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Recent UBC Media Releases Mar. 17: Professor Derek Gregory appointed Peter Wall Distinguished Professor Mar. 16: UBC forum on Japan disasters Mar. 14: Four UBC alumni appointed to B.C. cabinet […]

Grand Rounds Seminar Series Talk: Assessing Effectiveness of Medical Technologies

The Biomedical Engineering Program presents: Assessing Effectiveness of Medical Technologies, a talk given by Prof. Charlyn Black, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, on the topic of assessing effectiveness […]

Interview with UBC Japanese geography expert / India and the Middle East crisis (Asia Pacific Memo Update)

Those interested in current issues in Asia and across the Pacific are invited to subscribe to the Asia Pacific Memo (APM) series. Twice weekly, APM publishes short text memos or […]

UBC engineering recognizes exceptional high-school teachers

UBC Engineering announces the short list of secondary school teachers nominated for the inaugural McEwen Family Teacher Award. Created to highlight the contributions high school teachers make to students and […]

National Co-op week: March 21-25

UBC Engineering Co-op will celebrate their co-op achievements with free popcorn at the engineering co-op office during National Co-op Week.  Co-operative education has been working in Canada for 50 years.  […]

Brain Research Centre home to division of new global virus research network

The Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the UBC Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, will be home to the neurovirology division of the Global Virus Network, […]

UBC researchers receive funding for nanomedicine research

Seven new research projects on regenerative medicine and nanomedicine at Canadian universities received $16 million in funding. The studies, co-funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the […]

UBC engineering and Sauder faculty part of smart car technology network

Professors Victor Leung and Panos Nasiopoulos, from the Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, along with Sauder’s Garland Chow are members of a research network that has been awarded a […]

NCAA Division II Membership consultation process

In April 2009, UBC announced that the decision to pursue membership in the NCAA Division II would be deferred pending more information. Since that time, UBC has done research and […]

UBC Campus Security partners with Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers in social media campaign

UBC Campus Security has partnered with Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers to develop a campaign directed to university and college communities.  The campaign concentrates on texting and social networking as the […]

In memoriam of Alastair Bruce Macdonald, former director of UBC Botanical Garden

Alastair Bruce Macdonald, a former director of UBC Botanical Garden, has passed away following a long illness. Macdonald came to Canada in 1980 to take on the role of associate […]

Prof. Derek Gregory appointed as a Peter Wall Distinguished Professor

On the unanimous recommendation of Prof. Dianne Newell and the Academic Advisory Committee of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC, and with the unanimous approval of the […]

Professor Derek Gregory appointed Peter Wall Distinguished Professor

On the unanimous recommendation of Professor Dianne Newell and the Academic Advisory Committee of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at UBC, and with the unanimous approval of the Wall Institute Board of Directors, President Stephen J. Toope is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Derek Gregory, Department of Geography at UBC, as a Peter Wall Distinguished Professor.