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UBC This Week | Feb. 23, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site Office of UBC International: www.ubcinternational.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. UBC […]

Feb 23, 2006

$40M for New Program Gives BC Competitive Edge in Digital Entertainment Industry

University of British Columbia President Martha Piper today congratulated the provincial government on an investment in post-secondary education that will distinguish British Columbia as a world leader in digital entertainment. […]

Feb 22, 2006

UBC This Week | Feb. 16, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site Michael Smith Laboratories: www.michaelsmith.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. UBC This […]

Feb 16, 2006

Student’s Software Tool Reduces Information Overload: Will Vie for International $20k Business Plan Prize

Can’t find the computer file you just closed? Getting frustrated by constantly searching through dozens of files and hundreds of e-mails? A University of British Columbia PhD student has developed […]

Feb 16, 2006

UBC This Week | Feb. 9, 2006

UBC Web Site of the Week e-Strategy Update : http://update.estrategy.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. […]

Feb 9, 2006

Not Your Typical Spring Break: Hundreds of UBC Students Sign Up for Community Service

Next week hundreds of University of British Columbia students will be forgoing the infamous rowdy Cancun beach vacation to spend their spring breaks working with more than 1,000 children in […]

Feb 9, 2006

Valentine’s Day: UBC Experts Highlight How New Trends are Influencing Young and Old

In this month of romance, three UBC professors draw upon their research to illuminate how social trends are influencing relationships in new ways, for young and old. Their complete short […]

Feb 7, 2006

UBC Researcher Developing New Test to Detect “Gene Doping” in Athletes

A University of British Columbia researcher is developing a new test to screen “gene-doping” in athletes. Although genetic therapy is listed as a banned practice in sports, officials fear it […]

Feb 6, 2006

New UBC Centre Links B.C. Health-care Sector Management With Leading Business Research

In the first collaboration of its kind between a Canadian university and health authorities, UBC’s Sauder School of Business and eight other faculties at the University of British Columbia have […]

Feb 6, 2006

UBC Creates First North American Contemporary Buddhism Studies Program With $4 Million Gift

The University of British Columbia has established North America’s first Buddhism and Contemporary Society program thanks to a $4 million gift from The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation. Note […]

Feb 2, 2006

UBC This Week | Feb. 2, 2006

UBC Web Site of the Week LEAP: www.leap.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. UBC This […]

Feb 2, 2006

Vol. 52 | No. 2

Later life dating is becoming more common as the number of single Canadians above age 55 grows – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 […]

Feb 2, 2006

UBC Expert Insight

Later life dating is becoming more common as the number of single Canadians above age 55 grows – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 […]

Feb 2, 2006

New Portal Gives Students One-Stop Access to Learning Resources

Gavin Dew, AMS Vice President Academic – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Feb. 2, 2006 By Basil Waugh Students wanting to get […]

Feb 2, 2006

Student Brings Music of Street Children to the World

Iwan and Adek of the Bamboes record songs in their home-made studio – photo by Julia Gerlitz UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Feb. 2, 2006 By […]

Feb 2, 2006

Xwi7xwa Library Gains Full Branch Status

UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Feb. 2, 2006 What began as a dream of Indigenous scholarship 30 years ago came to fruition recently when the Xwi7xwa […]

Feb 2, 2006

Iraq Three Years Later: What Should Be Done?

The tactics of U.S. forces have generated great hostility say Prof. Michael Byers – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Feb. 2, 2006 […]

Feb 2, 2006

Managing to Make a Difference

Blaize Horner Reich, Dean of Management at UBC Okanagan – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Feb. 2, 2006 New Faculty of Management […]

Feb 2, 2006

Diabetes Researchers Convert Viruses into Agents for Good

Lifespans for children with diabetes can be shortened by 15 years – photo courtesy of the Canadian Diabetes Association UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Feb. 2, […]

Feb 2, 2006

Black Box Studio Largest in Western Canada

UBC Theatre Prof. Robert Gardiner – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 2 | Feb. 2, 2006 By Lorraine Chan Bulldozer tread marks still pit […]

Feb 2, 2006