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UBC This Week

Recent UBC Media Releases Oct. 12: Historic UBC music venues get $22-million makeovers Oct. 12: UBC underwater robot to explore ice-covered ocean and Antarctic ice shelf Oct. 8: UBC officially […]

Oct 14, 2010

Digitizing BC’s history

The next call is out for applications to the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s BC History Digitization Program (BCHDP). Application materials for 2011 are now available on the Irving K. […]

Oct 14, 2010

Standup for Mental Health comedy comes to UBC

Fresh from sold-out shows at the Vancouver Comedy Festival and Montreal Fringe, Standup for Mental Health (SMH) brings its SMH Days on Campus comedy show to UBC featuring David Granirer […]

Oct 14, 2010

Public forum on aboriginal water health

The RES’EAU-WaterNET, together with the UBC Faculty of Applied Science and the First Nations House of Learning, are hosting a workshop on Aboriginal Water Health entitled Water: the Life of […]

Oct 14, 2010

Applied Science announces teacher recognition award

The UBC Faculty of Applied Science announces the McEwen Family Teacher Recognition Award. Established to highlight the contributions high-school teachers make to students and communities through their mentorship, the award […]

Oct 14, 2010

UBC student wins Mythbusters award

The latest instalment of the Mythbusters series published by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) is based on a submission by the 2010 Mythbusters Award recipient, UBC master’s candidate […]

Oct 14, 2010

Beaty Biodiversity Museum opening weekend

UBC will unveil to the public more than 20,000 square feet of exhibits, specimens, and Canada’s largest blue whale skeleton exhibit at this weekend’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum opening.  Festivities will […]

Oct 14, 2010

UBC Statement on Federal R & D Review

Today the federal government launched an independent expert panel to solicit the advice of Canadians and business leaders on how the federal government can cultivate its support of business research […]

Oct 14, 2010

UBC gains $5.4 million for microbiome research from CIHR, Genome BC

The University of British Columbia today welcomed the announcement of $5.4 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Genome British Columbia for research into how micro-organisms affect human health.

Oct 14, 2010