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UBC Reports Calendar for 96-08-15

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from August 18 through September 7, 1996. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

Aug 15, 1996

UBC Reports Digest for 96-08-15

An additional elevator for disabled persons in the Walter C. Koerner Library is the first special project funded through UBC’s agreement with Coca-Cola. The second elevator will provide access to […]

Aug 15, 1996

vol. 42, issue 13

UBC Reports News Digest . In Memoriam–Peter Larkin . Calendar Provincial cuts threaten UBC infrastructure A deep cut in provincial funds earmarked for upgrading and maintaining UBC’s buildings will have […]

Aug 15, 1996

Students to benefit from high-tech deal

UBC and BC TELECOM have entered into an innovative 10-year relationship that will increase and improve services for post-secondary students and other learners throughout B.C. and beyond. BC TELECOM will […]

Aug 15, 1996

Fiscal year features low debt, balanced budget

by Connie Bagshaw Staff writer UBC’s Board of Governors has approved a balanced core operating budget of $341.6 million for 1996-97 as the university enters the new fiscal year with […]

Aug 15, 1996

Physics camp keeps kids enthralled

The young physicists run into the classroom and make a bee-line for a canister of liquid nitrogen. “No pushing or shoving because this stuff is -200 C,” Sarah Swenson commands. […]

Aug 15, 1996

Provincial cuts threaten UBC infrastructure

A deep cut in provincial funds earmarked for upgrading and maintaining UBC’s buildings will have a major and lasting impact on the campus infrastructure, said UBC President David Strangway. The […]

Aug 15, 1996

Salcudean named to fluid dynamics chair

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer The Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation has donated $500,000 to the Faculty of Applied Science for the creation of the Weyerhaeuser Industrial Research Chair in Computational Fluid […]

Aug 15, 1996

UBC adopts proposal to close food outlet

After considerable deliberation, including consultation through a broadly based sponsor committee and the review of an extensive business plan, UBC has endorsed proposals to close one of its campus food […]

Aug 15, 1996

Long-awaited journalism program comes to UBC

The University of British Columbia and the Sing Tao Foundation announced the establishment of a new graduate school of journalism at UBC during a ground-breaking ceremony July 24. The Sing […]

Aug 15, 1996

A champion of common sense

by W.H. New McLean Chair of Canadian Studies Peter Larkin solved problems. He did so in part by refusing to believe they were problems in the first place. Instead, he […]

Aug 15, 1996

Community plan draft gains GVRD, Board approval

A proposed Official Community Plan (OCP) has been approved by the University of British Columbia’s Board of Governors and given first and second readings by the Greater Vancouver Regional District’s […]

Aug 15, 1996