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A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from January 12 through January 25, 1997. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]
Jan 9, 1997
The Faculty of Science’s Physics Outreach Program finally has a permanent home. The Michael Crooks Laboratory officially opened recently in Hennings 208. The space provides headquarters for the program’s numerous […]
Profile . News Digest . People . Calendar Child Study Centre to close next summer UBC’s Child Study Centre, an interdisciplinary centre for research in child development and early childhood […]
Margaret Arcus, director of the School of Family and Nutritional Sciences, is the 1996 recipient of the Honour Award, the highest award bestowed by the Canadian Home Economics Association (CHEA) […]
Jack Kelso leaves some students following in his wake by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer In the early summer of 1996, Jack Kelso found himself about to go head to head […]
by Gavin Wilson Staff writer UBC psychologists have uncovered evidence that fatal cases of anorexia nervosa may strike more older people, and men, than is commonly believed. Their findings fly […]
UBC’s Child Study Centre, an interdisciplinary centre for research in child development and early childhood education, will close June 30. “This decision has not been taken lightly,” said Faculty of […]
A committee to investigate whether the Faculty Club buildings can be re-opened as a financially viable gathering place has begun its work. The Advisory Committee on the Faculty Club, chaired […]
Margaret Fulton, former Dean of Women at UBC, is the subject of the television documentary, A Round Peg, airing on the Knowledge Network Jan. 22 and 26. An educator and […]
At its Dec. 12 meeting, the Board of Governors requested that the university investigate all optimal sites for the Liu Centre for International Studies and its residential component (hotel) and […]
by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer UBC researchers have discovered that by using oversize wooden sheets in wall construction, they can as much as double the ability of many wood-frame structures […]
Women who quit smoking during pregnancy don’t get nearly enough support in their efforts to remain non-smokers after giving birth. This is the conclusion of a team of investigators from […]
A total of nine UBC and UVic field hockey players have been selected to Canada’s Junior National Team. The B.C. contingent forms more than half of the players who travelled […]
Margaret Fulton, an educator and social activist who was UBC’s Dean of Women from 1974 to 1977 and later served as president of Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, is […]
Jan 7, 1997
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