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UBC This Week 11-Apr-2013

  Recent UBC Media Releases Apr. 10 Doctors not informed of harmful effects of medicines during sales visits Apr. 8 Canada loses out on drug pricing: UBC study Apr. 8 […]

Apr 11, 2013

Creating Connections Conference

Creating Connections is a conference on gender diversity in science, engineering, and technology, featuring personal and professional development, networking and discussions. The conference, to be held on May 10 and […]

Apr 11, 2013

UBC team places second in Shell Eco Marathon

UBC Engineering team Supermileage earned second place in the Urban Concept Car category at the 2013 Shell Eco Marathon with their car, Odysseus. The annual competition took place in Houston, […]

Apr 11, 2013

Occupational Therapy student video goes viral

Master of Occupational Therapy second-year students Rosie Higgins, Sylvie Rousseau and Chad Foster created a short video on occupational therapy with the goal of winning the Canadian Association of Occupational […]

Apr 11, 2013

Land and Food Systems students awarded AICF Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarships

Two UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems students have been awarded the 2013 AICF Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship from the Agricultural Institute of Canada (AICF). Valeria Castellanos Hurtado received […]

Apr 11, 2013

Pharmacy building wins B.C. award

The UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences building has won an Association of Consulting Engineering Companies B.C. (ACEC-BC) 2013 Award for Engineering Excellence in the Buildings category. ACEC-BC is British Columbia’s […]

Apr 11, 2013

Recipients announced for 2013 B.C. digitization program

More of British Columbia’s unique and storied past will soon be accessible online thanks to the latest funding round from the B.C. History Digitization Program (BCHDP). The program, launched by […]

Apr 11, 2013

UBC Library Chung Collection documentary nominated for Golden Sheaf Award

Documentary film Passage of Dreams: The Chung Collection has been nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award in the multicultural category. The documentary features the stories of UBC alumnus Wallace B. […]

Apr 11, 2013

Law professor recognized for Excellence in Teaching

Professor Doug Harris is this year’s recipient of the George Curtis Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence. The award was announced at the UBC Law graduation dinner on March 22, 2013. […]

Apr 11, 2013

Computer Science prof wins Microsoft Research award

Computer Science Associate Professor Joanna McGrenere has won a Microsoft Research Software Engineering Innovation Foundation award for her proposal Adaptive Touch Targeting for Mobile Devices: Supporting Users Across the Adult […]

Apr 11, 2013