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Recent UBC Media Releases Apr. 12: Most Canadians unwilling to pay for news online, study suggests Apr. 11: When the pressure is on, product experts can get facts wrong: UBC […]

Apr 14, 2011

2011 Faculty of Medicine awards

The Faculty of Medicine announced the winners of its annual awards for faculty and staff members. Among the recipients was Pieter R. Cullis, a professor in the Dept. of Biochemistry and […]

Apr 14, 2011

Asia Pacific Memo update – Japan One Month after Earthquake / Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei Detained

Asia Pacific Memo update –  Japan One Month after Earthquake / Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei Detained Those interested in current issues in Asia and across the Pacific are […]

Apr 14, 2011

First-year medical student named "community achiever"

Alia Dharamsi, a first-year student in the MD Undergraduate Program, was one of 36 people to receive a B.C. Community Achievement Award from the British Columbia Achievement Foundation. Dharamsi has […]

Apr 14, 2011

Chinese Canadian Stories e-newsletter – April 2011

Community outreach is the theme of the second Chinese Canadian Stories: Uncommon Histories from a Common Past e-newsletter, an initiative of UBC Library and Simon Fraser Library. Stories include updates […]

Apr 14, 2011

Pharmaceutical prof wins Dr. Lindsay E. Nicolle Award

Dr. Fawziah Marra from UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences was awarded the Dr. Lindsay E. Nicolle Award for her recent paper “The relationship among antibiotic consumption socioeconomic factors and climatic […]

Apr 14, 2011

B.C. History Digitization Program: 2011 recipients

Twenty-one projects from around the province have been named as successful recipients of the 2011 B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP) funding awards. The digitization program, an initiative of the Irving […]

Apr 14, 2011

Judith Soon wins Distinguished Service award

Dr. Judith Soon from UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences was recently recognized as a 2011 Distinguished Service award recipient for her volunteer contributions as a judge for Youth Science Canada, […]

Apr 14, 2011

Martha Piper Research Fund winners announced

Five recipients of The Martha Piper Research Fund were announced April 15, 2011.  The program provides UBC faculty members with seed funding for collaborative research projects with an emphasis on […]

Apr 14, 2011

UBC engineering entrepreneurship team ReFleX Wireless wins international competition

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced that ReFleX Wireless, comprising UBC engineering students Andy Tsai, Jinting Zhu, Carol Lee and Peter Guan, won the undergraduate track at the […]

Apr 14, 2011

Graydon S. Meneilly appointed B.C. governor of American College of Physicians

Dr. Graydon Meneilly, professor and head of UBC Dept. of Medicine, has been elected Governor of the British Columbia Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the nation’s largest […]

Apr 14, 2011

Stephen Owen appointed as independent HST Public Dialogues funding decision-maker

The Province has announced funding of $1.7 million to support public engagement related to the upcoming HST referendum. As part of that announcement, the Province has appointed Stephen Owen a […]

Apr 14, 2011

Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series: Sajida Shroff

Apr 14, 2011