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UBC This Week 15-Nov-2012

  Recent UBC Media Releases Nov. 15 UBC leads alliance to improve science education with Sloan grant Nov. 14 Length of trip to hospital less important for hypothermia victims than […]

Asia Pacific Memo update

Short text memos or video interviews are published twice-weekly in Asia Pacific Memo series at http://www.asiapacificmemo.ca. – Senkaku Dispute: the Fallacy of seeing a Monolithic Japanese Government – by Tsuyoshi Kawasaki […]

Where East Meets West exhibition

An exhibition titled “Where East Meets West: An Exhibition of Mid-20th Century Cantonese Musical Instruments in Vancouver” will showcase a collection of Chinese musical instruments used in Vancouver’s Chinatown during […]

Action Canada Public Dialogues

Action Canada Fellows Ben Paylor (UBC PhD candidate in Experimental Medicine) and Andrew Pillar (UBC PhD candidate in Law) have organized a dialogue titled “An Action Public Dialogue on Challenges […]

Best-selling author and philosopher gives lecture at UBC

Philosopher, best-selling author, and former UBC professor Lou Marinoff, and Buddhist thinker and leader Daisaku Ikeda will give a lecture on a book they have co-authored, The Inner Philosopher: Conversations […]

An Evening with Thomas King

The First Nations Studies Program in partnership with the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and Random House of Canada presents “An Evening with Thomas King.” The event is free […]

Canadian Literature holds George Woodcock Centennial Celebration

UBC-based quarterly journal Canadian Literature will hold a George Woodcock Centennial Celebration in honour of founding editor, the late George Woodcock. The event will lead in to Margaret Atwood‘s Terry […]

UBC ACM team places third and goes to world finals

Five UBC teams participated in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2012 PacNW Regional Competition on November 3 at UBC. The UBC team of Jonathan Shen, Paul Liu, and Karlming […]

UBC Library’s Friends Newsletter

The latest issue of the Friends newsletter looks at the transformation of the Library through evolving library spaces and new collections. Highlights include recent acquisitions from Videomatica; a showcase of […]

Food for Fines campaign raises over $6,000

For the tenth consecutive year, UBC Library and the Alma Mater Student Society ran their Food for Fines Campaign from October 22 – November 4. Food items were distributed to […]

Computer science professor receives Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Associate Professor Joanna McGrenere is the recipient of the 2012 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring. McGrenere was commended for her exemplary record in providing supervision, inspiration and support for […]

Pharmaceutical prof receives ASHP Foundation’s 2012 Award for sustained contributions

Dr. Mary Ensom, professor in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC, is the recipient of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation’s 2012 Award for […]

UBC Nursing honours Helen Mussallem

Dr. Helen K. Mussallem, a recipient of an honorary doctorate from UBC, passed away on November 9, 2012 in Ottawa. Mussallem was a strong supporter of UBC School of Nursing. […]

UBC Library, PKU Library to share staff and expertise

UBC Library and the Peking University (PKU) Library have formed an agreement involving the exchange of staff and expertise related to cataloguing and conservation with an emphasis on Asian materials. […]

Community Remembrance Day ceremony at UBC

The annual Remembrance Day ceremony at the University of British Columbia will honour those who have served in times of war, military conflict, and peace.