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UBC faculty members make the grade

Graduation of a different sort comes on April 8 for 10 University of British Columbia faculty members who are the first-ever class to complete the UBC Certificate Program on Teaching […]

UBC health research gets boost from B.C. grants

Fifty-six University of British Columbia research projects have received more than $2 million in grants from the B.C. Health Research Foundation (BCHRF) in a recent funding competition. “This funding recognizes […]

UBC experts examine provincial budget issues

Finance Minister Joy MacPhail will present the provincial budget on Tuesday, March 30. Faculty at the University of British Columbia have expertise in a number of key areas related to […]

Oyster River Research Farm transition continues

UBC’s Faculty of Agricultural Sciences will support an Intensive Grazing Seasonal Production trial currently being proposed for the Oyster River Research Farm during the consolidation of the faculty’s dairy cattle […]

UBC students drive into their future at auto show

Vancouver’s Pacific International Auto and Light Truck Show is the first pit-stop for a team of 10 UBC Mechanical and Electrical Engineering students revving up for the Formula Society of […]

vol. 45, issue 6

UBC Authors 1998 . News Digest . Bug busters . People . Forum . Letters to the Editor . Calendar Math scholar one of two to win Sloan prize Jingyi […]

Science and media: bridging the gulf

by Eve Savory Eve Savory, a documentary science and environment journalist with CBC TV’s The National and a graduate of UBC’s Faculty of Arts, is the recent recipient of UBC’s […]

Underfunding not good news, says researcher

Editor: I am disturbed by the discordance between the headline “Medical researchers garner MRC millions” (UBC Reports, Feb. 18) and the substance of the article which is that only 15 […]

UBC Reports People for 99-03-18

Michael Weiss has been appointed director of the English Language Institute (ELI) at UBC. A former principal of Columbia College, an independent academic college in Vancouver, Weiss has many years […]

Mandakranta Bose

The World My Mother Gave Me Prof. Mandakranta Bose, the director of the Intercultural Studies in Asia program in the Faculty of Graduate Studies has produced this volume of essays […]

Stephen Chatman

Due West, Blues & Bells, Greater Love, In Flanders Fields, Rose-Cheek’d Laura (musical scores); Creatures of Earth and Sky (CD) Among the beautiful music created recently by Music Prof. Stephen […]

Julie Cruikshank

The Social Life of Stories: Narrative and Knowledge in the Yukon Territory Anthropology Prof. Julie Cruikshank has written an illuminating and theoretically sophisticated study of indigenous oral narratives. It is […]

UBC Reports :: Gelmon

Drs. Karen Gelmon, Ivo Olivotto, Urva Kuusk Breast Cancer: All you need to know to take an active part in your treatment This updated second edition of an easy-to-read self-help […]

John Helliwell

How Much Do National Borders Matter? Economics Prof. John Helliwell challenges the popular perception that the world has become so globalized there is no economic importance left to national borders. […]

Raymond Lam

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Beyond: Light Treatment for SAD and Non-SAD Conditions Dr. Raymond Lam, director of the Mood Disorders Clinic at UBC Hospital, looks at the use of light […]

List of UBC Authors 1998

ACORN, SONIA and PENNY OFFER, eds. Living with brain injury: a guide for families and caregivers. Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1998. AMUNDSON, NORMAN E. Active engagement: enhancing the career […]

Brian McIlroy

Shooting to Kill: Filmmaking and the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland Assoc. Prof. Brian McIlroy, chair of UBC’s Film Program, critically examines the treatment of Northern Ireland’s “troubles” portrayed in films […]

Daniel Pauly

FishBase 98 (CD-ROM, concepts, design and data sources) The fourth edition of the only computerized encyclopedia of fish has key data on the biology of every known species in the […]

Part-time degree aimed at top real estate executives

A Bachelor of Business in Real Estate (BBRE), a new undergraduate degree designed to create a standard of education for the real estate industry, has been approved by the UBC […]

Experts probe Valdez spill’s 10-year legacy

by Bruce Mason Staff writer Just after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil spill seized world attention. As the 10th anniversary of the Alaskan ecological disaster approaches, […]