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Recent UBC Media Releases Oct. 30 UBC experts comment on Nov. 6 U.S. election Oct. 29 UBC deans take one for the team: First to get flu shots from […]
Nov 1, 2012
Twice-weekly, Asia Pacific Memo publishes short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific: http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/ Most recent memos: • Asia in the World – Featuring […]
Associate Professor Sheryl Staub-French, Department of Civil Engineering, will give a seminar on research that was conducted in collaboration with computer scientists to study Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation on […]
Former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan hosts a season of salons every year featuring short presentations by Vancouver’s leaders and thinkers. Each speaker will talk for seven minutes on a subject […]
Mehr Negar Mirvakili, supervised by Prof. Peter Englezos and Prof. Sawas Hatzikiriakos, won first place in the graduate student poster competition during the 62nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference held in […]
Construction of UBC Library’s multi-service desk on the third floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre began on Oct. 30. The project, part of a number of changes underway […]
UBC Civil Engineering professor Jonathan Fannin received the 2012 Geosynthetics Division Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) for his contribution to the application of geosynthetics in civil, geotechnical and […]
Dr. Bruce McManus has been named a 2012 recipient of a Alumni Achievement Award by the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) Alumni Association for his contributions to cardiovascular research […]
Parkinson Society Canada has awarded research grants to two faculty members and two post-doctoral fellows in the Faculty of Medicine. Doris Doudet, professor in the Division of Neurology, received $45,000 […]
UBC Law is hosting an exhibition that tells the story of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. The inquiry, held in the Northwest Territories in the early ‘70s, has been recognized […]
Mitacs Globalink student Vicky Liu is working with Professor Victor C.M. Leung of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering to develop a smartphone application that will display a user’s […]
UBC spin-off company Lionsgate Technologies Inc. is preparing to launch a software application, developed by two UBC professors, that transforms smartphones, tablets and laptops into mobile medical diagnostic tools capable […]
Highlights of UBC media coverage in October 2012
Nov 1, 2012 - by Heather Amos
Ben Pong took a leave of absence to serve in Afghanistan and South Sudan. He shares his thoughts in memory of fallen comrades and civilian victims.
Tbirds got a taste of NHL big time with ‘Bieksa’s Buddies”
Nov 1, 2012 - by Wilson Wong
Four students from UBC’s Okanagan campus are figuring out how to get residents from a Vernon, B.C., neighbourhood to park their cars and get active.
Nov 1, 2012 - by Jody Jacob
Prof. Judith Daniluk is addressing a gap in accurate online fertility information with a new web site: www.myfertilitychoices.com.
UBC researchers have created a video game to help community members prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Nov 1, 2012 - by Basil Waugh
Academic libraries worldwide are facing seismic shifts in how users access and create knowledge. University Librarian Ingrid Parent talks about re-thinking the future.
Nov 1, 2012 - by Lorraine Chan and Linda Ong
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