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Microscopes without borders

Anyone questioning the impact a single individual can have on the world should meet Olga Pena. The daughter of a housewife and dam builder, Pena led a team of UBC students on a “field trip” to Colombia this summer, where they inspired more than 1,000 students to take up beakers and microscopes as a means to combat poverty and neglected tropical diseases.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Brian Lin

Putting it in writing

Okanagan undergrad travels to remote village to help preserve Indigenous language

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Jody Jacob

Celebrate Learning

Vancouver campus profiles best practises.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Heather Amos

Turning patients into professors

A UBC project is helping future doctors, nurses, social workers and other health professionals learn from those they are being trained to serve.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Brian Lin

A safe port in a storm

When a friend introduced Serena Gibson to a joint UBC – BC Cancer Agency initiative to help her assess complementary therapies, Gibson says it was like finding a safe port in a storm.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Lorraine Chan

Researchers find evidence for complementary therapies

A joint UBC-BC Cancer Agency initiative called the Complementary Medicine Education and Outcomes Research Program (CAMEO) is contributing to a paradigm shift for patients and health professionals alike, according to Assoc. Prof. Lynda Balneaves.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Lorraine Chan

Staking your office territory

UBC prof studies the dynamics of territory and ownership at work.