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Recent UBC Media Releases
- Jan. 15: Multimillion-dollar
boost at UBC to help B.C. pulp industry cut energy costs by
20 per cent
Upcoming Event Highlights
- Jan. 19-20: Women’s
ice hockey at Minoru Arena - Jan. 23: The
Glory of the Violin - Jan. 24: Buddhism
and Contemporary Society Program Lecture Series: Asian Buddhism
and Western Converts: Conflicts, Assimilations, and Beyond - Jan. 24-Feb. 3: BIG
LOVE
Find out what else is happening at UBC
this week. For sports events, visit the UBC Athletics site
at www.gothunderbirds.ca/schedule.asp.
UBC People
- Principal pro tem announced for College
for Interdisciplinary Studies - Faculty of Medicine award recipients
- UBC garners three silver CASE awards
UBC People
Principal pro tem announced for College
for Interdisciplinary Studies
Douw Steyn has been named as Principal pro
tem of the College for Interdisciplinary Studies, an extension
of his current role as Assoc. Dean with the Faculty of Graduate
Studies interdisciplinary units. The appointment is until Feb.
2007.
Steyn is a professor in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
and has served UBC as Director of the Science One Program and
Chair of the Atmospheric Science Program. He is one of Canada’s
best-known air pollution meteorologists, and is internationally
recognized for his work on urban and region air pollution, and
the meteorological and chemical processes leading to degraded
air quality in regions of complex coastline and topography.
His research, which is richly supported by NSERC and CFCAS, involves
both field measurement and numerical modelling of air pollution
and associated meteorological phenomena. He is also well-known
for his wide-ranging studies of the climatology and dynamics of
sea breezes.
After more than two years of consultations, all interdisciplinary
units and interdisciplinary academic programs presently located
in the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FoGS) will be transferred
to the College, leaving FoGS to concentrate its activities on
the support of UBC graduate programs and graduate students.
Faculty of Medicine award recipients
Dr. Wan Lam, professor in the Department of
Pathology and Laboratory Science and Senior Scientist at the BC
Cancer Agency, is the recipient of the National Cancer Institute
of Canada / Canadian Cancer Society William E. Rawls Prize. The
award honours a young investigator whose work has led to important
advances in cancer control.
Assoc. Prof. of Medical Genetics Dr. Steven Jones has
received an Early Career Scholar Award in the senior category
from the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies.
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dr. Ian
MacKenzie has been awarded the Royal College Visiting
Professorship in Medical Research by the Royal College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Canada.
UBC garners three silver CASE awards
In the annual Council for the Advancement and Support of Education
(CASE) awards among North American universities, a selection of
UBC campaigns and publications were recognized for institutional
excellence in marketing and communications.
- UBC’s alumni publication, Trek Magazine,
was awarded silver in a competition among peer publications
from institutions in Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and
Western Canada. The magazines were judged on appropriateness
of content, design, and for their effectiveness as assessed
by alumni and the institution. A 2005 survey of UBC alumni
indicated that more than 70 per cent of readers considered Trek to be good or excellent. www.alumni.ubc.ca
- As a compilation of the year’s top UBC stories as told
through the headlines of the world’s media, the Year
in Review (YIR) publication and campaign received
a silver award. The supporting campaign included mailings
to high school counselors, elected officials and American
and Canadian academics, as well as an on-line version, supporting
website and advertisements. YIR was also inserted in key publications
such as the 2005/06 UBC Annual Report.
- The World Urban Forum campaign was awarded
silver in the 2007 CASE Awards. Hosted by the Government of
Canada in partnership with UN-HABITAT and co-organized by
UBC, the June 2006 event was preceded by a newspaper ad campaign,
media coverage, an on-site multi-media display, and a WUF
website promoting public events, workshops and a link to the
UBC-created eco-footprint calculator.
