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Philosophy professor reads from new book: Waking, Dreaming, Being

Philosophy professor Evan Thompson will give a reading from his new book Waking, Dreaming, Being: Self and Consciousness in Neuroscience, Meditation, and Philosophy. Thompson is a philosopher of the mind and […]

Mar 5, 2015

Health benefits of transit investment

The community is invited to explore the critical link between transit and health at a free panel event on transit’s role in building a livable healthy region, increasing walking and […]

Mar 5, 2015

Soil Celebration: 2015 UN International Year of Soil

Kicking off their 2015 workshop series, the UBC Botanical Garden invites the community to learn about safe soils in the city, the importance of soil to food security in B.C. […]

Mar 5, 2015

Mine rescue team gets results with help from Ontario Mine Rescue

A student mine rescue team from the UBC department of mining finished second overall at the 2015 Intercollegiate Mine Emergency Response Development exercise at the Colorado School of Mines. The […]

Mar 5, 2015

Engineering research team receives funding for innovation in clean technology

A UBC research team led by chemical and biological engineering professor David Wilkinson received $450,000 from Western Economic Diversification Canada towards the commercialization of technologies that will support sustainability in the oil and gas […]

Mar 5, 2015

UBC Reports | March 5

UBC Reports | March 5

Mar 5, 2015

UBC This Week – 05-Mar-2015

  Recent UBC Media Releases Mar 05  UBC students launch desktop recycler that turns pop bottles into 3D printer plastic Mar 05  Q&A: Wage gap between the sexes persists  Mar […]

Mar 5, 2015

UBC students launch desktop recycler that turns pop bottles into 3D printer plastic

UBC students launch desktop recycler that turns pop bottles into 3D printer plastic

Three engineering physics students at the University of British Columbia have developed a desktop plastic recycler and extruder that turns plastic waste into the material needed for 3D printing.

Mar 5, 2015

But You Don’t Look Aboriginal – Presentation with Michelle Aleksandrovics Lovegrove and Duncan McCue

Mar 5, 2015

Q&A: Wage gap between the sexes persists

Q&A: Wage gap between the sexes persists

March 8 marks International Women’s Day. Prof. Jennifer Berdahl discusses why despite progress in some areas, there remains a persistent wage gap and a dearth of women at the top of the organizational ladder.

Mar 5, 2015