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Recent UBC Media Releases Dec. 20 UBC researchers release estimate of “invisible workforce” in global fisheries Dec. 20 People more likely to lie when texting: UBC research Upcoming […]
Jan 5, 2012
Since their establishment in 1936, the Governor General’s Literary Awards have served as Canada’s premier literary honour. Over the years, the awards have often been noted as much for their […]
Electrical and computer engineering student Derrick Wing Kwan Ng received the best paper award at the Wireless Communication Symposium at IEEE Globecom 2011 in Houston, Texas. His paper entitled “Resource […]
UBC physiology student Matthew Piva is the recipient of the Governor General’s History Award. The honour includes a cash prize of $1,600 and a medal. Piva wrote a 1,500-word paper […]
Geoffrey Hammond has been appointed as head of the Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, effective March 1, 2012. From 1984 to 2002, Hammond was a member of the Faculty […]
Catherine Backman has been appointed as head of Dept. of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, effective Jan. 1, 2012 to June 30, 2017. Backman earned her Bachelor of Science in […]
Michael Bennett, an expert in Number Theory and Diophantine problems, has been appointed head of the Dept. of Mathematics effective Jan. 1, 2012. Bennett received his PhD in mathematics from […]
Civil engineering professor Eric Hall has been appointed dean pro tem of the UBC Faculty of Applied Science. Hall follows Dean Tyseer Aboulnasr, who stepped down as of Dec. 31, […]
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a new way to block infection from the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the liver that could lead to new therapies for those affected by this and other infectious diseases.
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