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This weekend, UBC is encouraging all departments to turn off all non-essential electrical systems in support of Earth Hour, a World Wildlife Fund global program designed to address climate change. […]
Mar 28, 2008
UBC Feature Web Site AMS Referendum: www.amsubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This Week […]
Mar 27, 2008
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and its affiliated teaching hospitals have received more than $2 million in infrastructure research funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) it […]
Mar 26, 2008
UBC Feature Web Site The UBC Lead Initiative: www.lead.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC […]
Mar 20, 2008
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Harvard Business School have found that it’s possible to buy happiness after all: when you spend money on others. In a […]
UBC Reports Extras | Mar. 19, 2008 The Unruly Salon is a groundbreaking series of disability arts, culture and scholarship, uniquely combining distinguished disability scholars with performing artists with disabilities […]
Mar 19, 2008
UBC Reports Extras | Mar. 14, 2008 By Basil Waugh As UBC toasts its Centenary, the university will recognize another milestone on March 14 — the 20th anniversary of the […]
Mar 15, 2008
Renowned economist Muhammad Yunus, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for his leadership in the field of microcredit, visited UBC Friday to receive an honorary degree and participate […]
Mar 14, 2008
UBC Feature Web Site Beaty Biodiversity Museum: www.beatymuseum.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This […]
Mar 13, 2008
Victoria, BC – University presidents from across British Columbia have signed a Climate Change Statement of Action committing their institutions to a leadership role in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. […]
The U.S. government’s rush to produce corn-based ethanol as a fuel alternative will worsen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, increasing a “Dead Zone” that kills fish and aquatic life, […]
Mar 10, 2008
VANCOUVER — Premier Gordon Campbell and UBC president Stephen Toope celebrated the centenary of the 1908 University Act that created UBC as B.C.’s first post-secondary institution today, signing a rededication […]
Mar 7, 2008
It is every Olympic athlete’s nightmare. After years of training and sacrifice, an injury or failed blood test suddenly disqualifies you from competition.
Mar 6, 2008 - by By Basil Waugh
UBC Feature Web Site Celebrate Research Week: www.celebrateresearch.ubc.ca UBC This Week is a weekly summary of UBC people in the news, recent media releases and upcoming event highlights. UBC This […]
Mar 6, 2008
Lauren Weatherdon: First year physics course helps see the world through a new lens – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 3 | Mar. 6, […]
Pure research is best likened to solving one piece of a puzzle UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 3 | Mar. 6, 2008 By Catherine Loiacono Public universities are […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 3 | Mar. 6, 2008 As UBC this year celebrates the Centenary of the University Act, we look back at our Olympic history. […]
Sociologist Sylvia Fuller says every job change can reduce your pay cheque by more than one per cent – photo by Martin Dee UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. […]
UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 3 | Mar. 6, 2008 By Basil Waugh It is every Olympic athlete’s nightmare. After years of training and sacrifice, an injury or […]
Dr. Bikkar S. Lalli, PhD 1966 and Sarah Morgan-Silvester, BCom 1982 UBC Reports | Vol. 54 | No. 3 | Mar. 6, 2008 Elections are now under way for the […]
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