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Eminent scientists gather to talk dirt and the origin of life

Event: Science symposium Date: Saturday, May 3, 1997 Time: 9 a.m. Cost: $40 ($20 for students) Place: Ponderosa Building, 2071 West Mall. Parking is available in the West Parkade on […]

Apr 30, 1997

UBC team links Yukon glacier with global climate change

From the air, Trapridge Glacier resembles a pie crust scored and ready for global warming. This is the view UBC’s six-member glaciology team sees before landing via helicopter at its […]

Apr 30, 1997

UBC, attorney general take BOLD step in fight against crime

Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh joined forensic experts and police representatives today to officially open the Bureau of Legal Dentistry (BOLD) at the University of British Columbia. A project of the […]

Apr 28, 1997

UBC experts available for federal election commentary

Voters from coast to coast go to the polls June 2. Faculty at the University of British Columbia have expertise in a number of key areas related to the election. […]

Apr 28, 1997

Attorney general opens forensic dentistry lab

Event: Opening of the Bureau of Legal Dentistry Date: Monday, April 28, 1997 Time: 9 a.m. Place: Room 146, Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory (AMPEL), 2355 East Mall Parking […]

Apr 21, 1997

Computer tool a 1.5-million “hit”

Computer Science instructor Murray Goldberg has designed an interactive tool that allows teachers without technical expertise to create sophisticated presentations of their courses on the World Wide Web. Called WebCT, […]

Apr 18, 1997

Clinic offers dental care for underprivileged youth

Beginning next week, 1,500 to 2,000 underprivileged young people who would not normally get dental care will visit a free clinic at the University of British Columbia. The clinic is […]

Apr 18, 1997

Scientists in hunt for new schizophrenia treatment

A UBC neuroscientist has received a $300,000 grant to take a new look at how schizophrenia is affected by dopamine, the natural chemical that regulates brain activity. Charles Yang, an […]

Apr 17, 1997

UBC Reports Calendar for 97-04-17

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from April 20 through May 3, 1997. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

Apr 17, 1997

Centre set up to provide information on APEC ’97

The UBC APEC Information Centre is now open to answer questions about the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation meetings — APEC ’97 — which will be held in Vancouver Nov. 22-25. […]

Apr 17, 1997

UBC Reports Digest for 97-04-17

A departmental reorganization in the Faculty of Dentistry was recently approved by Senate. The three former departments of Clinical Dental Sciences, Oral Biology, and Oral Medical and Surgical Sciences were […]

Apr 17, 1997

vol. 43, issue 8

Profile . News Digest . Campus works . Canada’s Year of Asia Pacific . People . Calendar Welcome for new students planned For the 5,000 first-year students entering UBC this […]

Apr 17, 1997

UBC Reports People for 97-04-17

Blair Grabinsky, manager of Career Services, has been named to the Premier’s Business Advisory Committee on Youth Employment. Other committee members include Roslyn Kunin, executive director of the Laurier Institution […]

Apr 17, 1997

An Enduring Myth

English Prof. Sherrill Grace studies the North for what defines us by Gavin Wilson Staff writer Sherrill Grace was working in her home office when the drone of a twin-engine […]

Apr 17, 1997

New financial system speeds information access, accuracy

by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer Faculty and departmental administrative staff will soon have instant access to up-to-date information on their unit’s financial status and employees, and the ability to generate […]

Apr 17, 1997

Star athletes earn Big Block honour

by Don Wells Thunderbird Athletics Jenny Rauh and Bob Beveridge were named UBC’s top athletes for 1996/97 at the annual Big Block Athletic Awards Banquet March 26. At the banquet, […]

Apr 17, 1997

`Cleaner air’ bus hits UBC roads for test runs

The 1981 GMC bus parked behind UBC’s Dept. of Mechanical Engineering looks, sounds and performs like a regular diesel-powered transit coach with three notable exceptions. Powered by a unique natural […]

Apr 17, 1997

Program seeks graduate interns

UBC is co-ordinating a six-month internship program in Asia for 30 university graduates interested in sustainable development. The internships begin this September. Wayne Nelles, program director, said participants will be […]

Apr 17, 1997

Feminist Legal Studies Centre founded

UBC will play a major role in advancing feminist legal scholarship in B.C. with the creation of a new Centre for Feminist Legal Studies. Both Senate and the Board of […]

Apr 17, 1997

South American bird heading for market

by Connie Bagshaw Staff writer Maybe tinamou doesn’t immediately come to mind as you scan the menu of your favourite eatery, looking for something new to try. But Canadians may […]

Apr 17, 1997