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Dimas Yusuf, a second-year UBC medical student, is this year’s recipient of UBC Library’s Innovative Dissemination of Research Award. Yusuf’s submission Transcription Factor Encylopedia (TFe), is a wiki-based software system […]
Mar 10, 2011
The Faculty of Applied Science announces its Alumni Achievement Award 2011 winners. UBC Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award—Eric Newell UBC Engineering Community Service Award—Paul Geyer UBC Engineering Young Alumnus Award—Robin Farnworth […]
The Institute of Asian Research (IAR) announces Prof. Earl Drake as their new honorary professor. He will be completing a biography of a Javanese princess circa 1274 to 1350 and […]
Ten researchers from UBC’s Faculty of Applied Science recently received funding for their projects through the province’s Natural Resources and Applied Sciences Endowment, which builds research and development, advanced training, […]
UBC School of Population and Public Health faculty members represented three of the four research milestones that were recently awarded Population and Public Health Research Milestone awards by the Canadian […]
Ka Wai Cheung, clinical assistant professor in the Dept. of Emergency Medicine, and Noah Silverberg, clinical instructor in the Dept. of Medicine, have won Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute’s 2011 Mentored Clinician […]
UBC Graduate School of Journalism director Mary Lynn Young will take on the portfolio of Associate Dean, Communications and Strategy, in the Faculty of Arts, effective July 1, 2011. She […]
Six students, faculty and alumni from the UBC Creative Writing Program have made the CBC Literary Awards finalists. One of Canada’s most competitive and prestigious awards to writers, the awards […]
The 2010 UBC Community United Way Campaign won the United Way Quantum Leap Giving Award. This award is presented to an organization and its employees who dramatically increased their giving […]
We don’t import oil from the Middle East, Libya in particular, but Canadian producers are going to pursue the same world price of oil they get in other countries.
Mar 7, 2011 - by Ambarish Chandra
UBC experts are available to comment on the historic popular revolts in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia and their implications for North Africa, the Middle East and beyond.
Mar 4, 2011
The Institute of Asian Research (IAR)’s Asia Pacific Memo features accessible scholarly knowledge about contemporary Asia. They publish short text memos or video interviews every Tuesday and Thursday, at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/ […]
Mar 3, 2011
What does the future with climate change, clean energy and low-carbon neighbourhoods look like? How can we prevent broken necks in football and hockey? What do women have to do […]
Recent UBC Media Releases Mar. 3: “David and Goliath” viruses shed light on the origin of jumping genes: UBC study Mar. 1: Two UBC researchers receive Killam Research Fellowships Mar. […]
The Wall Exchange presents a new public lecture series which will bring prominent writers, researchers, and humanitarians to Vancouver. It will kick off on May 3 featuring pioneering scientific researcher […]
The 2011 Distinguished Lecture at this year’s Brain Awareness Week Neuroethics event at UBC will be delivered by Dr. Remi Quirion, vice dean and professor of psychiatry, McGill University, and […]
The prevalence, costs and prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are the focus of more than 1,000 participants from 14 countries during March 2-5. Convened by UBC Interprofessional Continuing […]
UBC Faculty of Law recently revamped its LL.M. Common Law degree to create an opportunity for foreign-trained lawyers to practice law in Canada. This year-long, course-based professional LL.M. program provides […]
UBC’s first iPhone app is now available for download. Students, faculty, staff and prospective students will be able to access up-to-date event information and news from around campus. The app […]
UBC chemist Prof. Chris Orvig and evolutionary biologist Prof. Dolph Schulter have been awarded 2011 Killam Research Fellowships, among Canada’s most distinguished research awards. The funded research will focus on the […]
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