February 19 is Lunar New Year, marked by lion dances, lucky red envelopes and firecrackers. Qian Wang, UBC’s Asian Studies Chinese language program director, says it’s a time for tradition, celebration, family reunion — and a little bit of superstition.
British Columbia’s most senior practicing woman lawyer Constance Isherwood, Q.C., former UBC president Stephen J. Toope and multiple award-winning screenwriter Hart Hanson are among the five influential leaders receiving honorary degrees.
Julio Viskovich, an Adjunct Professor with Sauder’s Marketing and Behavioural Science Division is also the brain behind social media strategies for some of the world’s leading brands, including Microsoft, IBM, Rogers and Hootsuite.
It looked like a battery to him. What J. Thomas Beatty was studying was a protein, but the more he thought about it the more he realized that photosynthesis proteins could behave like batteries.
Fifth-year guard Kris Young scored 22 points in her final regular season game with the UBC Thunderbirds to a 69-61 victory over the visiting Manitoba Bisons.