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UBC This Week 14-Feb-2013

  Recent UBC Media Releases Feb. 14 Bilingual babies know their grammar by seven months Feb. 11 Computerized ‘Rosetta Stone’ reconstructs ancient languages Upcoming Event Highlights Feb. 14 Cognitive Capital: […]

Feb 14, 2013

2013 International Conference on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Experts from 33 countries will meet in Vancouver over four days to present the latest findings on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). For the last eight years, UBC Health Services, […]

Feb 14, 2013

UBC teams sweep podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition

Three engineering and business student teams from UBC’s New Venture Design course swept the podium at 2013 Enterprize Canada Business Plan Competition: Agile Monitoring Equipment (first), Aaisth (second), SoundIT (third) […]

Feb 14, 2013

UBC alumna selected Gate Cambridge Scholar

UBC alumna Genevieve Barrons has been selected as one of 39 new Gates Cambridge Scholars who will take up a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge, […]

Feb 14, 2013

Dementia Knowledge Translation Network website launched

The Canadian Knowledge Translation Network (CDKTN) has launched the Dementia Knowledge Translation Learning Centre website, developed by UBC’s National Core for Neuroethics and the Clinic for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related […]

Feb 14, 2013

Engineering research featured on Canada Foundation for Innovation website

UBC Mechanical Engineering professor Peter Cripton’s research on concussions and spinal injury was featured in an article on the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s website titled “Putting Our Heads Together Safely.” […]

Feb 14, 2013

UBC neurologist calibrates blood pressure targets for preventing recurrent stroke

Stroke patients who lowered their systolic blood pressure below a certain threshold were significantly less likely to have a recurrent stroke caused by a brain bleed compared with those who […]

Feb 14, 2013

Computer Science prof selected 2013 Alfred Sloan Research Fellow

UBC Computer Science assistant professor Nick Harvey has been selected as a 2013 Alfred Sloan Research Fellow. The two-year fellowships seek to recognize the achievements of outstanding young scholars in […]

Feb 14, 2013

Pharmacy alumnus receives Royal College Medical Award

Dr. Subodh Verma (MSc’93, PhD’96), an alumnus of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC, is the recipient of 2013 Royal College Medal Award in Surgery. Presented annually to one […]

Feb 14, 2013

UBC named one of B.C.’s top employers in 2013

UBC has been named one of BC’s Top Employers in 2013, for the seventh consecutive year. UBC was recognized for: • On-site employee amenities • Supporting employee development through tuition waivers and […]

Feb 14, 2013

Bilingual babies know their grammar by seven months

Babies as young as seven months can distinguish between, and begin to learn, two languages with vastly different grammatical structures, according to new research from the University of British Columbia and Université Paris Descartes.

Feb 14, 2013