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UBC This Week | Mar. 30, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site UBC Sustainability Office: www.sustain.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. UBC This […]

Mar 30, 2006

B.C. Entrepreneur and Mystery Writer Among Those With UBC Honorary Degrees

A medical law professor who’s also a mystery writer, a B.C. entrepreneur and an Alberta university president are among the eight individuals who will receive UBC honorary degrees at Spring […]

Mar 30, 2006

UBC Bacterial Disease Expert Earns Canada’s Top Career Achievement Award

A University of British Columbia expert in bacterial diseases, who is leading global initiatives to combat SARS and other lethal, drug resistant infections — including an e.coli vaccine for cattle […]

Mar 27, 2006

UBC This Week | Mar. 23, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site UBC Press : www.ubcpress.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. UBC This […]

Mar 23, 2006

University of British Columbia Names New President

A scholar specializing in human rights, public international law and international relations has been appointed the 12th president and vice-chancellor of The University of British Columbia. Stephen Toope, president of […]

Mar 22, 2006

Election Peru: UBC Expert’s Weblog Makes Issues Accessible to Peruvians in Real Time

Peruvians will head to the voting polls April 9 and University of British Columbia Political Science Prof. Maxwell A. Cameron will be available to comment on leading candidates and election […]

Mar 22, 2006

UBC Creator of First Drug for Most Common Cause of Blindness Wins Top Canadian Science Prize

A University of British Columbia Chemistry researcher and creator of one of the world’s most successful eye disease treatments has been awarded the 2005 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for […]

Mar 21, 2006

UBC Students Celebrate International Week

Event: UBC students celebrate international learning through film, food, dance, drama and a career fairs at International Week 2006 – AkSents www.students.ubc.ca/international/involved.cfm?page=week Date/Time: March 20 – 24 Place: At various […]

Mar 17, 2006

UBC This Week | Mar. 16, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site UBC Teaching and Academic Growth: www.tag.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. […]

Mar 16, 2006

Scientists Identify Unexpected Source of “Good Cholesterol”

Scientists at the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics have provided the first definitive proof that the intestine, together with the liver, produce nearly all of […]

Mar 16, 2006

University Boulevard Design Wins Prestigious Award

The design for UBC’s University Boulevard and University Square has received the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2006 Institute Honour Award for Regional and Urban Design. “This is a very […]

Mar 13, 2006

$10.6M UBC Lab to Research Global Ecological Issues

A new UBC research facility will help international decision-makers address global environmental matters such as depleting fish stocks. The $10.6 million, 4,200-sq.-metre Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) was officially opened […]

Mar 10, 2006

UBC Gains $5 Million for Hi-tech Oral Health Centre

A $5-million gift from a world leader in esthetic dental products to the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Dentistry will be recognized with the naming of a new oral […]

Mar 9, 2006

UBC This Week | Mar. 9, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site UBC Celebrate Research: www.research.ubc.ca/celebrateresearch UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event hightlights. UBC This […]

Mar 9, 2006

Fisheries Simulation Lab and Killer Whale Skeleton to be Showcased at Building Opening

Event : Official opening of the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) Date/Time : Friday, March 10, 10-11 a.m. Media Tour begins at 9 a.m. Place : 2202 Main Mall, UBC […]

Mar 9, 2006

UBC This Week | Mar. 3, 2006

UBC Feature Web Site The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC: www.chancentre.com. UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases […]

Mar 3, 2006

Vol. 52 | No. 3

UBC’s Pasha Bains has lit up scoreboards since returning to play basketball in Canada – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 3 | Mar. 2, […]

Mar 2, 2006

Innovative Multi-professional Health Clinic Opens at UBC

Comprehensive health care and an innovative teaching resource will soon be available at the University of British Columbia when the UBC Health Clinic officially opens March 6 in the new […]

Mar 2, 2006

Okanagan’s Lost Trestles Rise Again

UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 3 | Mar. 2, 2006 Canadian historic site to get help from UBC Okanagan researchers By Bud Mortenson Researchers at UBC Okanagan hope […]

Mar 2, 2006

Weeklong Activities Reflect Scope of UBC Research

Investigators will showcase creativity and problem solving — symbolized by the astrolab, an ancient astronomical computer – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 3 | […]

Mar 2, 2006