Provincial and municipal dignitaries joined members of
the university community in marking the newly completed expansion of the
Faculty of Education’s Neville Scarfe Building with a plaque unveiling Nov.
12.
Guests included Joan Smallwood representing the provincial government, which
funded the renovations project, and Vancouver City Councillor Lynne Kennedy, a
graduate of the faculty.
Initiated in 1988, the project was designed to consolidate the faculty from 18
locations across campus. Construction began in 1993.
Improvements include construction of the Library Block which provides new
facilities for the Education Library, an addition to the Teacher Education
Office and a complete seismic upgrade of the original building.
Vancouver-based Hotson Bakker Architects carried the project to completion.
The Coast Club UBC Tennis Centre opens Nov. 15. The
centre has a total of 14 courts, including four indoor courts and will be
available for public use, as well as for UBC students, faculty and staff.
The centre offers a full range of instructional programs including Weekend Whip
Ups, and month-long Match Point clinics. Booking fees are charged to all
members, including students, and are less than $10 per hour.
Centre administrator Lisa Archer said the Rooster Riser membership, which
allows court use from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., should be of particular interest
to faculty and staff who want to play tennis before work. Brian Hall is the
head pro, and student coaches will assist with lesson programs. For information
on the centre, call 822-2505.
Post doctoral fellows and graduate students are invited
to apply for partial funding to work with the Crisis Points Group at the Peter
Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Successful applicants will work on pure
and applied projects related to models of non-linear dynamic systems.
The competition is open to scholars in all fields and departments, including
interdisciplinary students, providing that a clear relationship can be shown
between the applicant’s qualifications and research interests and those of the
Crisis Points Group.
The focus of the applicant’s work could be concepts from a specific discipline
to the understanding of crisis points and how models of such systems can be
used to guide practical decision-making, or interdisciplinary development of
crisis point concepts and models themselves.
Applications, due by Dec. 15., should include a curriculum vitae, a statement
of the applicant’s research interests and a statement of sponsorship from a UBC
faculty member containing an indication of the source of the remainder of the
applicant’s funding.
For more information see the group’s Web page at
http://bee.econ.ubc.ca/crisis.html or call 822-4782.
Prof. Emeritus Dr. Harold Copp will be honoured by the
Osteoporosis Society of B.C. with a gala dinner at the Waterfront Centre Hotel
on Nov. 21.
Copp is being honoured for his discovery of calcitonin, a calcium-regulating
hormone which inhibits bone loss. It is one of the most widely used therapeutic
agents for the treatment of osteoporosis, with annual sales in excess of $1
billion.
Osteoporosis–now recognized as a major health hazard–is the third leading
cause of death in seniors, after heart disease and cancer. One in four women
over 60 years and one in two over 70 are at risk.
Copp was the first professor of physiology at UBC and one of the founders of
the medical school. His life-long interest in bone and calcium metabolism led
to his discovery of calcitonin in 1961.
Although approved for use in the United States in 1984, calcitonin is not yet
approved for the treatment of osteoporosis in Canada, although it is available
by prescription for other uses. It is also a powerful pain killer.
Copp is a Companion of the Order of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal Societies of
Canada and London and was one of the first inductees into the Canadian Medical
Hall of Fame when it was established in 1994.
The gala dinner is the society’s major event for November, which is
Osteoporosis Awareness Month. All proceeds of the $100-a-plate dinner will go
toward educational programs and other aims of the society.
Call 731-4997 for tickets or more information.
