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UBC faculty awarded 3M teaching fellowships

Two UBC faculty members are among this year’s recipients of the coveted 3M Teaching Fellowships. Associate Professor of Nursing, Clarissa Green, and Dr. William Schreiber, an associate professor of Pathology […]

Sep 5, 1996

Project focuses attention on plight of survivors of violence

by Connie Bagshaw Staff writer Every 12 seconds a gong strikes as another woman is battered. Every minute a whistle blows, reporting another rape. Four times in 24 hours a […]

Sep 5, 1996

Sex, dating and all that jazz

Among the most valuable lessons new and returning students can learn this year is how to enhance their personal safety on campus. “Awareness through education is essential to everyone’s security,” […]

Sep 5, 1996

UBC’s Board of Governors

UBC’s 15-member Board of Governors comprises the chancellor, the president, eight persons appointed by the lieutenant governor, two faculty members elected by faculty, two full-time students elected by students and […]

Sep 5, 1996

Earth, ocean merger boosts collaboration

On April 1 of this year, geophysicist Robert Ellis officially became head of UBC’s newest academic amalgam – the Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences. Though the department’s creation has […]

Sep 5, 1996

LUST and ingenuity win recognition

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer A catchy headline, an inquisitive executive and a novel approach to process control have led to an award for a company that had the foresight […]

Sep 5, 1996

Geers garner awards for design solutions

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer Medical devices designed by UBC engineering students took the top two prizes in the medical device category of the recent 96 Solutions+ student design competition. […]

Sep 5, 1996

Science First! series ready to ignite students’ curiosity

Lee Gass is revving himself up for a lunch date with science students this fall. “I’m going to get those students to understand some things about how science operates and […]

Sep 5, 1996

Nursing faculty start pregnancy resource

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer A new pregnancy drop-in clinic has been established at UBC to provide support and information to women in the Vancouver area who are pregnant or […]

Sep 5, 1996

UBC Reports Calendar for 96-09-05

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from September 8 through September 21, 1996. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

Sep 5, 1996

UBC Reports Digest for 96-09-05

Academic freedom and the inclusive university is the title of a national conference to be hosted at UBC April 10-12, 1997. Prof. Dennis Pavlich, co-chair of the conference advisory committee, […]

Sep 5, 1996

vol. 42, issue 14

Board of Governors . Safety Features . News Digest . People . Letters to the editor . Calendar Science First! series ready to ignite students’ curiosity Lee Gass is revving […]

Sep 5, 1996

GSS president crushes rumour

Editor: Recent events in the Graduate Student Centre have attracted a great deal of attention and speculation. Unfortunately, given that discussions with the Society’s former Food and Beverage Manager, Dale […]

Sep 5, 1996

UBC Reports People for 96-09-05

UBC’s Curator of Manuscripts, George Brandak, has been awarded a Regional History Certificate of Merit (British Columbia/Yukon) by the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) for his outstanding contribution to the study […]

Sep 5, 1996

Science First! aims to excite first-year students

Lee Gass is revving himself up for a lunch date with science students this fall. The Zoology professor launches a lunch-time seminar series called Science First! on Sept. 19. The […]

Sep 5, 1996