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UBC Nobel Laureate’s Physics Education Website Nabs International Award

An international contest has given the top prize to a physics education website launched by Nobel laureate Carl Wieman, who joined The University of British Columbia earlier this year to […]

Sep 28, 2007

UBC This Week | Sep. 27, 2007

UBC Feature Web Site 5th Annual UBC Health Symposium: www.hse.ubc.ca/health-symposium UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. […]

Sep 27, 2007

A World Without MS: Renowned Researcher Brings New Vision to Multiple Sclerosis Program at Vancouver Coastal Health and UBC

With the ultimate vision of a world one day without multiple sclerosis, a pioneering international researcher plans to redevelop the MS program at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of […]

Sep 27, 2007

UBC This Week | Sep. 20, 2007

UBC Feature Web Site UBC Life and Career Centre: www.lifeandcareer.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. […]

Sep 20, 2007

New Way to Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease Promises Earlier Treatment

Physicians may be able to detect and treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in its earliest stages, when patients are experiencing only mild degrees of cognitive impairment, thanks to new diagnostic criteria […]

Sep 17, 2007

With Help from Mother Nature: A Novel New Drug Discovery May Revolutionize Treatment of Inflammatory Diseases and Leukemia

If you found yourself on a run-away train, would you want to switch on the brakes? Two Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and University of British Columbia investigators have […]

Sep 14, 2007

UBC This Week | Sep. 13, 2007

UBC Feature Web Site Alumni Weekend 2007: www.alumni.ubc.ca/events/alumniweekend UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This […]

Sep 13, 2007

UBC Law Faculty Receives $1 Million Gift From Richards Buell Sutton LLP

The Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia has received a $1 million gift from Vancouver law firm Richards Buell Sutton LLP (RBS) towards the faculty’s new building […]

Sep 12, 2007

UBC Gets $12M in New Federal Research Funding

The University of British Columbia will gain and retain research strength in areas ranging from immunology to ice streams with the appointment of three investigators as Canada Research Chairs and […]

Sep 10, 2007

Three Award-Winning Visiting Professors Join the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, Including Its First Expert in Media and Indigenous Peoples

“The appointment of three award-winning visiting professors to the UBC School of Journalism will strengthen student knowledge in three key areas of reporting,” Acting Director and Associate Professor Mary Lynn […]

Sep 10, 2007

UBC This Week | Sep. 6, 2007

UBC Feature Web Site Alma Mater Society of UBC: www.ams.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. […]

Sep 6, 2007

Math Teaching and First Nations Culture

Assoc. Prof Cynthia Nicol explains how cultural values are at the heart of math – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 9 | Sep. 6, […]

Sep 6, 2007

Reforming Canada’s Record on Human Trafficking

Benjamin Perrin aims to strengthen Canada’s ability to put away criminals who traffic in human lives – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 9 | […]

Sep 6, 2007

Pumping Iron Aids Brains and Bones

Study participant Donna Templeton works the weights to build bone strength and improve cognitive performance – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 9 | Sep. […]

Sep 6, 2007

UBC Reports :: Home and Away

By Bud Mortenson Novelist and literary scholar Lisa Grekul is about to become a tourist in her own past. The fourth-generation Ukrainian Canadian “with no ties to Ukraine” will visit […]

Sep 6, 2007

Help Me!

PhD student Saber Miresmailli looks for pests. Scientists have shown plants emit an S.O.S. chemical signal when under attack by insects – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. […]

Sep 6, 2007

Groundwater Energy to Make Okanagan Campus Emissions-Free

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 9 | Sep. 6, 2007 By Bud Mortenson When the Fipke Centre for Innovative Research opens in Spring 2008, it will be the […]

Sep 6, 2007

UBC Intern Raises Funds for Former Child Soldier

UBC’s Sarah Elder, with UN and Rwandan officials – photo courtesy of Seleman Nizeyimana and Sarah Elder UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 9 | Sep. 6, 2007 By […]

Sep 6, 2007

Letter to the Editor

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 9 | Sep. 6, 2007 More Work to be Done on Reducing UBC GHG Emissions Dear Editor: UBC has claimed success in reducing […]

Sep 6, 2007

In the News

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 9 | Sep. 6, 2007 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in August 2007 Compiled by Basil Waugh Language Expert Comments on Toddler ‘Word […]

Sep 6, 2007