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UBC This Week

Recent UBC Media Releases Mar. 11: Olympic organizer, TV rant-er, Gen X author, astronaut to receive UBC honorary degrees Mar. 8: Anti-depressants bring higher risk of developing cataracts: UBC-Vancouver Coastal […]

Mar 11, 2010

Applied Science Celebrate Research Week Events

UBC Applied Science will continue to host Celebrate Research week events where experts from architecture, engineering and nursing will be on hand to share their knowledge. Making a difference in […]

Mar 11, 2010

TRIUMF receives five-year federal support

TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics located on UBC campus, has received support from the Government of Canada in its proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, providing […]

Mar 11, 2010

UBC chemical engineer receives the pulp and paper industry’s highest honour

UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering Prof. Emeritus Richard Kerekes has received the 2010 Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award. It is the […]

Mar 11, 2010

UBC prof named first Fellow of International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade

The International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) has announced that Prof. Emeritus Anthony Scott is the first recipient of the IIFET Fellow Award established in 2009 to honour […]

Mar 11, 2010

HIV/AIDS researcher lauded for leadership on harm reduction and work on HIV, public health and addiction

BMJ Group, publisher of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), has recognized UBC Clinical Assoc. Prof. Evan Wood with its first annual Junior Doctor of the Year honour. Wood, a lead […]

Mar 11, 2010

Olympic organizer, TV rant-er, Gen X author, astronaut to receive UBC honorary degrees

The architect of Canada’s Golden 2010 Games, a much-loved Canadian comedian, an acclaimed B.C. writer and artist, and an accomplished astronaut and engineer are among the 12 individuals who will receive honorary degrees during Spring and Fall ceremonies this year from UBC.

Mar 11, 2010