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Recent UBC Media Releases June 29: UBC researchers invent new drug delivery device to treat diabetes-related vision loss June 27: Sauder School of Business and Copenhagen Business School forge strategic […]

Jun 30, 2011

UBC pharmacy students profiled in AAPS Newsmagazine

The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) UBC student chapter was recently profiled in AAPS Newsmagazine. First established in 2006, the chapter is comprised of graduate students, post doctoral fellows, […]

Jun 30, 2011

UBC pulp and paper research to benefit from Canfor Pulp investment

UBC’s pulp and paper research will benefit from an investment by Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership announced June 24.  As part of a ceremony opening the new Canfor Pulp Innovation Centre […]

Jun 30, 2011

Beaty building project wins Lieutenant-Governor of B.C. Award in Architecture

The Architectural Institute of British Columbia recently honoured the best projects by British Columbia architects working at home and abroad. The Beaty Biodiversity Centre / Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) […]

Jun 30, 2011

UBC microbiologist earns Grand Challenges Canada Award for TB research

Santiago Ramón-García, a research associate with UBC Microbiology and Immunology, has received $100,000 in funding from Grand Challenges Canada to investigate new drug combinations for tuberculosis treatment.  The funding will […]

Jun 30, 2011

UBC endocrinologist receives SMCR Ann Voda Lifetime Achievement Award

UBC professor and acclaimed clinician-scientist Jerilynn C. Prior was awarded Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR)’s Ann Voda Lifetime Achievement Award.  Dr. Peggy Stubbs, incoming President of SMCR said, “Dr. […]

Jun 30, 2011

Recycling with a heart: UBC student's efforts help Cambodian university

A UBC student’s call to help a university in Cambodia resulted in a flood of donations from departments all over campus, via the university’s new reuse-it! program. The second-hand items were enough to fill a container, which is now on a ship bound for Southeast Asia.

Jun 30, 2011