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UBC researchers have signed on in the #SciFund challenge to crowdfund—raise funds through the internet—and to build public interaction and outreach for their research. Prof. Simon Donner, Dept. of Geography, […]
May 3, 2012
Prof. David Duff is this year’s recipient for both the George Curtis Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence and the Killam Teaching Excellence Award. His nominators praised his inspirational enthusiasm, his […]
UBC Faculty of Law professor and former dean, Joost Blom, QC, was recently appointed a Life Bencher by the Law Society of British Columbia. Blom received this designation after serving […]
UBC law professor Benjamin Perrin has been appointed as special advisor in legal affairs and policy in the Prime Minister’s Office. The position involves providing in-house legal counsel, as well […]
May 2, 2012
Highlights of UBC media coverage in April 2012
May 2, 2012 - by Heather Amos
Afton Cayford, associate professor emeritus in Mathematics, is the 2011 recipient of the Slonecker Award for Outstanding Volunteer Contribution.
May 2, 2012 - by Afton Cayford
Four staff members will be recognized during graduation ceremonies for extraordinary service to UBC
Anyone who’s a regular at Sprouts would recognize Lizzy Foulkes.
May 2, 2012 - by Lorraine Chan
It’s only been a few years since Scott Martyna came to his first UBC Dentisry classes on a skateboard. Now he has been accepted into a prestigious oral surgery program at Washington Hospital Center.
Philip Chen is proud of having launched the first LGBT business mentorship program at the Sauder School of Business.
After studying acting in London and working in Hollywood North, something clicked in a psychology class at UBC.
May 2, 2012 - by Basil Waugh
Lorriane Topf had already spent 19 years as a nurse when a profound experience about a broken promise convinced her she needed to go back to school.
May 2, 2012 - by Paul Marck
Erica Kiemele will receive a Master of Science degree in Chemistry and is bound for Harvard Medical School. She is finding a way to turn her passions into a life-long career.
May 2, 2012 - by Brian Lin
Leanne ten Brinke will receive the first PhD in Psychology at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Her research focused on the facial expressions of genuine and deceptive “pleaders.”
Mary Nagata is one of 76 Japanese Canadian UBC students from 1942 who will be honoured this May.
After graduating this May with her law degree, Emily MacKinnon will begin a prestigious clerkship with Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
May 2, 2012 - by Simmi Puri
Rayel Quiring and Kyla Richey are graduating from UBC as teammates, close friends and five-time volleyball champions.
The vice president, finance for UBC’s Vancouver student government has concocted some innovative ideas that could leave our campus greener, and quench student thirst.
In addition to playing division one soccer and volunteering in West Africa, Annelies Tjebbes has created a new medical device with fellow students.
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