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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, […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
For generations, Canada’s First Nations people have had little or no say in the future of their ancestral forests. But if UBC’s Gordon Prest has his way that will never […]
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 […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 UBC initiative bridges the gap between First Nations communities and B.C. Forestry industry. By Helen Lewis For generations, Canada’s First Nations people have had little or […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 Desperately Seeking Daycare? UBC’s award-winning facility looks at expansion. By Hilary Thomson Demand for limited daycare spaces is always high, but especially when those spaces are […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 UBC pitcher Jeff Francis was named the Sport BC University Athlete of the Year at the 36th annual awards gala in Vancouver on March 14. Last […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | April 4, 2002 Tuition Opposition Many faculty, students, and staff in the Department of Educational Studies (EDST) regret the tuition fee increases recently approved by the Board of Governors, […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 48 | No. 6 | Apr. 4, 2002 UBC shares $2.5 million SSHRC grant for education study UBC’s Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training (CHET) is part of a team of […]
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