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UBC Engineering contributes to campus as a Living Lab

As part of UBC’s Living Laboratory Initiative, the UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) community will pursue collaborations with industry to provide research opportunities for students and faculty, using the […]

Jan 17, 2013

English prof awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

UBC English Prof. Sherrill Grace was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal at the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) reception on Jan.15. Grace has been a professor of English for […]

Jan 17, 2013

UBC receives $22.7M for research from the Canada Foundation for Innovation

University of British Columbia research in areas ranging from astronomy to cancer, quantum materials to plant evolution, received a $22.7M boost from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).

Jan 15, 2013

Live for the Moment: A research-based photo exhibit about life, death, and young men

Following up on a study from last year on how young men grieve for a friend who died accidentally, UBC researchers have taken their project to Whistler to examine this issue in the resort community.

Jan 15, 2013

UBC and Fraunhofer Society enter $4.9 million clean energy partnership

A $4.9-million research partnership between UBC and Germany’s Fraunhofer Society – Europe’s largest applied research institution – will advance clean energy research in five critical areas, from wind energy to zero emission vehicles.

Jan 15, 2013

Opening of Vij’s Kitchen at UBC

UBC will celebrate the opening of Vij’s Kitchen – a teaching and learning space in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.

Jan 14, 2013

UBC This Week 10-Jan-2013

  Recent UBC Media Releases Jan. 10 Film produced by UBC student goes to Sundance Upcoming Event Highlights Jan. 11-Apr. 14 Belkin Art Gallery exhibition: Esther Shalev-Gerz  Jan. 11 Identity […]

Jan 10, 2013

Alumni Awards accepting 2013 nominations

The UBC Alumni Achievement Awards, held in November each year honouring the best and brightest, is currently accepting nominations for the 2013 awards. Supporting thinking that will change the world […]

Jan 10, 2013

2013 TechTrek Saturday workshops

The 2013 TechTrek Saturday workshop program (Jan. 19, Feb. 9, March 9) brings grade 8-12 high school students and parents to campus for a half-day of computer science activities, including […]

Jan 10, 2013

School of Nursing professor awarded Diamond Jubilee Medal

UBC Nursing Professor and CIHR Scientific Director of the Institute for Gender and Health, Joy Johnson, was honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. The commemorative medal marks […]

Jan 10, 2013

Civil engineering professor appointed VP of Finance for the Canadian Geotechnical Society

Civil Engineering professor Dharma Wijewickreme has been appointed for a two-year term as the Vice-President Finance of the Canadian Geotechnical Society, effective January 1, 2013. The Canadian Geotechnical Society is […]

Jan 10, 2013

UBC alumnus to receive Academy Award

UBC alumnus Doug James (now a professor at Cornell University) will receive an Academy Award for technical achievement. James received his Ph.D. (2001) at UBC in Applied Mathematics and continued […]

Jan 10, 2013

Film produced by UBC student goes to Sundance

Cari Green, an MFA student in UBC’s Film Production program, has associate produced When I Walk, a documentary that will premiere at next week’s Sundance Film Festival. It tells the story […]

Jan 10, 2013

Film produced by UBC student goes to Sundance

A UBC student who helped make The Corporation an international hit film has executive produced a powerful documentary that will premiere at next week’s Sundance Film Festival.

Jan 9, 2013

UBC This Week 03-Jan-2013

  Recent UBC Media Releases Jan. 2 Four UBC professors appointed to Order of Canada Dec. 26 Kindness key to happiness and acceptance for children Dec. 19 The Next Big […]

Jan 3, 2013

Alumni Awards accepting 2013 nominations

The UBC Alumni Achievement Awards, held in November each year honouring the best and brightest, is currently accepting nominations for the 2013 awards. Supporting thinking that will change the world […]

Jan 3, 2013

UBC Rugby celebrates opening of new home

UBC’s Department of Athletics and Recreation will celebrate the opening of the new Gerald McGavin Rugby Centre at UBC’s Vancouver campus with an open house on January 8. The UBC […]

Jan 3, 2013

Access to UBC Library at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

As of January 2, 2013, level two access to UBC Library in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – which includes bookstacks and Library services in the north wing – […]

Jan 3, 2013

Pharmacy students reach video competition finals

UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences students Esther Chan and Cindy Pan placed among the top four in the 2012 Canadian Healthcare Network Pharmacy Student Video Competition. Their submission, “Canada’s Next […]

Jan 3, 2013

ORW gives endowment to UBC

ORW Opportunities through Rehabilitation and Work Society, a non-profit advocating for persons with disabilities, donated $50,000 to endow the ORW Opportunities through Rehabilitation and Work Society Graduate Award. The award […]

Jan 3, 2013