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New app for UBC's prospective undergraduate students

The new version of UBC’s official app for prospective undergraduate student mobile app includes new features such as: • Create your own photo message and share it with your friends • View […]

Jun 7, 2013

Visiting students to collaborate on Living Lab projects

This summer, five students from the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur — Rinku Meena, Rahul Malav, Rajat Jain, Yogendra Goyal and Junaid Masood — will join the Dept. of Electrical […]

Jun 7, 2013

UBC Library launches Community Report

It’s been a busy year for UBC Library, which has implemented a change management plan and completed the third year of its Strategic Plan. The Library’s third annual Community Report […]

Jun 7, 2013

International CONCUR team descends on Kilpisjärvi

Civil engineering professor Bernard Laval’s International CONCUR team landed in Kilpisjärvi, northern Finland, May 27 to study the transition from ice cover to summer in a high-latitude lake. The team […]

Jun 7, 2013

UBC engineers develop program to pre-empt underground water-main failure

Municipal infrastructures such as water mains are at risk because they have been underground, unchecked, for decades, according to Solomon Tesfamariam, an associate professor of civil engineering at UBC’s Okanagan […]

Jun 7, 2013

Civil Engineering prof demos pilot reactor

UBC civil engineering professor Don Mavinic demonstrated for the first time a fourth-generation reactor that reclaims struvite (phosphorus and other nutrients) from wastewater. The demonstration was held at Annacis Wastewater […]

Jun 7, 2013

Computer Science prof wins ICSE Most Influential Paper award

Computer science professor Gail Murphy and statistics researcher Davor Çubranić received the 2013 Most Influential Paper 10 Years Later Award at the 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) in […]

Jun 7, 2013

Applied Science’s women of distinction

UBC mechanical engineering professor Elizabeth Croft is this year’s recipient of the YWCA Vancouver Women of Distinction Award in the category of Education, Training & Development. Also honoured was UBC […]

Jun 7, 2013

Fisheries prof recognized for public outreach

Fisheries Centre professor and director Rashid Sumaila has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Excellence in Public Outreach Award from the American Fisheries Society. The award is presented […]

Jun 7, 2013

New Canada Post stamps created by UBC designer

Matt Warburton, a print and digital designer for UBC Communications and Marketing, is the architect behind two new Canada Post stamps commemorating Canadian motorcycles that were released June 5. The […]

Jun 7, 2013

Talk by Eric Mazur: The Tyranny of the Lecture

Talk by Dr Eric Mazur: The Tyranny of the Lecture 2 – 4 p.m. Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Victoria Learning Theatre 182, 1961 East Mall Most of the important […]

Jun 7, 2013

UBC Reports – June 6 2013

UBC Reports | June 6, 2013

Jun 6, 2013

UBC Librarians suggest great reads during Aboriginal History Month

UBC Librarians suggest great reads during Aboriginal History Month

A selection of recommendations from librarians Susan Paterson and Kim Lawson.

Jun 6, 2013

David Tindall, UBC Dept. of Sociology

What Canadian media are missing about climate change

Are national newspapers giving Canadians the information they need to make informed decisions about climate change?

Jun 6, 2013

How to buy happiness

How to buy happiness

UBC Psychology Prof. Liz Dunn co-authors op ed in the LA Times Read more…

Jun 6, 2013

Going postal

Going postal

UBC graphic designer Matt Warburton is the architect behind two new Canada Post stamps commemorating Canadian motorcycles.

Jun 6, 2013 - by Heather Amos

2013 Convocation Ceremonies at UBC’s Okanagan Campus

2013 Convocation Ceremonies at UBC’s Okanagan Campus June 6 & 7 Gymnasium of the Recreation Facility The Spring 2013 Convocation Ceremonies take place June 6 & 7. World-renowned photographer Edward […]

Jun 6, 2013

UBC men’s golf team dominant in Canadian championship win

UBC men’s golf team dominant in Canadian championship win

The Thunderbirds men’s golf team gave its most impressive performance of the season with victory at the Canadian University/College Championship.

Jun 5, 2013

The Life and Impact of C.S. Lewis

The Life and Impact of C.S. Lewis 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Regent College, 5800 University Blvd. Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. […]

Jun 5, 2013

Strength in numbers when resisting forbidden fruit

Strength in numbers when resisting forbidden fruit

A new University of British Columbia study helps to explain how people become obsessed with forbidden pleasures.

Jun 5, 2013