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Astronomers unveil portrait of “super-exotic super-Earth:” Densest known rocky planet

An international team of astronomers today revealed details of a “super-exotic” exoplanet that would make the planet Pandora in the movie Avatar pale in comparison.

Apr 28, 2011

UBC This Week

Recent UBC Media Releases Apr. 28: Ongoing relationship with care provider key for patients with a chronic condition: UBC study Apr. 27: Social media transforming how Canadians get the news, […]

Apr 28, 2011

UBC Faculty of Medicine eHealth summer camp

At the eHealth summer camp, high school students entering years 10-12 in September 2011 will experience eHealth technologies, mHealth (mobile health) devices, virtual patient simulations, and create their own eHealth […]

Apr 28, 2011

GEERing Up! UBC Engineering and Science for Kids this summer

GEERing Up! UBC Engineering and Science for Kids is running weeklong engineering, science and technology summer camps this year from July 4 to Aug. 26. These camps are for children […]

Apr 28, 2011

Print Modernities – interdisciplinary graduate conference

? Print Modernities is an interdisciplinary graduate conference co-organized by the UBC departments of English, History, and Art History and Visual Art at UBC. It seeks to bring together scholars […]

Apr 28, 2011

One professor and four alumni named in Top 40 Under 40 Awards

Karen Bakker, an associate professor of geography and director of the Program on Water Governance at UBC, was today named a winner of the 2010 Top 40 Under 40 Awards.  […]

Apr 28, 2011

Three UBC professors honoured with CUFA BC’s Distinguished Academics Awards

Three UBC professors have received this year’s Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia (CUFA BC)’s Distinguished Academics Awards.  These awards are presented annually by CUFA BC to recognize […]

Apr 28, 2011

One professor and four alumni named in Top 40 Under 40 Awards

Karen Bakker, an associate professor of geography and director of the Program on Water Governance at UBC, was today named a winner of the 2010 Top 40 Under 40 Awards. Four UBC alumni were also among the recipients of the award.

Apr 28, 2011

Ongoing relationship with care provider key for patients with a chronic condition: UBC study

People with a chronic condition such as diabetes or arthritis may find themselves taking on a more active role in maintaining or improving their own health if there is an […]

Apr 28, 2011