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Students receive $60,000 from the Schulich Leader Scholarships program to study at UBC

Two incoming first-year students – Cassandra Elphinstone and Jen-ai Lai – will receive $60,000 each over four-years from the Schulich Leader Scholarships program to study at the University of British Columbia.

Jun 25, 2012

UBC experts and stories for 2012 London Olympic Games

As many as 28 people from UBC will participate in the 2012 London Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, including up to 16 Olympians and 12 coaches, physicians, and support staff. With the one-month mark to the Games approaching, below is a list of UBC experts and story ideas for the 2012 Summer Games in London.

Jun 22, 2012

UBC This Week 21-Jun-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Jun 21 Multiple sclerosis patients have lower risk of cancer: UBC-VCH research Jun 20 UBC research receives $2.9 million to improve nutrition of rural Cambodian […]

Jun 21, 2012

APM update: Managing South Asia’s Himalayan Rivers; Indonesia’s Unconsolidated Democracy

Short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific are published twice-weekly in the Asia Pacific Memo series at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/ • Managing South Asia’s Himalayan […]

Jun 21, 2012

Research: Planning for impacts

Speakers Evan Wood and Robyn Sussel will discuss how an effective communications strategy can benefit the entire research project lifecycle, from engaging stakeholders in project development, to mobilizing research outputs […]

Jun 21, 2012

Formula UBC competes in 2012 International FSAE Competition

The Formula UBC team will represent UBC in the International Formula SAE Competition in Lincoln, Nebraska June 20-23. The competition comprises a series of dynamic challenges to test the car’s […]

Jun 21, 2012

UBC Sailbot team wins 2012 Sixth International Robotic Sailing Competition

UBC engineering students unseated the defending champion US Naval Academy and defeated seven other teams from across the world winning the sixth Annual International Robotic Sailing Competition. The competition challenges […]

Jun 21, 2012

UBC student awarded Microsoft scholarship

Maria Piao, a UBC computer science, physics and mathematics student, has been awarded a scholarship by Microsoft Corp. for the 2012-2013 school year. “I am passionate about technology and the […]

Jun 21, 2012

UBC HR receives IABC Bronze Quill Award

UBC’s Human Resources department received an International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Bronze Quill Award for their communications around the Workplace Experiences Survey. The awards recognize communications excellence in B.C. […]

Jun 21, 2012

New dean appointed for UBC's Faculty of Health and Social Development

Dr. Gordon Binsted has been appointed to a five-year term as Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The faculty includes the School of […]

Jun 21, 2012

Angela Redish appointed Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Enrolment and Academic Facilities

Angela Redish has been appointed as the Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Enrolment and Academic Facilities for a five-year term commencing Sept. 1, 2012. Redish is a professor in […]

Jun 21, 2012

UBC partnership with Lee & Man Paper looks toward the new bio-economy

The Pulp and Paper Centre at UBC recently entered into a research partnership with paper-manufacturing giant Lee & Man of Hong Kong. The research is intended to create new technologies […]

Jun 21, 2012

UBC send-off for Olympic athletes, coaches and support staff

Celebration for UBC athletes, coaches and support staff heading to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London

Jun 21, 2012

Multiple sclerosis patients have lower risk of cancer: UBC-VCH research

Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients appear to have a lower cancer risk, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health. The […]

Jun 21, 2012

Older women more prone to workplace injuries: UBC study

Although the rate of workplace injuries in Canada has been declining over the past two decades, some workers – older women in health care, for example – are much more vulnerable to serious injuries, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found.

Jun 20, 2012

Giving makes young children happy, UBC study suggests

If it is indeed nobler to give than to receive, it may also make you happier – even if you’re a toddler, according to a new study co-authored by three psychologists at the University of British Columbia.

Jun 19, 2012

Landmark assisted suicide case raises ‘arguable grounds for appeal’

Last week, a British Columbia Supreme Court justice ruled that the current Canada-wide ban on physician-assisted suicide was unconstitutional, in a landmark decision. Madame Justice Lynn Smith has suspended her […]

Jun 18, 2012

Former Sauder professor returns from UC Berkeley to take helm as Dean

After a year-long search, the University of British Columbia has announced that Professor Robert Helsley will return to the Sauder School of Business as its new dean on July 1. Helsley, currently at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, will replace Sauder’s outgoing dean, Daniel Muzyka, who steps down on June 30, after 13 years of service.

Jun 18, 2012

UBC ‘ecological footprint’ creators win Blue Planet Award at Rio+20 UN conference

Two pioneering UBC researchers who developed the “ecological footprint” concept have won the prestigious Blue Planet Award for Sustainability, valued at nearly $645,000 CDN, at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil.

Jun 17, 2012