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UBC Reports Calendar for 98-01-08

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from January 11 through January 24, 1998. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

UBC Reports Digest for 98-01-08

A free program aimed at preventing acquaintance sexual assault on campus will be presented at Place Vanier Residence on Jan. 18 at 7:00 p.m. and at Totem Park Residence on […]

vol. 44, issue 1

Profile . In Memoriam: Keith Brimacombe . News Digest . Letters to the Editor . Calendar Post-APEC Forum: Tuesday, Jan. 20 Federal fund pinch puts research at risk UBC scientists […]

APEC protest attracts diverse opinions

Editor: Although the vast majority of press coverage on the APEC protester pepper-spray incident was very sympathetic towards the demonstrating university students, the demonstrators — by trampling the RCMP-installed fence, […]

Unlocking science’s sanctum

Prof. Tony Griffiths wants to help students discover a new way of thinking by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer Plasmids, generally speaking, are the good-for-nothing freeloaders of the molecular world. DNA […]

Course opens students’ eyes, minds about AIDS

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer A team of UBC faculty and community health specialists are creating a new way to teach students about HIV/AIDS. Called the Interprofessional Elective in HIV/AIDS […]

A partner in innovation

Keith Brimacombe, a professor in the Faculty of Applied Science with an international reputation as a leader in metallurgical process engineering, died suddenly on Dec. 16 in Vancouver. He was […]

Official university airline gets Board approval

The UBC Board of Governors has approved an agreement which designates Canadian Airlines International Ltd. as the university’s official airline. The agreement is designed to significantly increase rebates to faculties […]

Close shave spells pledge success

Fourth-year Pharmaceutical Sciences student Allan Rajesky had a very Canadian item on his Christmas wish list this year — a toque. Charged with spearheading UBC’s annual Class Act campaign for […]

Federal fund pinch puts research at risk

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer UBC scientists are asking the public to join them in a letter-writing campaign aimed at increasing federal funding for medical research. Cuts to medical research […]

Post-APEC Forum

for the campus community “What can we learn from the APEC experience about the role of universities in a democratic society?” Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1998 12:00-2:00pm, Chan Centre for the […]

Lecture series probes mysteries of the brain

The winter 1998 Science First! series of nine seminars dedicated to exploring the brain starts today with one called Development: How Your Brain Gets Wired. Today’s lecture, which starts at […]

Public urged to help keep medical research healthy

UBC scientists are asking the public to join a letter-writing campaign aimed at increasing funding for medical research. Federal government cuts in Medical Research Council (MRC) funding are limiting research […]