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UBC experts are available to comment on the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil (June 20-22), including two researchers who will attend in person.
Jun 14, 2012
Recent UBC Media Releases Jun 11 UBC soccerbots host international teams before RoboCup 2012 Jun 11 UBC students report on Brazil violence for The New York Times Jun 8 […]
Short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific are published twice-weekly at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/. • Canada-China Education Projects (video interview with Ruth Hayhoe) (Part 1 […]
The Dept. of Mechanical Engineering will give a walking tour of the department, their labs, and provide demos of what student design teams are up to. Friends and family are […]
UBC engineering students take on the US Naval Academy (USNA), the defending champions in the sixth annual International Robotic Sailing Championships. Hosted by UBC and the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, […]
On July 10, cyclists from across North America will be competing in the UBC Grand Prix presented by Mahony & Sons Public House and part of B.C. Superweek. The event […]
On June 16 and 17, 2012, Team UBC Placed and Promised (a team of 10 with seven UBC staff members) will be cycling 240 kilometers from Vancouver to Seattle as […]
The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top 20 Under 20 philanthropists includes UBC student Michael Peters, who just completed his second year of pre-med chemical and biological engineering. Peters has devoted […]
Members of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC are receiving grants from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA). To read more, visit […]
The Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Pulp and Paper Centre in the Faculty of Applied Science at UBC have recently established a $1 million partnership with Mercer […]
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) professor Cynthia Girling has been elected Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Girling was nominated by the Oregon Chapter in […]
UBC School of Regional and Community Planning alumnus Mathis Wackernagel (PhD Planning ’94) and Prof. Emeritus William Rees, co-developers of Ecological Footprint, will receive the bi-annual Kenneth E. Boulding Award […]
Charles Schuler has been reappointed as dean of the Faculty of Dentistry to a second term, commencing July 1, 2012 until June 30, 2017.
Simon Peacock has been appointed to a second six-year term as dean of Faculty of Science. His second term will run July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2018. For more […]
UBC professor Terry Snutch, a Canada Research Chair in Biotechnology and Genomics-Neurobiology at the Michael Smith Laboratories and a member of the Brain Research Centre, received a 2011 Neuropathic Pain […]
In 2010, UBC professor of counseling psychology Judith Daniluk conducted an online survey of 4,000 childless women and men between the ages of 20 and 50. Based on her findings, […]
Chris Harvey-Clark, director of UBC Animal Care Services, was appointed an International Fellow of the Explorers Club at its May 19 meeting in New York. The Explorers Club Fellowship is […]
Men can differ greatly from women in how they parent, especially during playtime. Fathers tend to think of themselves as less cautious than mothers, says Asst. Prof. Mariana Brussoni, lead investigator of the University of British Columbia study, Fathering and Injury Prevention.
Jun 12, 2012
A massive piece of Aboriginal rock art, transported across the province nearly a century ago to reside in Vancouver, is finally heading home.
Jun 11, 2012 - by By Basil Waugh
RoboCup North American Open
Jun 11, 2012
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