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UBC This Week | Feb. 28, 2008

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

Feb 28, 2008

EDITORS: UBC Experts Available to Comment on Federal Budget Issues

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government will bring down the federal budget at approximately 4 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, February 26. The following faculty at the University of British Columbia […]

Feb 25, 2008

UBC Celebrates Legal Victories

The University of British Columbia’s Office of the University Counsel is celebrating two significant recent legal victories where claims exceeding $500 million were dismissed and the university was awarded legal […]

Feb 22, 2008

UBC This Week | Feb. 21, 2008

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

Feb 21, 2008

Astronomers Discover Largest-Ever Dark Matter Structures Spanning 270 M Light-Years

A University of British Columbia astronomer with an international team has discovered the largest structures of dark matter ever seen. Measuring 270 million light-years across, these dark matter structures criss-cross […]

Feb 21, 2008

Health Research Excellence Awarded at UBC and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

World leading health research at Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the University of British Columbia received a significant boost in Tuesday’s provincial budget. B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor dedicated […]

Feb 21, 2008

UBC’s Public Forum on Drug Policy Asks, “What Do We Tell the Kids?”

Event: What do we tell the kids?” is the second of three UBC public forums on “ Drug Policy: Public Health or Criminal Justice Issue?” Date / Time: Wednesday, February […]

Feb 20, 2008

UBC Involved in Five Out of 11 Funding Awards for New Centres of Excellence

The University of British Columbia is an active participant in five of the 11 grants awarded by the Government of Canada for the new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and […]

Feb 15, 2008

UBC This Week | Feb. 14, 2008

UBC Feature Web Site UBC 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 […]

Feb 14, 2008

Brain Damage Occurs Within Minutes from the Onset of a Stroke, Study Reveals

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute have found that harmful changes to the brain’s synaptic connections occur within […]

Feb 14, 2008

Sleep Apnea Doubles Car Crash Risk

People with sleep apnea — a breathing disorder that disrupts sleep — are at double the risk of being in a car crash, a new study by Vancouver Coastal Health […]

Feb 13, 2008

UBC Forums Invite Public Dialogue on Drug Policy: Public Health or Criminal Justice Issue?

The University of British Columbia aims to increase public dialogue about the escalating problem of drug use and possible strategies forward during a series of public forums that present a […]

Feb 12, 2008

UBC Professor Awarded Canada’s Top Teaching Prize

UBC Educational Studies Prof. Daniel Pratt has received one of the 2008 3M National Teaching Fellowships, widely recognized as Canada’s most prestigious university teaching award. The fellowships, created by technology […]

Feb 8, 2008

Vol. 54 | No. 2

UBC researchers surprised at the role spirituality plays – photo by iSTOCK PHOTO / Debibishop UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 2 | Feb. 7, 2008 What Makes Kids […]

Feb 7, 2008

UBC This Week | Feb. 7, 2008

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

Feb 7, 2008

UBC — Ktunaxa Nation research partnership launches two Community Learning Centres

Kootenays — The University of British Columbia’s Division of Continuing Professional Development and Knowledge Translation (UBC CPD-KT) in collaboration with B.C.’s Ktunaxa Nation (Akisq’nuk, Aq’am, Tobacco Plains, and Lower Kootenay) […]

Feb 7, 2008

Community Research Gets a Prison Perspective

Ruth Martin’s brainwave resulted in prison inmates using research to generate policy options – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 2 | Feb. 7, 2008 […]

Feb 7, 2008

Going Paperless: Here’s How it’s Done

Student advisor Winnie Pang remembers her paper-filled past – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 2 | Feb. 7, 2008 By Basil Waugh The world’s […]

Feb 7, 2008

What Makes Kids Happy?

photo by iSTOCK PHOTO / Debibishop UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 2 | Feb. 7, 2008 What Makes Kids Happy? UBC Researchers Surprised at the Role Spirituality Plays […]

Feb 7, 2008

Conquering AIDS — if We Have a HAART

Dr. Julio Montaner: more aggressive AIDS treatment needed for those in helpless situations – photo by Brian Smith UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 2 | Feb. 7, 2008 […]

Feb 7, 2008