joyce Johnson can be an archaeologist’s most valuable resource. By Hilary Thomson There is only one UBC staff member whose job ranges from building latrines and […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 HSBC donation matched by UBC to reach community goals. By Judith Walker It had all the usual trappings of a society event. Chamber music played, glasses […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 A group of monks from the Gyuto Tantric University and Monastery will bring Tibetan Buddhist sand mandelas, multiphonic chanting, and meditation to campus the week of […]
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