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UBC Feature Web Site UBC Food Services: www.food.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This […]
May 31, 2007
A team of University of British Columbia researchers has contributed to the greatest advancement in superconductor research in a decade by “growing” the purest samples of superconductors to date. Superconductors […]
Event: UBC’s Euclid Math Day Date: Thursday, May 31, 2007 Media Opportunities: Awards Lunch: Noon – 2:30 p.m., Cecil Green Park House, 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver Afternoon activity: […]
May 30, 2007
UBC gained $46.4 million in federal research support for 631 science and engineering projects, earning second place among Canadian universities in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s […]
May 29, 2007
The University of British Columbia will gain research strength in experimental bioinformatics and neuroethics with the appointment of two investigators to the university as Canada Research Chairs. The UBC positions […]
May 28, 2007
UBC Feature Web Site UBC Attractions: www.attractions.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This Week […]
May 24, 2007
[News editors: UBC provides ISDN lines for radio interviews and a TV studio with fibre optic access to facilitate double-ender interviews.] At four months, babies can tell whether a speaker […]
The University of British Columbia Board of Governors has approved the appointment of David Farrar as Provost and Vice President, Academic. “As the senior academic administrator overseeing UBC’s teaching mission, […]
May 23, 2007
Event: UBC Vancouver Spring Congregation Dates / Times: 8:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on: Wednesday, May 23 Thursday, May 24 Friday, May 25 Monday, May 28 […]
May 22, 2007
May 18, 2007
UBC Feature Web Site UBC Spring Congregation: www.graduation.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This […]
May 17, 2007
The quickest way for longtime couples to rekindle romance may be to pretend they’re strangers, according to a University of British Columbia psychology study. By acting as if they’re on […]
May 16, 2007
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) teens in B.C. experience greater levels of violence and more health challenges than heterosexual teens, according to a report released by Vancouver-based McCreary Centre Society […]
May 15, 2007
A University of British Columbia professor who argued—long before it became popularly accepted—that the world has a finite bio-capacity to sustain the human population, has received a $225,000 Trudeau Fellowship […]
May 14, 2007
UBC Feature Web Site UBC Botanical Garden (Perennial Plant Sale): www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/events/perennial UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event […]
May 10, 2007
Sacrificing a promising Olympic ski career in favour of a post-secondary education inspired Trevor Bruce – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 5 | May […]
May 3, 2007
UBC Feature Web Site UBC Library: www.library.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This Week […]
The University of British Columbia Library can now offer an unprecedented glimpse into the world of Florence Nightingale thanks to a new online collection of her correspondence. UBC Library recently […]
Arti Khanderia spent four months in Thailand studying how different universities are merging the secular and the sacred – photo by Darin Dueck UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 5 | May 3, 2007 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in April 2007 Compiled by Basil Waugh Moral Judgment on ‘Sin Stocks’ Means […]
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