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Recent UBC Media Releases
- Nov. 8: UBC Researchers Discover “Instruction Manual” That Tells Cancers How to Hide From Immune System
- Nov. 5: UBC Names New Vice-President, Development and Alumni Engagement
Upcoming Event Highlights
- Nov. 8: Men’s soccer v. Montreal at Thunderbird Stadium
- Nov. 9-10: Women’s basketball v. Fraser Valley at War Memorial Gym
- Nov. 12: Cudamani–Gamelan Music & Dance of Bali
- Nov. 13: Poet Roo Borson reads at UBC Nov. 13
- Nov. 13: “Nazi Archaeologists: Rewriting the History of the World and Planning the Future of the Third Reich"
- Nov. 14: The Rez Sisters
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
- Annual UBC Remembrance Day Ceremony
- UBC elections are now open
- Date correction for UBC seasonal concert
- UBC researcher receives NSERC award
- UBC looks at advancing interdisciplinarity
- UBC professor wins international research award
- UBC interdisciplinary team honoured at U.S. conference
- Sounds Like Canada interviews David Suzuki
UBC People
Annual UBC Remembrance Day Ceremony
The UBC Remembrance Day service will be on Sunday, Nov. 11, in the War Memorial Gym at 10:50 a.m., closing Veterans’ week, Nov. 5 – 11. Doors open at 10 a.m. The ceremony will include short readings and remarks.
Free parking is available until 1 p.m. in the GSAB lot beside the Gym and at the meters on Wesbrook Drive (from University Boulevard north to the Bus Loop). For directions, go to www.maps.ubc.ca.
For more information, visit www.ceremonies.ubc.ca/ceremonies/memorial/remembrance.html.
UBC elections are now open
UBC is conducting elections for its 17th Chancellor, faculty and staff representatives to the Board of Governors, and representatives to the Okanagan and Vancouver Senates. Voting ends Nov. 26.
To vote in Okanagan elections, visit http://okanagan.students.ubc.ca/facultystaff/elections.cfm.
Date correction for UBC seasonal concert
UBC’s seasonal concert for faculty and staff will be held Nov. 28 from 11:45 a.m.- 12:45 p.m. at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts. Produced by the UBC Ceremonies & Events Office with the School of Music and sponsored by the Department of Human Resources, this free concert showcases a variety of music performed by UBC School of Music students. Free tickets are required; department administrators can register attendees until Nov. 14.
For more information, visit www.ceremonies.ubc.ca/seasonal.
UBC researcher receives NSERC award
Chris Springate, a UBC pharmaceutical researcher and 2007 UBC graduate, shared second place for the NSERC Innovation Challenge Award for his doctoral research to develop a controlled release delivery system for therapeutic drugs for certain types of cancer.
For more information, visit www.nserc.gc.ca/news/2007/p071029.htm.
UBC looks at advancing interdisciplinarity
UBC’s College for Interdisciplinary Studies will host a day-long discussion on defining and advancing interdisciplinarity on Nov. 30 in Room 120 of the Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory, 2202 Main Mall. Speakers include Prof. Gail Dubrow, Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Minnesota, and David Farrar, UBC Provost and Vice President Academic.
For more information, visit www.cfis.ubc.ca/symposium.html.
UBC professor wins international research award
Electrical and Computer Engineering Assoc. Prof. Robert Schober received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of his research in wireless communications. Schober will spend six months at the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg researching ultra-wideband and multiple-input/multiple-output communications systems.
For more information, visit www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/index.htm.
UBC interdisciplinary team honoured at U.S. conference
A UBC interdisciplinary team received the Award for Best Abstract in Clinical Application of Technology from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Their paper is entitled Clinical Evaluation of iAssist: A Novel Software Tool to Detect Change in Physiological Monitoring. The team consists of Electrical and Computer Engineering Prof. Guy Dumont and graduate students Ping Yang and Chris Brouse, and Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics Assist. Prof. Mark Ansermino.
Sounds Like Canada interviews David Suzuki
Sounds Like Canada, a CBC national radio show hosted by Shelagh Rogers, will present a live interview with Dr. David Suzuki at 8 p.m. on Nov. 22 at Heritage Hall in Vancouver. The show is accepting suggestions for an additional guest from the Vancouver area to appear alongside Suzuki. Nominations of potential guests can be made by e-mail on the website below or by calling 1-866-722-2752. To reserve seats in the audience, call 604-662-6360.
Heritage Hall is located at 3102 Main St. For more information, visit www.cbc.ca/soundslikecanada.
