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UBC experts offer sage seasonal advice

Hark! UBC experts herald the holiday season with expertise on everything from puppies to politics. Internet great tool for Christmas bargain hunters The countdown to Christmas has begun for retailers […]

Dec 8, 1999

New UBC research centre to boost B.C. wine

Add British Columbia to the world’s wine-producing regions which benefit from a major research university. The B.C. Wine Research Centre (BC WRC) at UBC has been established to address all […]

Dec 6, 1999

UBC, Science World launch after-school learning program

Kids will turf their textbooks and get their hands on Frisbees, parachutes and bicycle gears in a new after-school science program created by University of British Columbia Assoc. Prof. Niamh […]

Nov 30, 1999

UBC Reports Calendar for 99-11-25

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from Month DD through Month DD, 1999. The previous calendar is also available. […]

Nov 25, 1999

Travel puts pH in PhD for Chemistry graduate

by Andy Poon Staff writer After nine straight years of post-secondary education, PhD student Philip Britz-McKibbin will mark the end of his academic journey at this month’s Fall Congregation and […]

Nov 25, 1999

UBC Reports Digest for 99-11-25

UBC’s Institute for European Studies (IES) and Pacific Cinémathèque have again joined forces to bring the European Union Film Festival to Vancouver. The festival features one entry chosen by each […]

Nov 25, 1999

vol. 45, issue 20

Fall Congregation . News Digest . People . Calendar Graduate explores genetic test’s effects It’s highly unusual for a large crowd to attend and applaud a PhD defence, but more […]

Nov 25, 1999

UBC Reports People for 99-11-25

Dr. Bruce Fleming has been named associate dean, Student Affairs, in the Faculty of Medicine. A UBC graduate, Fleming is a specialist in emergency medicine and instructs both the trauma […]

Nov 25, 1999

Past honourees featured on Web page

Have you ever wondered who has received honorary degrees from UBC and why? The answer is only as far away as your nearest Internet connection. A joint project undertaken by […]

Nov 25, 1999

Graduate explores genetic test’s effects

by Bruce Mason Staff writer It’s highly unusual for a large crowd to attend and applaud a PhD defence, but more than 50 people were present when Sue Cox defended […]

Nov 25, 1999

Cut waste, earn points: challenge

In a bid to raise awareness and encourage environmentally sustainable practices across campus, academic and operational units will compete to attach their names to two new student scholarships. The scholarships […]

Nov 25, 1999

Plan to solve cliff erosion in works

A UBC-led effort to find long-term solutions to the steady erosion of the porous sandstone and silt cliffs along the tip of the Point Grey peninsula has emerged from public […]

Nov 25, 1999

Coast forests’ role in world climate studied

by Bruce Mason Staff writer Elyn Humphreys looks forward to climbing a 45-metre tower above the tree canopy of a mature second-growth Douglas fir forest near Campbell River, B.C. There […]

Nov 25, 1999

Samarasekera at helm as new V-P, Research

Metals and Materials Engineering Prof. Indira Samarasekera, director of UBC’s Centre for Metallurgical Process Engineering and university co-ordinator for the Canada Foundation for Innovation, has been named vice-president, Research. “Indira […]

Nov 25, 1999

Health research pays back province: report

The dividends — economic and social — of the $62.8 million UBC’s Faculty of Medicine and the affiliated teaching hospitals succeeded in getting for research this year have been outlined […]

Nov 25, 1999

Supreme Court justice, economist earn degrees

Canada’s Chief Justice Antonio Lamer, and one of Canada’s leading economists, Richard Lipsey, will receive honorary degrees from the university at Fall Congregation Nov. 25. Lamer’s appointment to the Supreme […]

Nov 25, 1999

Televised surgery places students on cutting edge

Surgical teaching in UBC’s Faculty of Medicine will soon be using state-of-the-art electronics thanks to an innovative new facility called the Centre of Excellence for Surgical Education. The centre will […]

Nov 25, 1999

Web site revamped to improve access

The university’s main Web site at www.ubc.ca has a new look and feel. The redesign is the initial phase of a larger and more comprehensive project to radically reshape the […]

Nov 25, 1999

Bookstore gives part of proceeds to United Way

Thinking of buying books for holiday gifts? If you do your shopping on Saturday, Dec. 4 at the UBC Bookstore, you can pick up some great presents and contribute to […]

Nov 25, 1999

Electronic Arts head named Great Trekker

One of Canada’s leading marketing managers who has contributed to the success of companies ranging from produce growers to software manufacturers has been named the 1999 recipient of the Great […]

Nov 25, 1999