Archives by date

You are browsing the site archives by date.

UBC researcher designs the noise out of classrooms

Can everyone hear me? Students — even those in the back row — will soon be able to answer yes to this question thanks to a computer software system created […]

His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama Visits Vancouver April 18 – 20, 2004

Academic Conference, Public Talk and Spiritual Teaching, Roundtable Dialogue at UBC, Musical Tribute at the Orpheum His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and religious and spiritual […]

UBC News Digest

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. Jan. 16, […]

2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi to Participate in UBC Roundtable Dialogue

Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, will join His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a Roundtable Dialogue during his visit […]

Health Students Fan Out Across B.C.

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 Program the first of its kind in Canada By Hilary Thomson For the past four years, Monika Milewski […]

Not Lost in Translation

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 UBC Creative Writing course examines the art of subtitling By Erica Smishek Mark Harris more closely resembles your […]

Letter from Oxford

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 By Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah Ed.’s Note: UBC’s most recent Rhodes Scholar Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah sent us this letter from Oxford. […]

Mapping the Sixth Sense

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 Psychology’s Ron Rensink discovers visual sensing without seeing By Erica Smishek Most of us have felt it before […]

Dying Patients Don’t Want to be Stoned

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 Most want pain relief, not a marijuana high By Hilary Thomson Imagine you are dying a slow, painful […]

Doctors and Nurses Need to Keep Up with Genetic Training

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 Many now getting that information from newspapers By Hilary Thomson Your father and uncle both died of a […]

The Topic of Talk

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 UBC researcher takes note of how Western culture manages conversations By Erica Smishek Couldn’t get a word in […]

Overdue Book Fines Feed the Foodbank

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 Food for Fines program a hit By Michelle Cook The UBC Library collected more than 4,900 items for […]

Getting the Small Picture

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 BioImaging facility sees it all By Michelle Cook Elaine Humphrey sees a lot of strange things in her […]

Kudos

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 Biely, McDowell, and Killam Research Awards Announced Robert Molday, a professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Ophthalmology, has […]

In the News

UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | No. 1 | Jan. 8, 2004 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in December 2003 Compiled by Brian Lin Canada Fast-Tracks Vaccines Canadian researchers are […]

Vol. 50 | No. 1

With sophisticated magnification techniques, Elaine Humphrey can take larger-than-life photos of creatures like the Tiger Beetle – photo by Bayne Stanley / Elaine Humphrey UBC Reports | Vol. 50 | […]

UBC Board of Governors Adds Finning CEO, Pathologist and Retired Businessman

University of British Columbia Board of Governors chair John Reid welcomes three new appointees to the university board. Doug Whitehead, the president and CEO of Finning International Inc.; Dr. Arun […]