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Survivor makes crowd think about assault

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer They were crammed into every corner. Hundreds of students from Place Vanier and Totem Park residences were perching on window ledges, crowding the aisles and […]

Feb 19, 1998

Update: UBC experts examine federal budget issues

Jean Chretien’s Liberal government will bring down the federal budget Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 1:30 p.m. (PST). Faculty at the University of British Columbia have expertise in a number of […]

Feb 19, 1998

UBC’s dental clinic hits the road

A dental service on wheels is bringing treatment to residents of long-term care facilities throughout B.C. The UBC Dental Program for Seniors is the only one of its kind in […]

Feb 19, 1998

Gardener garners gold

Bruce Macdonald, director of UBC’s Botanical Garden, has been awarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s most prestigious international award, the Gold Veitch Memorial Medal. The award is given for outstanding contribution […]

Feb 19, 1998

Learning lacking from too many Web courses

by Gavin Wilson Staff writer Much of what Prof. Roger Boshier sees being passed off as on-line education on the World Wide Web is enough to make him throw up […]

Feb 19, 1998

Mathematician wins nat’l research award

Mathematics Prof. Michael Ward has been awarded one of Canada’s top research awards, a 1998 E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship. “Dr. Ward is leading an international renaissance in applied mathematics, a […]

Feb 19, 1998

Community input sought for UBC vision

by Gavin Wilson Staff writer UBC is asking the community to assist it in developing a new vision for the 21st century. As part of visioning consultation, which seeks to […]

Feb 19, 1998

UBC leads way once more in charity giving

UBC is once again among the top Lower Mainland organizations in the United Way category of Leaders of the Way with 60 donors who contributed $1,000 or more. Although at […]

Feb 19, 1998

Silverman embarks on Beethoven sonata cycle

by Gavin Wilson Staff writer Robert Silverman is a musician with a mission. The acclaimed pianist and School of Music professor plans a rare feat. He is playing all 32 […]

Feb 19, 1998

Bringhurst to lecture March 5

Author Robert Bringhurst joins the ranks of distinguished scholars such as Northrop Frye and Hugh MacLennan when he delivers the 1998 Sedgewick Memorial Lecture next month. Named for Garnett Sedgewick, […]

Feb 19, 1998

Safeway staff help clinic buy needed equipment

Employees from a local Canada Safeway store have made a contribution to movement disorders research at UBC. A group of five employees from the Tenth Avenue and Sasamat branch wanted […]

Feb 19, 1998

Math goes to work for B.C.’s major industries

The UBC-based Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) will apply high-level mathematical methods to help develop B.C.’s major industries, thanks to recently announced funding from the provincial Information, Science […]

Feb 19, 1998

Commuters asked to leave cars March 4

On March 4th, march forth! That’s the message Gord Lovegrove, UBC’s director of Transportation Planning, is putting out to the campus community. Lovegrove is asking everyone who normally comes to […]

Feb 19, 1998

UBC Reports Calendar for 98-02-19

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from February 22 through March 7, 1998. UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from […]

Feb 19, 1998

Trade, computer experts take top research prizes

James Brander, a professor in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, and Computer Science Assoc. Prof. Jack Snoeyink have been awarded UBC’s top research prizes for 1997. Brander, whose […]

Feb 19, 1998

Dental clinic hits the road to care for aged

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer With dental equipment worth thousands of dollars resting in the back seat, Asst. Prof. Michele Williams doesn’t bring the big white van to any sudden […]

Feb 19, 1998

Exhaustive data proves global fisheries in crisis

by Sean Kelly Staff writer Fisheries Centre Prof. Daniel Pauly has hard evidence to back up what many scientists have long suspected — marine fisheries are in a global crisis. […]

Feb 19, 1998

Demand for university grads not being met

British Columbia is providing enough vocational and technical training, but not enough university education. That’s the conclusion of a recent study by Economics Prof. Robert Allen on the demand and […]

Feb 19, 1998

AMS head set to tackle threats to education

by Sean Kelly Staff writer Student debts, government funding and campus events are on the agenda of the newly elected president of the Alma Mater Society (AMS). Second-year Arts student […]

Feb 19, 1998

UBC Reports Profile for 98-02-19

Schooling with dolphins Kathy Heise searches for what’s bringing the dolphins back by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer Last summer, Kathy Heise came a little too close to becoming part of […]

Feb 19, 1998