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UBC celebrates 100 years of learning, research and community engagement
October 2, 2015

UBC celebrates 100 years of learning, research and community engagement

UBC launches its Centennial year and marks the official opening of the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre today, exactly 100 years after welcoming its first class of 379 students.

LATEST NEWS

 

Four gut bacteria decrease asthma risk in infants

New research by scientists at UBC and BC Children’s Hospital finds that infants can be protected from getting asthma if they acquire four types of gut bacteria by three months of age.
   

New UBC student residence to be among world’s tallest wood buildings

One of the tallest wood buildings in the world will soon be constructed at UBC, providing housing for hundreds of students.

Climate change moves mountains — literally

Climate change is causing more than just warmer oceans and erratic weather. According to scientists, it also has the capacity to alter the shape of the planet.

OPINIONS

 

Breaking down health care barriers

Gavin Stuart, vice provost, health at UBC, writes about the university’s efforts for its various health-related programs to collaborate and integrate, in an attempt to strengthen personalized medicine.

ATHLETICS

 

UBC introduces newest women's hockey T-Birds

The UBC Thunderbirds women's hockey team is proud to announce that the addition of forwards Laura Trachsel and Hannah Clayton-Carroll, goalie Laura Taylor, and defenceman Kirsten Toth.

EVENTS

 

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

UBC Department of Theatre and Film presents a world premiere adaptation of Anne Brontë's celebrated feminist novel

VIDEO

 

UBC100 Photo Timelapse

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first day of classes, the UBC community came together to recreate the iconic ‘UBC’ photo taken at the end of the Great Trek in 1922.
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