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Jul 16, 2012

How to make global fisheries worth five times more: UBC research

Rebuilding global fisheries would make them five times more valuable while improving ecology, according to a new University of British Columbia study, published today in the online journal PLoS ONE.

Jul 13, 2012

UBC This Week 12-Jul-2012

Recent UBC Media Releases Jul 11 UBC launches media resources for 2012 Olympic Games Upcoming Event Highlights Jul 12-15 Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses Jul 12 The Pathophysiology of Traumatic […]

Jul 12, 2012

Asia Pacific Memo update: blocked data hampers water management efforts in the GBM

Twice-weekly, Asia Pacific Memo series publishes short text memos or video interviews on current issues in Asia and across the Pacific at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca/. • Blocked Data Hampers Water Management Efforts in […]

Jul 12, 2012

UBC student receives inaugural Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship

UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering doctoral student Caitlin Schneider is the inaugural recipient of the Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship. Schneider is developing ultrasound techniques for the guidance system of the […]

Jul 12, 2012

UBC planning prof honoured by Roskilde University

UBC School of Community and Regional Planning professor Leonie Sandercock will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Roskilde University in Denmark in September 2012. Sandercock works with First Nations through […]

Jul 12, 2012

Pharmaceutical professor receives honorary degree

Professor and Dean Emeritus John McNeill of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC is the recipient of an honorary degree from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biologics at […]

Jul 12, 2012

Annamay Pierse joins CTV’s Olympic broadcast team

Canadian swimmer and UBC arts alumnus Annamay Pierse will head to the London 2012 Olympic Games to join CTV’s Olympic broadcasting team.

Jul 12, 2012

UBC launches media resources for 2012 Olympic Games

The University of British Columbia has launched a new website with resources for media covering the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Jul 11, 2012

How to Connect

For updates on UBC athletes and experts: Bookmark: www.ubc.ca/2012games Follow on Twitter: @ubcnews, @ubcaplaceofmind, @ubctbirds Subscribe to UBC’s 2012 RSS Feed: www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/tag/2012olympics/feed Sign Up for UBC e-Services: www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/news/e-services Call UBC’s […]

Jul 10, 2012

UBC 2012 Experts

UBC Experts are available to speak on a wide range of topics related to the upcoming 2012 Summer Games: Olympic and Paralympic Games Health Issues Sports Sport Psychology Sustainability Terrorism […]

Jul 9, 2012

Curtis Moss

Curtis Moss  Alumnus Burnaby, BC Track & Field Javelin, Aug 8 Website: curtisjmoss.blogspot.ca Twitter: @CurtisMoss Downloadable media resources

Jul 6, 2012

UBC This Week 05-Jul-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Jul 5 Workplace bullying witnesses consider quitting more than the victims: UBC study Jul 4 Seabirds study shows plastic pollution reaching surprising levels off coast […]

Jul 5, 2012

Asia Pacific Memo wins grant

Asia Pacific Memo (APM) has been awarded a grant that will allow it to develop visualizations and expand its audience in a targeted manner. APM will continue to translate academic […]

Jul 5, 2012

Academics come to Allard Hall to discuss works of Whedon

UBC Law professor Sharon Sutherland will host this year’s Slayage Conference along with Hélène Frohard-Dourlent from the Department of Sociology. The Conference will bring together academics from around the world […]

Jul 5, 2012

High-school students attend Shad Valley program at UBC

Sixty high-school students from around the country have descended on UBC for four weeks in July to live at UBC to attend the Shad Valley program, taking advanced lectures on science, […]

Jul 5, 2012

UBC student receives Society of American Archivists award

Georgia Barlaoura, a first-year student from Greece enrolled in UBC’s Master of Archival Studies program, is the 2012 recipient of the Oliver Wendell Holmes Travel Award from the Society of […]

Jul 5, 2012

SCARP student wins Vanier scholarship

UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) PhD student Lyana Patrick is one out of 130 students across Canada to win a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for her proposal […]

Jul 5, 2012

Researchers win best paper at IPCAI

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering research team of PhD students Mohammad Najafi and Narges Afsham and Professors Purang Abolmaesumi and Robert Rohling won the best paper award at the […]

Jul 5, 2012

UBC startup recognized

Tasktop, a startup company that UBC Computer Science professor Gail Murphy co-founded, received the “Emerging Company of the Year” award from B.C. Technology Industry Association. Tasktop Technologies is a global […]

Jul 5, 2012