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UBC This Week | May 31, 2007

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 […]

UBC Team Key Contributor to Superconductor Discovery: Solves 20-year-old Mystery

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 […]

B.C. High Schools Score Second in National Math Contest: Celebrate Tomorrow at UBC

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: […]

UBC Gains $46.4 Million in Science and Engineering Funding

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 […]

UBC Gains Two New Canada Research Chairs

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 […]

UBC This Week | May 24, 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 […]

Babies Able to Tell Through Visual Cues When Speakers Switch Languages: UBC Study

[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 […]

David Farrar Appointed Provost and Vice President, Academic

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, […]

UBC Grads Don Cap and Gown for Week of Vancouver Ceremonies

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 […]

UBC’s Vancouver Grad Ceremonies Start Wednesday, May 23

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 […]

UBC This Week | May 17, 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 […]

Treating Longtime Partner Like a First Date Can Boost Morale and Well-being

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 […]

Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Teens in B.C. Still Face Health Disparities

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 […]

UBC Prof Who Coined “Eco-Footprint” Concept Earns Trudeau Fellowship

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 […]

UBC This Week | May 10, 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 […]

Ski Racer Finds New World View

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 […]

UBC This Week | 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 […]

UBC Library Kicks Off National Nursing Week With Online Collection of Nightingale Letters

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 […]

Degrees of Kindness

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. […]

In the News

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 […]