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Centuries-old First Nations artifact with major historical significance returns to Canada tomorrow

An important cultural artifact given by a B.C. First Nation to a famous European explorer will return home to Canada on Tuesday, March 20, thanks to a major gift.

Mar 19, 2012

UBC animal research vindicated by Canadian Council on Animal Care

In a letter sent Friday, March 16, to the activist group Stop UBC Animal Research, the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) finds no evidence to support allegations of animal cruelty made against a University of British Columbia research team.

Mar 19, 2012

Exposure to antibiotics linked to severity of allergic asthma: UBC research

Widely used antibiotics may increase incidence and severity of allergic asthma in early life, according to a University of British Columbia study.

Mar 16, 2012

Pascal Spothelfer appointed Vice President, Communications and Community Partnership

The University of British Columbia Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Pascal Spothelfer as the new Vice President, Communications and Community Partnership. Spothelfer will begin his five-year term starting May 28, 2012.

Mar 15, 2012

Japanese Canadian students tribute: Symposium and honorary degree ceremony

Seventy years after Japanese Canadian UBC students were forcibly removed and exiled from the B.C. coast, UBC is examining its own role in this injustice with a symposium.

Mar 15, 2012

UBC This Week 15-March-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Mar 15 UBC engineering students test 200-lb, 214-mpg car before international Shell competition Mar 14 UBC’s Vancouver senate vote paves way for early admissions offers […]

Mar 15, 2012

Smarty Pants: The Nature of Things features UBC forestry professor

UBC’s Suzanne Simard, a professor in the Faculty of Forestry, will be featured in an upcoming episode of The Nature of Things: Smarty Plants: Uncovering the Secret World of Plant […]

Mar 15, 2012

UBC's Got Talent: March 29

Tickets for UBC’s Got Talent are now available at the UBC Bookstore’s main, Sauder and downtown branches for only $5 a ticket. The event highlights the best of singing, dancing, […]

Mar 15, 2012

Addressing injustice: UBC’s response to the internment of Japanese Canadian students

UBC is holding a symposium to examine UBC’s role and response to the internment of 76 Japanese Canadian students during the Second World War, and how those issues resonate today. […]

Mar 15, 2012

World Model United Nations closing ceremonies

The World Model United Nations will be hosting its closing ceremonies tonight at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Throughout the past week, around 2,000 international delegates have been collaborating with other […]

Mar 15, 2012

UBC Engineering awards 2012 McEwen Award

UBC Engineering has presented the 2012 McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award to South Delta Secondary School mathematics teacher Brian Outerbridge. “Mr. Outerbridge transformed the mundane and average classroom into a […]

Mar 15, 2012

Computer science team wins best paper award

Computer science professor Karon MacLean‘s team (post-doc Vincent Levesque, now at Immersion Corp. and master’s student Louise Oram) won best paper award at the 2012 IEEE Haptics Symposium, held in […]

Mar 15, 2012

UBC engineers place first in debate, second in design at 2012 Canadian Engineering Competition

UBC engineers placed first in the Impromptu Debate and second in the Innovative Design categories at the 27th annual Canadian Engineering Competition (CEC), From Sea to Sky, held March 8-11 […]

Mar 15, 2012

UBC School of Music student selected for international piano quarterfinal

UBC Doctor of Musical Arts student Bogdan Dulu is one of fifty concert pianists from six continents chosen to perform in the quarterfinal of the international audition round of the […]

Mar 15, 2012

Physiologist named Researcher of the Year at UBC’s Okanagan campus

Philip Ainslie, Canada Research Chair in Cerebrovascular Function in Health and Disease and associate professor in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences, has been named Researcher of the Year […]

Mar 15, 2012

UBC professor is 2011 recipient of SSHRC Aurora Prize

UBC law professor James Stewart is the recipient of the 2011 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Aurora Prize award. This $25,000 prize recognizes an outstanding new researcher who […]

Mar 15, 2012

2011/12 Student Development Award winners announced

The winners of the 2011/12 UBC Student Development Awards have been announced. The Office of the Vice-President, Students presents these awards to recognize exceptional contributions or improvements to the student […]

Mar 15, 2012

UBC engineering students test 200-lb, 214-mpg car before international Shell competition

The UBC Supermileage Team will be testing its ultra light and super fuel efficient vehicle, the “Argo,” prior to an international competition in Houston, Texas.

Mar 15, 2012

UBC’s Vancouver senate vote paves way for early admissions offers

UBC’s Vancouver campus senate has adopted a motion that admissions officials say will help the University continue to deliver reliable admissions decisions as soon as possible and in an equitable way to all applicants this year.

Mar 14, 2012

Let your iPhone do the singing: ChoirMob sneak peek at UBC

Media are invited to a sneak peek of a new app that turns an iPhone or iPod Touch into an instrument for choir singing.

Mar 14, 2012