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Upcoming Event Highlights Aug 23-24 Promoting Mental Health in BC Schools – Summer Institute 2012 Aug 25 UBC BirdQuest Aug 25 UBC Farm Market Aug 26 Open […]
Aug 23, 2012
Beginning in September, Prof. Pitman Potter‘s Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution (APDR) project will begin facilitating the “Public Health Law and Policy in Asia” series of monthly lectures at Green College. […]
Tanaya Guha, a PhD student specializing in artificial intelligence at UBC, won the Frank and Betty Woodhams Memorial Scholarship from Mensa Canada. She studies automatic understanding of human activities in […]
Chemical and Biological Engineering professor Kevin J. Smith has been awarded the Canadian Catalysis Lectureship Award for 2012 by the Catalysis Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada. The award […]
UBC law professor Ben Richardson is the joint recipient of the Senior Scholar Prize awarded annually by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Academy of Environmental Law. The […]
Prof. Yves Tiberghien has been appointed as the new director of UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, effective September 1, 2012, for a five-year term. Tiberghien is one of UBC’s leading […]
Four of every five people on the planet face a high-level risk to their potable water supply, threatening their health, livelihoods and national security, writes Karen Bakker, a geographer at […]
On Aug. 26, TransLink will begin transitioning the current trolley bus bays to their new permanent locations on University Boulevard. As a result, trolley bus and vehicle traffic will return […]
UBC Athletics & Recreation asked sustainability researchers to measure the environmental footprint of its facilities and programs.
Aug 23, 2012 - by Heather Amos
Second-year Tbird Andrew Darcovich is helping lead a campaign to help end violence against women. The football squad is partnering with the BC Lions.
Kristina Michaux worked in Rwanda as part of a new international nutrition major, one of two new programs in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
Aug 23, 2012 - by Lorraine Chan
Prof. Darlene Johnston teaches Aboriginal Rights and Treaties. UBC is one of the first Canadian law schools to make it a requirement for graduation.
Aug 23, 2012 - by Simmi Puri
Claudie Diaz was part of the Academic English Support (AES) pilot program, which helps close the language gap for students who have a different mother tongue.
Prof. Galit Sarfaty studies why some organizations devoted to good causes sometimes drop the ball on human rights.
Aug 23, 2012 - by Basil Waugh
They’ve been planning it for months. Staff and student volunteers organize Canada’s largest one-day orientations, called Imagine and Create, plus activities for international students (Jump Start), and residence life. But support for university life goes well beyond the first day. Here are a few staff who work year round to support students.
Lab animals present a new field for animal welfare studies
Aug 23, 2012 - by Brian Lin
The BIG trend is unstoppably mobile. And coming soon to a campus near you—the mobile-enabled university.
Aug 23, 2012 - by David Vogt
New pedestrian pathways, water features, courtyards, gardens and lighting are part of a 15-year, $45 million plan to improve outdoor public spaces
Nearly 1,300 new international and Aboriginal students benefit from two-weeks of orientation and a year of personalized support.
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