For the fifth consecutive year, UBC students will be
trick or treating at Halloween for non-perishable food items to be donated to
local food banks.
Students are asked to meet today in Room 205 of the Student Union Building
between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. to be organized into teams and assigned an area.
Canvassing will take place in Point Grey and Kitsilano neighbourhoods until 9
p.m.
Last year, student volunteers collected 2,700 kilograms of food. For more
information, call 221-9888.
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is seeking proposals for
visible, innovative projects that will directly benefit UBC students.
A total of $150,000 is available through the AMS Innovative Projects Fund for
the 1996/97 academic year. Support for each project will be limited to $35,000
annually.
Applications are available in Room 238 in the Student Union Building and Room
123 in the Old Administration Building. Deadline for applications is Nov. 15.
For more information, call 822-3972, fax 822-9019 or e-mail
president@ams.ubc.ca
Parking and Security Services has changed its name to
reflect its participation in helping to promote the use of alternative forms of
transportation.
Now called Parking and Transportation, the office has established a committee
to consider transportation issues, an important part of the university’s
Official Community Plan.
Responsibility for providing campus security services remains with the
office.
Faculty and staff are invited to drop by Student Health Services on Tuesday,
Nov. 5, between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., and Thursday, Nov. 14, noon to 3:30 p.m. to
receive a flu vaccination.
“Influenza is a debilitating disease and everyone should consider being
vaccinated,” said Dr. John Allingham of Student Health Services. “High risk
groups include the elderly over age 65 and people suffering from respiratory
and heart diseases.”
December to March are peak months for flu. Nurses at Student Health Services,
located on the main floor of the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre,
UBC Pavilion, will be on hand to administer the shots. A $10 fee will be
applied to cover the cost of the vaccine. For more information, call
822-7011.
UBC and one of its spin-off companies, QLT
PhotoTherapeutics Inc., have won a national award for research and development
collaboration.
University and company representatives received their University-Industry
Synergy Partnership Award earlier this month in Montreal at a symposium
sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and
the Conference Board of Canada.
The awards–given this year to seven universities, 13 companies and a
university-industry consortium–recognize excellence in university research,
superior management skills, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.
QLT PhotoTherapeutics, co-founded by UBC microbiologist Julia Levy,
specializes in the development of light-activated drugs to treat cancer and
age-related vision loss.
