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by Hilary Thomson Staff writer If you looked up lifelong learning in the dictionary, it could well read “See Jo Gardner.” Gardner started her educational journey in 1947 with a […]
May 21, 1998
President’s Message . Graduates contribute to community . Milestones Goal-setting grads never stop learning If you looked up lifelong learning in the dictionary, it could well read “See Jo Gardner.” […]
Cantonese-speaking cop gets degree John Cameron — law graduate and 10-year veteran of the Vancouver City police force — was walking the beat in Chinatown one day when he saw […]
The UBC Alumni Association has named 11 outstanding individuals — students, business leaders, academics and physicians among them — as winners of its annual awards. The winners of the Alumni […]
More than 170,000 people have graduated from UBC since it opened its doors in 1915. According to the Alumni Association’s 1998 figures, most alumni continue to live and work in […]
by Gavin Wilson Staff writer As anyone who is concerned with protecting the environment should, Kim Hendess thinks globally and acts locally. A Political Science graduate who is interested in […]
As graduating students and visitors stroll through campus during the week of Spring Congregation, they’ll be greeted periodically by the sound of carillon chimes ringing out from the Ladner Clock […]
by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer Samuel Chow can trace his passion for science back to a university-based summer camp he attended while in a Port Moody elementary school. There, he […]
by Stephen Forgacs Staff writer In the space of a few years, Brad Collins has gone from investigating the darker side of human behavior — as a fraud investigator with […]
by Gavin Wilson Staff writer There’s a room in the Cherry household of Richmond devoted entirely to the trophies, scholarships and other accolades won by their three daughters — all […]
by Gavin Wilson Staff writer When John Dykstra broke his neck in a 1995 diving accident, doctors told the Chilliwack native he’d never walk again. But the six-foot-three basketball player […]
by Hilary Thomson Staff writer It was Elvis Presley who started Diane Fredrikson on the instrument she credits with helping her through medical school. Inspired by her rock and roll […]
Event: UBC Spring Congregation Dates/Times: Sunday, May 24 at 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., and 6:30 p.m.; Monday, May 25 to Friday, May 29 at 8:30 a.m., 11 am., 2:30 p.m. […]
May 20, 1998
From women’s lib to corporate downsizing, staff at the University of British Columbia’s Women’s Resources Centre on Robson Street have a lot to look back on as they celebrate 25 […]
May 19, 1998
University of British Columbia cancer researchers will be investigating issues ranging from drug therapies to discouraging teen tobacco use thanks to funding of more than $2.35 million recently announced by […]
University of British Columbia President Martha Piper will receive an honorary degree from McGill University on May 27. Piper received a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill in 1979. […]
May 14, 1998
Both the Chinese Cultural Revolution and the culture shock of moving to Canada created hardship for artist Gu Xiong, but he has used these experiences as inspiration for much of […]
May 7, 1998
Event: UBC Spring Congregation Dates/Times: Sunday, May 24 at 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.; Monday, May 25 to Friday, May 29 at 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m. […]
May 5, 1998
UBC researchers are sending zooplankton, tiny animals near the bottom of the ocean food chain, into orbit in a quest to gain a better understanding of the world’s oceans’ ability […]
May 4, 1998
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