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The University of British Columbia will grow by more than 3,500 students, when its new Okanagan campus opens in Kelowna next week. They will join 43,000 students at UBC’s Vancouver […]
Aug 31, 2005
UBC researchers are taking daylight saving to a new level by literally moving sunlight to illuminate large areas of office space. Physicists from the UBC Structured Surface Physics Lab have […]
Aug 23, 2005
The University of British Columbia Board of Governors has approved the appointment of Blaize Horner Reich as Dean of the UBC Okanagan Faculty of Management, effective January 1, 2006. “We […]
Aug 16, 2005
UBC has earned a top ranking among North American universities in a survey of U.S. patents issued in 2004. Published in the June 20, 2005 issue of The Scientist magazine, […]
Aug 15, 2005
Current methods of teaching fishermen about capsize prevention aren’t effective, says Roger Boshier, a University of British Columbia professor who on the anniversary of the 2002 Cap Rouge II capsize […]
Aug 9, 2005
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 UBC Okanagan opens its doors in September By Bud Mortenson The creation of a UBC campus in Kelowna […]
Aug 4, 2005
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 Effective October 1, 2005 Science Dean John Hepburn succeeds Dr. Indira Samarasekera, who was selected as President of […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 Trudeau Scholar challenges the notion that scientific data alone should guide the way we live By Lorraine Chan […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 By Bud Mortenson UBC Okanagan’s bold new academic plan emphasizes “excellence at all times and in all things” […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 By Bud Mortenson Imagine more than 15 million transistors packed onto a wafer the size of a thumbnail. […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 Unique robotic jaw will advance speech research By Brian Lin A group of UBC researchers have developed a […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 First Nations inspired Gathering Place proposed at entrance By Ai Lin Choo Picture standing in a glass-walled atrium […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 Outside-the-box thinking behind new faculty By Bud Mortenson A different school of thought is taking shape at UBC […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 New literacy software delivers “amazing” results among Vancouver grade schoolers who speak English as a second language By […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in July 2005 Compiled by Ai Lin Choo New Test for Psychopathic Bosses […]
Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray (L) and UBC Okanagan Deputy Vice-Chancellor Barry McBride – photo by Tim Swanky UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 8 | Aug. 4, 2005 When […]
Event: Students in summer engineering physics course design robots to compete in a “Bot the Builder” competition Date / Time: Thursday, August 4, 2005, 10 a.m. – 12 noon. Place: […]
Aug 3, 2005
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