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UBC This Week 02-Feb-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Jan. 31 Student invention first to secure seed money from new UBC entrepreneurship fund Jan. 30 UBC releases additional information on animal research     […]

Feb 2, 2012

Rumana Monzur Songs Unsung fundraising concert

On Feb. 9, an evening of song will be held in honour of UBC graduate student Rumana Monzur. Last summer, Monzur was attacked and blinded by her former husband. The […]

Feb 2, 2012

Asia Pacific Memo update – South Korean Immigration / Malaysian Private Tutoring

Short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific are published twice-weekly at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/ • Jan 31 – South Korea’s Immigrant Incorporation Strategy, by Nora […]

Feb 2, 2012

Help UBC name the new Learning Management System

UBC’s current Learning Management System (LMS), WebCT Vista has reached the end of its lifecycle. LMS is used for distance or campus-based courses to discuss course topics with other students […]

Feb 2, 2012

Tom Bennett Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser

Friends and family of Tom Bennett, BASc 2007 (1983-2010), will be holding a fundraiser for the scholarship in his memory. A silent auction, door prizes, 50/50 draw and raffle while […]

Feb 2, 2012

2012 Presidents Service Awards for Excellence: invitation for nominations

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to nominate UBC staff for the 2012 Presidents Service Awards for Excellence. The Awards are presented to UBC staff in recognition of excellence in […]

Feb 2, 2012

Aboriginal Oral Histories in the Courtroom: More Than a Matter of Evidence

A panel of experts in anthropology, law, literature, and indigenous studies will discuss critical questions relating to Aboriginal oral narratives as they are used in the courts, and reflect on […]

Feb 2, 2012

UNICEF launches first national Student Challenge

UNICEF Canada is launching the first national Student Challenge, a challenge for college and university students to become water champions by bringing sustainable water sources closer to those who need […]

Feb 2, 2012

E-Week: Feb. 5-11

This coming week, UBC engineers will participate in various activities and demonstrations of ingenuity. The occasional marching band or six-foot rubber ball bounding down the street followed by leagues of […]

Feb 2, 2012

Love! In the Library?

Rare Books and Special Collections is sending a valentine in the form of an exhibition – entitled Love! In the Library? – that examines how lovers speak to each other […]

Feb 2, 2012

Pink Viagra: UBC, UVIC experts to discuss the medicalization of sex

Increasingly women are being told they need a medical boost to fully enjoy sex. Leading researchers at UBC and the University of Victoria will explore issues raised by Orgasm Inc, […]

Feb 2, 2012

Victor Dzau gives two public lectures

Renowned cardiac researcher and educator Dr. Victor Dzau will visit Vancouver on Feb. 6 to participate in two public lectures. Dzau is chancellor for Health Affairs at Duke University, and […]

Feb 2, 2012

Canada Foundation for Innovation, Dialogues at UBC Robson Square

Canadian researchers are world leaders in helping parents understand how to reduce the number of diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, cut school dropout rates and slash the incidence of […]

Feb 2, 2012

Engineers help disaster responders make better decisions

The Disaster Response Network Enabled Platform (DR-NEP), led by electrical and computer engineering professor Jose Marti, can help to save lives around the world by modeling a community’s response to […]

Feb 2, 2012

UBC researchers receive awards from Society for Technology in Anesthesia

Members of the UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering in Medicine team received two awards at the annual meeting of the Society for Technology in Anesthesia. First prize in the Computers […]

Feb 2, 2012

Computer science professor receives Charles McDowell Award

Wolfgang Heidrich, associate head of Graduate Affairs and professor and Dolby Research Chair in the Dept. of Computer Science, is the recipient of the 2011 Charles McDowell Award for Excellence […]

Feb 2, 2012

UBC men's basketball coach wins his 300th game

UBC men’s basketball coach Kevin Hanson recorded his 300th win with the Thunderbirds on Jan. 27 as his team defeated the UBC Okanagan Heat team by a score of 77-43 […]

Feb 2, 2012

UBC Faculty Research Awards

The Killam Faculty Research Fellowships are awarded to assist promising faculty members, who wish to devote full time to research and study in their field during a recognized study leave. […]

Feb 2, 2012