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UBC This Week 08-Nov-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Nov. 8 UBC-CFRI effort to save pregnant women awarded additional $17 million Nov. 8 UBC gains two new Canada Excellence Research Chairs Nov. 7 Global […]

Nov 8, 2012

Asia Pacific Memo Series: Child Trafficking and Local Protectionism in China; Asia in the World

Twice-weekly, Asia Pacific Memo publishes short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/. Most recent memos: – Child Trafficking and Local Protectionism […]

Nov 8, 2012

SALA Fall Lecture Series: Bill Pechet, Hallucinating in Public

Bill Pechet, lecturer in UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), will give a talk titled Hallucinating in Public, co-sponsored by Museum of Vancouver. His current work includes large […]

Nov 8, 2012

CiTR 101.9 FM celebrates 75 years of radio

UBC’s Student Radio Society – CiTR 101.9 FM – is launching a year of birthday celebrations to commemorate 75 years of campus and community radio excellence, 30 years on the […]

Nov 8, 2012

Building Operations holds Fleet and Inventory Open House

UBC Building Operations recently partnered with Automotive Resources International (ARI) to conduct a complete analysis of the current fleet and provide a project plan to support UBC’s fleet greening initiative.  […]

Nov 8, 2012

Public Open House – Ponderosa Commons Phase 2

The UBC community is invited to attend an open house to view and comment on the Ponderosa Commons Phase 2 proposal that will incorporate student residence housing (additional 523 beds) […]

Nov 8, 2012

Book launch: Visualizing Climate Change

An event will be held to launch Prof. Stephen Sheppard’s book Visualizing Climate Change: A Guide to Visual Communication of Climate Change and Developing Local Solutions, a review of climate […]

Nov 8, 2012

Engineering student speaks at Humboldt Colloquium

UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) PhD student Yazan Boshmaf was selected to speak as an Early Career Researcher at the Humboldt Colloquium in Toronto. His presentation, titled “Security Analysis […]

Nov 8, 2012

UBC Landscape Architecture student wins Philip Tattersfield Scholarship

Master of Landscape Architecture student Nina Cicero has won the Philip Tattersfield Scholarship for 2012/13 for her essay “Over/Under and Beyond: New Life for the Overpass,” and will be featured […]

Nov 8, 2012

UBC professor named one of CFPC Family Physicians of the Year

Dr. Stanley Lubin, Dept. of Family Practice, UBC Faculty of Medicine, has been named one of The College of Family Physicians of Canada’s (CFPC) Family Physicians of the Year. Lubin […]

Nov 8, 2012

Applied Science researchers collaborate in Canada’s newest Centre of Excellence

UBC Civil Engineering Prof. Nemkumar Banthia has been appointed scientific director of the India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnership to Accelerate Transformation and Sustainability (IC-IMPACTS), a collaboration between UBC, the […]

Nov 8, 2012

UBC's Remembrance Day Ceremony

UBC’s Remembrance Day ceremony is an opportunity for faculty, staff, students and members of the community to honour and remember those who served in times of war, military conflict and […]

Nov 8, 2012

Break-even load factor needed for BC Ferries: UBC expert

The B.C. government is holding public consultations about future service and costs for BC Ferries. UBC’s Sauder School of Business transportation expert David Gillen is available to comment.

Nov 8, 2012

UBC-CFRI effort to save pregnant women awarded additional $17 million

A project aimed at finding and treating women at risk of succumbing to pre-eclampsia – the often-fatal onset of high blood pressure during pregnancy – will receive an additional $17 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Nov 8, 2012

UBC gains two new Canada Excellence Research Chairs

The University of British Columbia will be home to two more Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC), valued at $20-million over seven years, in the areas of quantum materials and devices and digital media research and innovation.

Nov 8, 2012