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`Mini-university’ builds bridges for 50 years

by Bruce Mason Staff writer UBC’s Faculty of Graduate Studies was ahead of its time when it was officially approved by Senate in 1949. As the faculty celebrates 50 years […]

Oct 14, 1999

Creativity, courage define top teacher

by Andy Poon Staff writer Zoology Assoc. Prof. Lee Gass is one of 10 Canadian university educators named as 3M Teaching Fellows this year. “My responsibility is for students to […]

Oct 14, 1999

Three earn Science Council honours

Three members of the UBC community will be honoured at the 1999 B.C. Science and Technology Awards Dinner at Vancouver’s Hyatt Regency Hotel Oct. 18. Charles Laszlo, professor emeritus in […]

Oct 14, 1999

Lab on edge to make sense of leading IT tools

Marketing professionals grappling with mountains of customer information welcome information technology that helps them make sense of what customers want, but finding people with the skills to use these tools […]

Oct 14, 1999

Rivalry spurs Internet banking spurt: survey

A Commerce professor has discovered that North American banks and credit unions rate what their competitors are doing as one of the most important factors in deciding whether to boost […]

Oct 14, 1999

Reminder: UBC holds second annual general meeting in downtown Vancouver

Event: Annual General Meeting Date: Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999 Time: Coffee, displays, 10 a.m. Presentation, 11 a.m. – 12 noon Place: Waterfront Centre Hotel, Waterfront Ballroom, 900 Canada Place Way […]

Oct 13, 1999

Nobel laureates to celebrate medical science at UBC

Date: Monday, Oct. 18, 1999 Time: 9 a.m – 4:30 p.m. Place: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Rd. Parking: Rose Garden Parkade between Gate 3 and Gate […]

Oct 12, 1999

UBC Faculty of Medicine announces new Centre of Excellence for Surgical Education

UBC’s Faculty of Medicine is announcing an innovative new initiative for surgical teaching today. The Centre of Excellence for Surgical Education will support research and medical education using state-of-the art […]

Oct 8, 1999

UBC reports back to the public at second annual general meeting

Event: Annual General Meeting Date: Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999 Time: Coffee, displays, 10 a.m; presentation, 11 a.m. – 12 noon Place: Waterfront Centre Hotel, Waterfront Ballroom, 900 Canada Place Way […]

Oct 7, 1999

Hire education: UBC’s new Arts Co-op is working

A Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia isn’t what it used to be. A unique new Arts Co-op program signals radical change in the university’s largest faculty. […]

Oct 5, 1999

UBC experts have new angles on the millennium

The millennium is rapidly approaching and as the countdown to 2000 quickens so does our curiosity. People around the world are pondering the past and the future like never before. […]

Oct 4, 1999