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The Next Big Thing in 2008, and Beyond: The 3rd Annual Poll of UBC Experts

Researchers at the University of British Columbia are shedding their lights on developments in health care, computers, clean energy and other areas that may soon change our world. Their projections […]

Dec 27, 2007

UBC Evolutionary Biologist Named Top Young Canadian Scientist

A University of British Columbia researcher whose work investigates how populations change over time has been awarded the 2007 Steacie Prize in the natural sciences, Canada’s top award for young […]

Dec 19, 2007

UBC International Students Get a Taste of Home at Annual Holiday Dinner

Event: UBC Christmas dinner for international and domestic students living in residences who can’t go home for the holidays. Date / Time: Thursday, December 20th, 2007. Sittings at 12:30 p.m. […]

Dec 19, 2007

UBC This Week | Dec. 13, 2007

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

Dec 13, 2007

UBC Reaps $15.5m in Research Funding Through Canada Research Chairs Program

Researchers in neurogenetics and culture studies from the University of British Columbia are the latest Canada Research Chairs appointed by the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry. In addition, 11 […]

Dec 13, 2007

Two UBC “Ideas” Among New York Times 2007 Most Intriguing List

UBC Reports Extras | Dec. 12, 2007 UBC psychology researchers shone in the New York Times Magazine’s "7th Annual Year in Ideas," which featured 70 of the world’s most intriguing […]

Dec 12, 2007

UBC Law Faculty Receives $1 Million Gift from Davis LLP and Irwin Davis

The Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia has received a $1 million gift from national law firm Davis LLP and Irwin Davis, grandson of the firm’s founder […]

Dec 11, 2007

UBC-United Nations Online Urban Sustainability Archive Receives Anonymous Donation

The UBC/UN-Habitat Archives, which will become the world’s most complete online repository of best practices for building sustainable cities, has received a financial boost from an anonymous donor. The $100,000 […]

Dec 7, 2007

Rooming-in with Mum Eases Transition for Drug-exposed Newborns

Allowing women dependent on heroin or methadone to keep their newborns with them immediately after birth is better for baby and mother, and may reverse thinking about current standards of […]

Dec 7, 2007

Peak Performances in the Flight of the Thunderbirds

Mary Campbell (centre) led UBC’s women’s basketball to win the 1930 world championship – photo by Bayne Stanley UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 […]

Dec 6, 2007

UBC This Week | Dec. 6, 2007

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

Dec 6, 2007

UBC Rhodes Scholar Boosts Global Access to University-Patented Medicine

A science student who helped to make UBC-patented medicine more accessible in developing countries has been named the 2008 Rhodes Scholar for British Columbia. The scholarship of nearly $150,000 will […]

Dec 6, 2007

Prof Witnessed Century’s Global Conflicts

As a boy, Jan Solecki lived among the 10,000 Poles the Russians had sent to Manchuria to construct a railway – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 […]

Dec 6, 2007

UBC Library Vault . . . Unlock the Treasures

Photo courtesy of UBC Vault UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Julie-Ann Backhouse UBC Library’s collection of rare treasures has been largely concealed […]

Dec 6, 2007

The Ubyssey School of Journalism

Pierre Burton organized a mock campus kidnapping to get his first scoop – photo courtesy of UBC Archives UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 […]

Dec 6, 2007

Canada’s Patent Powerhouse

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Hilary Thomson The year was 1984. Apple computers introduced the Macintosh, John Turner became Canada’s 17th prime […]

Dec 6, 2007

Find that UBC Plaque

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 Pay attention as you walk across campus, and you’ll notice a plethora of plaques marking elements of our […]

Dec 6, 2007

Education and Law Among Oldest UBC Aboriginal Programs

Magnolia Unka (L) and Sita-Rani MacMillan will help to counteract a national shortage in First Nations lawyers and educators – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

Dec 6, 2007

Global Research Ranking a Legacy of Founders’ Foresight

The late Michael Smith earned the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Hilary […]

Dec 6, 2007

Invasion!

American “Yippee” leader Jerry Rubin urged UBC students to “cast off the shackles of society.” – photo courtesy of UBC Archives UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | […]

Dec 6, 2007