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Lisa Avery, Instructor in the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, was presented with the 2011 Recognition of Service Award from the B.C. Association of Speech/Language Pathologists and Audiologists. For […]
Dec 2, 2011
Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership has awarded grants to two UBC engineering professors for research knowledge leveraged across both campuses. The first instalment of a $75,000 grant over three years was […]
Dr. Kate Shannon, assistant professor in the Dept. of Medicine, received the 2011 Peter Lougheed/Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator Salary Award for her research on the impact […]
Dr. Carolyn Gotay, professor in the School of Population and Public Health and Canadian Cancer Society Chair in Cancer Primary Prevention, received the President’s Award from the International Society for […]
Thinkers and leaders from the non-profit, volunteer and business sectors gathered at last week’s Non-Profit Partnerships Summit: Collective Impact through Social Innovation to discuss innovation and create a made-in-B.C. model […]
UBC Faculty of Medicine announced the appointment of Dr. Allison Eddy as Head, Dept. of Pediatrics and Chief of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital, effective April 1, 2012 to June 30, […]
UBC Civil Engineering professor Nemkumar Banthia was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in Ottawa on Nov. 26, 2011. Election to the RSC is the highest honour […]
Marjorie Docherty, clinical professor in the Dept. of Family Practice, received the Reg L. Perkin Award as the 2011 Family Physician of the Year from British Columbia, in recognition of […]
Researchers from the University of British Columbia, Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) and BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) have won a $2.8-million grant from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to improve the survival rate of Bangladeshi mothers, newborns and young children through the prevention of sepsis, a life-threatening form of infection in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria.
Dec 1, 2011
Highlights of UBC media coverage in November 2011
Dec 1, 2011 - by Heather Amos
UBC launches start an evolution—a new fundraising and alumni engagement campaign
Research excellence fuels global quest to understand disease links
Dec 1, 2011 - by Paul Marck
Canada’s pluralistic society offers keys
Dec 1, 2011 - by Lorraine Chan
Chan Gunn has a cure for much of the world’s physical pain — the aches and strains that don’t usually show up on MRIs or X-rays, but can be debilitating nonetheless.
Dec 1, 2011 - by Brian Kladko
UBC’s Okanagan campus education students go beyond their textbooks
Dec 1, 2011 - by Darren Handschuh
In 2010, roughly 2,700 new teachers were certified in British Columbia but only about 1,500 new positions were available.
The continuously evolving role of educators along with growing concerns over job-shortages for new teachers prompted the overhaul of UBC’s one-year Teacher Education Program at the Vancouver campus.
Investing in high school graduation pays off
Dec 1, 2011 - by Basil Waugh
UBC prof leads new eight-month program to empower people with intellectual disabilities
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