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Happy Fifth Birthday: UBC Learning Exchange

UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 When UBC launched the Learning Exchange in 1999, 30 students signed up to do volunteer work in Downtown […]

3-D Gaming Brings Classics to Life

Michael Griffin envisions students creating and sharing 3-D virtual models of ancient Rome or Greece – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. […]

Institute Makes Grad Studies More Accessible

UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 By Bud Mortenson Indigenous studies courses will form the core of a new summer institute for graduate students […]

UBC Okanagan Geographer Earns Portugal’s Highest Honour

UBC Okanagan social geographer Jose Carlos Teixeira – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 By Bud Mortenson “My father asked […]

Indigenous Teacher Education Planned for Okanagan

UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 By Bud Mortenson They’ve gathered input from indigenous education experts in New Zealand, Australia, Labrador, and B.C.’s Okanagan […]

Marijuana and Youth Culture

Teen’s perspective on their use of marijuana is the focus of a B.C.- wide study – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. […]

Boom or Bust: Hard on Health of Mining Communities

UBC Bridge Program student Silvana Costa – photo courtesy of Min. of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 A […]

The Purr-fect Touch

Computer science prof. Karon MacLean and PhD student Steve Yohanan – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 Robotic “cat” helps […]

Quarter Century Club

UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 A total of 32 UBC faculty members were recognized at this year’s Quarter Century Club annual dinner, held […]

Do Library Robots Dream of Electronic Books?

UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 Do Library Robots Dream of Electronic Books? By Lorraine Chan Canada’s first and North America’s largest library robot […]

A Better Way to Share Patient Information

UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 $1.2 m grant establishes first Canadian inter-professional health network in B.C. By Ai Lin Choo Days after her […]

Technology Could Transform Urban Landscape for Disabled

The Bluetooth universal remote invented by a team of UBC engineering students – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 By […]

Not Your Ordinary Tool Shed

Grandview Elementary students dig the tool shed foundation in the school’s community garden – photo by Chloe Lewis UBC Reports | Vol. 51 | No. 10 | Oct. 6, 2005 […]

UBC Students Build Space Elevator for NASA Competition

“Beam me up, Scotty!” isn’t just a science fiction fantasy, at least not according to a group of UBC engineering physics students, who have built a space elevator capable of […]

Canada’s First Library Robot Serves Phase One of Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Canada’s first and North America’s largest library robot is a key feature in the first phase of the $68 million Irving K. Barber Learning Centre opening today at the University […]

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. Sep. 23, […]

Real Estate Leader Bob Lee and UBC Announce a $15 Million Boost to Graduate Programs at the Sauder School of Business

The University of British Columbia today announces a major gift of $15 million in support of graduate education at the Sauder School of Business. The commitment is led by an […]

UBC’s Fred Kaiser Building Opens, Engineering Expands

Engineering teaching and research dramatically expands with the new Fred Kaiser Building at UBC. With $22 million in funding from the provincial government and a $4-million donation from the Kaiser […]

New UBC Residential Construction Leads Market in Green Building Practices

UBC’s latest residential apartment project, Clement’s Green, is a leading example of the university’s commitment to green building standards in the emerging live-work community of University Town. The four storey, […]

Scotiabank’s $750,000 Gift Fosters Global Links for Canadian and Mexican Students

More Canadian and Mexican students can forge international links thanks to a Scotiabank gift of $750,000 to the University of British Columbia and The Monterrey Institute of Technology University System […]