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UBC News Digest

The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line. Apr. 24, […]

Apr 24, 2003

UBC genetic counsellors help patients cope with defective DNA

While scientists worldwide celebrate this week’s 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, many people are receiving nasty news about their own genetic mutations. What happens after the doctor breaks […]

Apr 24, 2003

DNA turns 50: UBC researchers share insights on impact of double helix

When James Watson and Francis Crick discovered DNA 50 years ago this week, they triggered a new era in science. The following are some DNA anniversary story ideas that highlight […]

Apr 23, 2003

Commonwealth head to discuss international trade issues at HSBC lecture series

The Right Honourable Don McKinnon, secretary general of the Commonwealth, an organization of 54 member countries representing more than one quarter of the world’s population, will inaugurate the HSBC Visiting […]

Apr 15, 2003

Get moving or get sick: UBC project targets chronic disease factors in kids

A new project led by UBC Human Kinetics Assoc. Prof. Heather McKay intends to get school-aged children moving and reduce chronic disease outcomes such as obesity, osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. […]

Apr 15, 2003

UBC News Digest

The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line. Apr. 10, […]

Apr 10, 2003

UBC study points to bacteria – not toxic gases – as possible cause of baby death

UBC study points to bacteria — not toxic gases — as possible cause of baby death A new study conducted by researchers in UBC’s Chemistry Department has found that sheepskin […]

Apr 10, 2003

UBC launches Canada’s largest campus energy and water efficiency program

ECOTrek initiative will save university $2.5 million annually UBC today officially launched a $35.2 million project to upgrade and retrofit campus buildings with the signing of a contract with MCW […]

Apr 8, 2003

Torturing the Taliban not the Answer

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 They’ll talk but it may not be the truth By Erica Smishek The U.S. government’s recent capture of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the operational head of al-Qaeda, […]

Apr 3, 2003

UBC researchers help women make critical decision

Women struggling with the decision to undergo preventive mastectomy may soon have a new guide to help them, thanks to researchers at the University of British Columbia. UBC School of […]

Apr 3, 2003

War…What is it Good for?

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 War…What is it Good for? UBC political scientist searches for answers By Erica Smishek As the world bears witness to the American and British-led attack on […]

Apr 3, 2003

A New Thunderbird Will Rise Again on Campus

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Totem creates a more welcoming environment for aboriginals By Brian Lin UBC is about to launch a fundraising campaign to erect a new Thunderbird totem pole. […]

Apr 3, 2003

Vol. 49 | No. 4

Current events like the war in Iraq have an enormous impact on the research and in the classrooms of Allen Sens, senior instructor in the Department of Political Science and […]

Apr 3, 2003

Meet UBC’s Top Scholars

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 By Hilary Thomson Twenty students have been named Wesbrook Scholars for outstanding achievement among undergraduates. Among them are a Rhodes scholar, three triathletes, pianists, dancers, national […]

Apr 3, 2003

Who Iz Nardwuar The Human Serviette?

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Who Iz Nardwuar The Human Serviette? He’s MuchMusic TV’s guerrilla interviewer Ed.’s Note: If you are a celebrity, you might call him a scourge. He would […]

Apr 3, 2003

Artist and Politician Among Honorary Degree Recipients

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 A B.C. hereditary chief, a former B.C. deputy premier and an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist are among the 11 individuals who will receive honorary degrees from […]

Apr 3, 2003

High Tech Exercise Offers Overweight Kids New Hope

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 New program first of its kind By Hilary Thomson They can be found standing on the sidelines in gym class, shifting from foot to foot in […]

Apr 3, 2003

Choosing to Surgically Remove a Healthy Breast Can be a Life or Death Decision

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 UBC nurses are testing a new guide to make that decision easier By Hilary Thomson It’s like facing a loaded gun every day of your life. […]

Apr 3, 2003

UBC Serves up its First Cooking Class

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 Reporter tangles with duck By Michelle Cook Fifteen minutes into my first French cooking class, I learned that de-boning a raw duck is a lot harder […]

Apr 3, 2003

Aboriginal Health Institute Names First Director

UBC Reports | Vol. 49 | No. 4 | Apr. 3, 2003 By Hilary Thomson UBC alumnus Eduardo Jovel has been named the first director of the Institute for Aboriginal Health (IAH). An ethnobotanist who came to Canada […]

Apr 3, 2003