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by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer For a long time, Sundiep Tehara believed that engineers built bridges. Period. It’s easy to understand where she got that idea — her father, an […]
May 22, 1997
by Gavin Wilson Staff writer When Christopher Friedrichs speaks, people listen. The history professor — one of 23 faculty members receiving University Killam Teaching Prizes during Spring Congregation — is […]
by Gavin Wilson Staff writer Jackie Teed found a way to channel her creative instincts into a practical field when she enrolled in Landscape Architecture, a program within the Faculty […]
Input from the campus community is being sought by the Advisory Committee for the Selection of a Vice-President, Academic and Provost. The committee has begun its work and is interested […]
Fifteen students have been named Wesbrook Scholars, an honorary designation for outstanding achievement among undergraduates. Awarded annually, the honour is reserved for a maximum of 20 students who are nominated […]
1996 May: Prof. Frank Abbott is announced as dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, taking over from Prof. John McNeill who served as the faculty’s fourth dean for close […]
UBC recognizes teachers who make a difference History Prof. Christopher Friedrichs’ students say he could read the telephone book and make it interesting. Sociology Assoc. Prof. Kenneth Stoddart reaches people […]
“Hey, Mikey likes it!” Remember the popular television advertisement for breakfast cereal in which even Mikey, a notoriously picky eater, wolfs down a bowlful? UBC researchers have confirmed what the […]
The Canadian North is as enduring a myth of cultural and national significance as the American West is to the United States, says Sherrill Grace, an English professor at the […]
More than 5,000 academic degrees will be conferred on graduating students at the University of British Columbia’s Spring Congregation ceremonies, May 25-30. Among the 24 graduating class scholarship and award […]
At UBC and other Canadian universities, gold medals are presented to students who have achieved the highest standing in graduate studies at both the master’s and doctoral level. Silver medals […]
President’s message . Pace setters: Graduate profiles . 1996/97 milestones . Graduation facts . Congregation schedule Graduates pursue lifelong interests Aneil Agrawal’s interest in science began with an early infatuation […]
Nadine Caron Nadine Caron — the first aboriginal woman to graduate from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine — volunteers her time to travel to remote communities throughout British Columbia, where she […]
More than 170,000 people have graduated from UBC since it opened its doors in 1915. According to the Alumni Association’s 1996 figures, most alumni continue to live and work in […]
The UBC Alumni Association has named nine outstanding individuals as winners of its annual awards. The Faculty Citation Award is shared by Thelma Sharp Cook (BEd ’58) and Geoffrey Scudder. […]
by Don Wells Thunderbird Athletics World-renowned wine writer Hugh Johnson constantly warns his readers not to become slaves to vintage charts. For even in a so-called non-vintage year, inexplicable quirks […]
Students graduating at this spring’s Congregation are the first to do so in the new Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. The $25-million facility consists of a concert hall, a […]
by Charles Ker Staff writer Aneil Agrawal’s interest in science began with an early infatuation with frogs. As a six-year-old Richmond resident, he pulled his family out of a restaurant […]
It takes six pastry chefs two weeks of preparation to produce 32,640 sweets — including Nanaimo bars, chocolate chip cookies, lemon tarts — served during Congregation. 2,179 litres of fruit […]
UBC’s first Congregation ceremony took place on May 4, 1916 in the Hotel Vancouver ballroom. There were 41 graduates. UBC’s first graduate degrees were conferred in 1919. The first degrees […]
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