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Okanagan Alum Linked to 1922 Great Trek

Brenda Tournier and Harold Etter are working on a UBC Okanagan online display of UBC historical memorabilia – photo by Bud Mortenson UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 […]

A Century Later, Aspiring to Global Influence

Prof. Stephen Toope, President and Vice Chancellor – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 By Prof. Stephen J. Toope, President […]

Aggies Forever: Evolution of a Founding Faculty

Land and Food Systems student Afton Halloran questions industrial agriculture and aims to be an activist for marginalized farmers – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

A Long History of Creative Achievers

Dorothy Somerset, UBC Theatre Dept. Founder in front of the newly constructed Frederic Wood Theatre in 1958 – photo courtesy of UBC Theatre Dept. UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | […]

In the News

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | Dec. 6, 2007 Highlights of UBC Media Coverage in November 2007 Compiled by Basil Waugh Controversial Process Saps Trees’ Strength, Prof […]

Vol. 53 | No. 12

American “Yippee” leader Jerry Rubin urged UBC students to “cast off the shackles of society.” – photo courtesy of UBC Archives UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 12 | […]

UBC Pledges Developing World Access to New Technologies

Access to relevant health, environmental and sustainability technologies for the world’s poor is now significantly improved through a new University of British Columbia strategy called global access licensing. UBC is […]

UBC Study May Solve Age-old Mystery of Missing Chemicals From Earth’s Mantle

Observations about the early formation of Earth may answer an age-old question about why the planet’s mantle is missing some of the matter that should be present, according to UBC […]

UBC Astronomers Discover How White Dwarf Stars Get Their “Kicks”

University of British Columbia astronomer Harvey Richer and UBC graduate student Saul Davis have discovered that white dwarf stars are born with a natal kick, explaining why these smoldering embers […]