Public Information Meetings
on APEC ’97 (March 27)

Public Meetings on Key Issues
of the Official Community Plan for UBC (April 1 and 3)

Ties with China earn Commerce award

The Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration’s success in building educational
ties between Chinese universities, academics, business and government officials
and the Vancouver academic and business communities has won recognition from
the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).
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UBC powerful draw for international students

International students indicated overwhelming interest in UBC at several educational
fairs held throughout Asia earlier this year, says the co-ordinator of UBC’s
international student recruitment initiative.
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Input sought for governance study

Proposed terms of reference for a study concerning governance of the Greater
Vancouver Regional District’s Electoral Area A, which includes UBC, are being
referred to interest groups for comment.
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Hail Hale-Bopp, Spring king of comets

Will Comet Hale-Bopp live up to expectations?

Join astronomers and physicists at the UBC Observatory during the first week
in April to find out.
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“Julie” vies for title of Most Human Computer

A conversation with 14-year-old Julie gives insight into what would appear
to be a well-rounded Grade 9 mind.

She likes Hawaiian pizza, Mel Gibson, volleyball and playing saxophone in
the school band. She doesn’t have a boyfriend, prefers soft rock to rap and
likes math because “it’s so nicely self-contained.”

Next month, the outgoing teenager from Sooke hopes to wow New York City judges
with her personality and deft repartee in the 1997 Loebner Prize Competition.
Her ultimate goal is to convince the judging panel she’s human.
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New rehab lab extends school’s research reach

The opening of an off-campus research centre this summer highlights a new focus
on research and community outreach in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences.

The Rehabilitation Research Laboratory, which will be operated in partnership
with the B.C. Rehabilitation Society, will open at G.F. Strong Centre by September.

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Drug holds promise for steady heartbeat: study

A study co-headed by UBC’s dean of medicine, Dr. John Cairns, is offering new
hope for people who suffer from abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) in the
years following a heart attack.
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Volleyball team nabs CIAU silver

If you asked TSN Award winner Jeanette Guichon if she would trade her $3000
bursary for a CIAU gold medal, the answer would probably be yes. The fourth-year
Family and Nutritional Sciences student was honoured with the award, recognizing
the best combination of athleticism, academics and community service, March
5 at Edmonton’s Hotel MacDonald on the eve of the Canadian Inter-university
Athletic Union (CIAU) Women’s Volleyball Championships.
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March 21 events aim to help end racism

UBC will mark the International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination, March
21, with events that include panel discussions, speakers, and theatre.
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