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UBC This Week | Nov. 30, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site What’s the Plan? Campus Plan Forum: www.campusplan.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event […]

UBC’s New Nobel Laureate Gets Top US Teaching Prize; Award Goes to $50k Challenge

Nobel laureate and incoming University of British Columbia physics professor Carl E. Wieman has been awarded the 2007 Oersted Medal, the highest honour given by the American Association of Physics […]

UBC Gains $26M in Federal Funds for Infrastructure

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and its clinical academic campuses have earned more than $26.5 million to fund facilities and equipment for six projects, from the federal Canada […]

UBC Journalism Prof Stephen Ward Snags Best Book Prize for Work on Media Ethics

A probing look at journalism and ethics has garnered University of British Columbia Assoc. Prof. Stephen Ward this year’s award for best English-language book in the social sciences from the […]

UBC This Week | Nov. 23, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site The UBC Sustainability Strategy – Inspirations & Aspirations: www.sustain.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and […]

UBC President Appoints Aboriginal Affairs Senior Advisor

The University of British Columbia President Stephen J. Toope has appointed Prof. Richard Vedan as Senior Advisor to the President on Aboriginal Affairs. Vedan, a member of the Neskonlith Band […]

Contribution of $2 million Honours Memory of Cranberry Entrepreneur; Supports Health Research at UBC

Two funds totalling $2 million that will advance medical and food nutrition research at the University of British Columbia have been established in memory of one of Canada’s leading cranberry […]

Gov’t Subsidies Make Ocean “Strip-mining” Economically Viable: UBC Researchers

As the United Nations resume negotiations on banning bottom-trawling, researchers at the University of British Columbia demonstrate that eliminating government subsidies to dragging fleets could significantly reduce pressure on vulnerable […]

UBC This Week | Nov. 16, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site UBC United Way Campaign: www.unitedway.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC […]

More IMing, Less MySpace May Keep Internet Kids Safer: UBC Researcher

Teens who do a lot of instant messaging (IMing) may be safer from online predators than those who don’t, suggest the initial findings of a University of British Columbia study […]

Changes in the Office of Vice President Academic and Provost

The following is a statement from Prof. Stephen J. Toope, President and Vice Chancellor. Dr. Lorne Whitehead, who has served UBC with great distinction since July 2004 as Vice President […]

UBC This Week | Nov. 9, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site Remembrance Day Ceremony: www.ceremonies.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This […]

UBC Discovery Reverses Thinking About Hep C Treatment for Drug Users

Contrary to current practice, treating injection drug users (IDUs) for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) may reduce suffering and health-care costs, according to University of British Columbia researchers. HCV treatment is […]

UBC This Week | Nov. 2, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site Without Borders: UBC Annual Report 2005 / 06: www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/annualreports UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and […]

West Nile Virus: To Spray Or Not To Spray?

Hadi Dowlatabadi is looking at the effectiveness and risks of pesticide spray programs – photo by Darin Dueck UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 11 | Nov. 2, 2006 […]

The Student Experience in a Rankings Wrangle

UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 11 | Nov. 2, 2006 November is the traditional month of undergraduate student-focused Canadian university rankings. This year, UBC and 21 other Canadian […]

Podcast or Perish

Asst. Prof. Alfred Hermida pioneered BBC’s online news service and is now teaching students how to thrive in the changing media landscape – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | […]

Back to the Future: UBC Launches Next Community Planning Chapter

Sharp & Thompson’s 1914 City Beautiful scheme established the basic structure of the UBC Vancouver Campus – photo courtesy of UBC Archives UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 11 […]

Conflicted On Immigration: Europe

Gregory Feldman studies how European Union policy makers are handling the hot-button issue of migrant workers – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 11 | […]

Alumni Focus: Goat’s The Hero In This Community

UBC alumnus John Agak spearheaded a microfinance project using goats to benefit his home village – photo courtesy of John Agak UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 11 | […]