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UBC scientists fight disease molecule by molecule

Vanessa Auld and B. Brett Finlay fight disease one molecule at a time. The UBC scientists have received $275,000 US each from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to further research […]

Feb 28, 1997

UBC forum to probe media’s role in Canadian politics

Forum: Politics, Ethics and the Canadian Media Panellists: Angus Reid, Michael Harcourt, Kate Morrison, Joanna Everitt, Patricia Graham, Stan Persky, Bruce Claggett, and Donald Gutstein Date: Saturday, March 1, 1997 […]

Feb 26, 1997

Tuition fees to rise for international graduate students

Starting next fall, tuition fees for international graduate students will rise to two-and-a-half times that paid by domestic graduate students at UBC. The Board of Governors voted in favour of […]

Feb 20, 1997

UBC Reports Calendar for 97-02-20

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from February 23 through March 8, 1997. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

Feb 20, 1997

UBC Reports Digest for 97-02-20

Pollster Angus Reid, former B.C. Premier Mike Harcourt and Vancouver Sun editor Patricia Graham will take part in a free public forum March 1 at UBC titled “Politics, Ethics and […]

Feb 20, 1997

vol. 43, issue 4

Profile . Campus works . News Digest . Letters to the Editor . Calendar Shots top 15,000 in measles onslaught The first measles case at UBC was reported late last […]

Feb 20, 1997

APEC ’97 no honour for this university

Editor: I read with interest your cover story, Leaders come to UBC for APEC `97 (UBC Reports, Jan. 23, 1997). I wonder if someone could define for me what “human […]

Feb 20, 1997

Channel changer

Prof. Terry Snutch turns the channel on calcium by Charles Ker Staff writer Hunched over a rack of tiny test tubes, Ellie Mathews clones a calcium channel as Sting croons […]

Feb 20, 1997

Flexibility key to new system’s benefits

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer The Registrar’s Office has embarked on a major redevelopment of the Student Information System (SIS)–a move that will make life easier for the students, faculty, […]

Feb 20, 1997

Arts, science students win top AMS executive posts

The Students for Students slate will dominate student council this year, filling four of the five executive offices. Fourth-year science student Ryan Davies moves from the director of finance post […]

Feb 20, 1997

Facility to continue to provide child care

UBC’s Board of Governors has supported a decision by the dean of the Faculty of Education to close the Child Study Centre (CSC) and referred the question about appropriate future […]

Feb 20, 1997

Festival showcases contemporary composers

UBC’s School of Music and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Vancouver present a week-long homage to Italian and Canadian composers Feb. 24 to March 1. The Festival of Italian […]

Feb 20, 1997

Library latest legacy of generous spirit

When family, friends and admirers of the late Walter C. Koerner gather at the Museum of Anthropology on March 9 for a memorial service celebrating his life, they will be […]

Feb 20, 1997

Parents give to help build library collection

When UBC student callers contact parents on behalf of the annual Parents Appeal to support the UBC Library Collection Enrichment Fund, they often find that parents are keen to talk […]

Feb 20, 1997

Koerner celebration schedule of events

Six days of events open to the public will be held to celebrate the opening of the new Walter C. Koerner Library on March 10. For more information visit the […]

Feb 20, 1997

Scholarship pays tribute to geologist Spence

A graduate scholarship endowment is being established in memory of Colin Spence, a geologist and member of the board of advisers for UBC’s Mineral Deposit Research Unit, who was killed […]

Feb 20, 1997

Shots top 15,000 in measles onslaught

The first measles case at UBC was reported late last week, even as Vancouver Health Board staff sought to control the spread of the disease through a massive UBC vaccination […]

Feb 20, 1997

Channel changers

Pharmaceutical companies are beating a path to Prof. Terry Snutch’s lab. Snutch, a molecular neurobiologist, investigates how calcium gets in and out of the brain’s 100 billion nerve cells, or […]

Feb 20, 1997

Employers hungry for UBC wood products co-op students

Employers are snapping up students in UBC’s Wood Products Processing Cooperative Education Program, evidence that the industry demand that led to the creation of the program is a reality, the […]

Feb 20, 1997

UBC astronomer detects birth of stars 5,000 light years away

UBC astrophysicist Bill McCutcheon scans the night sky with radio telescopes in search of celestial treasure. He and his colleagues recently announced that they’d hit the jackpot with their discovery […]

Feb 19, 1997