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Millennium musings abound at UBC

With only weeks to go before the new millennium, interest is building in what lies ahead. UBC historians, teachers and researchers are available to share their thoughts on this turning […]

Nov 25, 1999

Canada’s chief justice, leading economist to receive honorary degrees from UBC

Event: UBC Fall Congregation Date: Nov. 25-26, 1999 Time: 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. both days Place: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6256 Crescent Road Parking: […]

Nov 22, 1999

Global expert to fuel food policy debates

Event: Free Public Lecture Date: Wednesday, Nov. 24 Time: 12:30 p.m. Place: Peter Wall Institute, University Centre, 6331 Crescent Rd., UBC Parking: Pay parking is available at the Rose Garden […]

Nov 22, 1999

UBC names new vice-president, Research

An international award-winning researcher, Prof. Indira Samarasekera, has been named vice-president, Research at the University of British Columbia. “Indira has an innovative mind and is a well-recognized spokesperson for the […]

Nov 18, 1999

Public invited to review commercial developments

Commercial developments proposed for the UBC campus will get a public airing at two meetings to take place at the Asian Centre on campus on Nov. 25. Eight areas identified […]

Nov 15, 1999

UBC Reports Calendar for 99-11-11

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from Nov. 14 through Nov. 27, 1999. The previous calendar is also available. […]

Nov 11, 1999

Opportunities, environment attract faculty

New researchers, teachers make the move UBC continues to attract its share of outstanding professors. Forty-eight new tenure-track and tenured faculty members have been appointed this term in 10 faculties, […]

Nov 11, 1999

vol. 45, issue 19

Nov. 25: Public Information Meeting: Comprehensive Community Plan for the UBC Campus Feature: New faculty . Offbeat . People . Letters to the Editor . Calendar UBC rises to second […]

Nov 11, 1999

Avoid slurs, Math professor suggests

Editor: The profile on Peter Raabe (Oct. 14, UBC Reports) is a well deserved and well written tribute. It should be pointed out, though, that in an honest effort at […]

Nov 11, 1999

UBC Reports Offbeat for 99-11-11

Are you a big loser? If so, the staff of UBC’s Lost and Found office wants to hear from you. The office, located in the dark recesses of War Memorial […]

Nov 11, 1999

UBC Reports People for 99-11-11

For the second year in a row, three UBC writers have been nominated for Governor General’s Literary Awards. Keith Maillard, an associate professor in Creative Writing, has been nominated for […]

Nov 11, 1999

`Manly Tales’ bring sexuality out of closet for students

by Hilary Thomson Staff writer When they weren’t hooting and howling, almost 300 Totem Park residents sat in hushed concentration as they listened to sketches about love, sex and stereotypes […]

Nov 11, 1999

Research lures $15 million plus in funding

Nine UBC projects have received more than $15 million in capital funding thanks to a combination of federal monies, matching provincial funds and support from a donation made by UBC […]

Nov 11, 1999

Major award to attract leading playwrights

UBC’s Dept. of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing has established a Creative Writing Residency Prize in Stageplay. The biennial prize, worth $25,000, is the most generous of its kind in […]

Nov 11, 1999

UBC Reports :: O-Lost

Are you a big loser? If so, the staff of UBC’s Lost and Found office wants to hear from you. The office, located in the dark recesses of War Memorial […]

Nov 11, 1999

UBC rises to second in Maclean’s ranking

UBC has moved up to second position in overall rankings of Canada’s medical/doctoral universities according to the annual survey recently published in Maclean’s magazine. “We are delighted that UBC’s excellence […]

Nov 11, 1999

Museum to examine Reid’s legacy in forum

UBC is staging a public forum which will inform the international debate raging over the work of one of Canada’s most important artists. The two-day symposium to be held Nov. […]

Nov 11, 1999

Giving to campaign a habit says donor

UBC staff member Cia Harms won’t let anything break her habit of giving to the United Way campaign each year. “I feel it is the least that I can do […]

Nov 11, 1999

Proposed commercial core up for discussion

Commercial developments proposed for the UBC campus will get a public airing at two meetings scheduled to take place at the Asian Centre on Nov. 25. In total, eight areas […]

Nov 11, 1999

Health-care researcher diagnoses community care in free UBC public lecture

Event: John F. McCreary Lecture Date: Thurs. Nov. 18 Time: 12:30-1:45 p.m. Place: Instructional Resource Centre, lecture hall 4, 2194 Health Sciences Mall Parking: Available in the Health Sciences Parkade. […]

Nov 10, 1999