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Welcome Back BBQ invitation

The ninth annual Welcome Back BBQ signals the start of the new academic year and an opportunity to connect with more than 3,000 staff members over lunch. The event includes […]

Aug 18, 2011

UBC study looks at student retention in the Okanagan Valley

A study by graduate student Emma Talbott from UBC’s Okanagan campus is looking at how many graduates stay in the region and are able to find employment in their field after […]

Aug 18, 2011

UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences graduate students win 2011 NSERC scholarships

Laura Bandy and Mehrdad Bokharaei, graduate students in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, have recently been awarded scholarships from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Bandy won […]

Aug 18, 2011

Electrical engineering researchers win first prize for their paper

Fariborz Musavi, Wilson Eberle and William G. Dunford won the first prize paper award from the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Industrial Power Conversion Committee for their paper “A High-Performance Single-Phase […]

Aug 18, 2011

Five new faculty appointees welcomed at UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences

UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences announces five new faculty appointments for the upcoming academic year.  Learn about them at http://www.pharmacy.ubc.ca/aboutus/faculty-news#FiveNewFacAppts “We will be accepting an additional 72 professional degree students this September,” […]

Aug 18, 2011

UBC Bookstore’s new website unites ecommerce and information

UBC Bookstore’s new website rolls three websites into one and has a strong focus on eye-catching visuals and layout, simple navigation, one click to buy (where possible). Students can now […]

Aug 18, 2011

UBC unveils Dept. of Chemistry’s Shared Instrument Facility

UBC unveiled the Dept. of Chemistry’s new Shared Instrument Facility (SIF), a 262 square metre learning space that will provide undergraduate students with unprecedented access to instruments being used in […]

Aug 18, 2011

UBC This Week

Recent UBC Media Releases Aug. 18: entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund to help launch UBC startups Upcoming Event Highlights Aug. 19: British Columbia’s Burgess Shale: one hundred years of discoveries and current research […]

Aug 18, 2011

entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund to help launch UBC startups

Startups from the University of British Columbia community can now apply for investments of up to $100,000 to support their new venture thanks to the entrepreneurship@UBC Seed Accelerator fund.

Aug 18, 2011