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Law Prof. Galit Sarfaty finds problems in the widespread use of indicators to track corporate social performance
Jul 22, 2013 - by Simmi Puri
UBC Reports – July 18, 2013
Jul 19, 2013
Regent College 2013 World Christianity Conference July 19 – 20, 5 PM Regent College, 5800 University Blvd. Diane Stinton and Jeffrey Greenman host “On the Threshold: World Christianity at Our […]
Recent UBC Media Releases Jul 18 Tree detectives unravel the mystery of B.C.’s forests Jul 17 Sex and BC East Asian teenagers Upcoming Event Highlights Jul 19 Blueberry Fest […]
Jul 18, 2013
Bita Imam, a PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences, has received the 2013 Rising Star Award from Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. The award recognizes her research achievements and volunteer work. […]
Olivia Tseng, a PhD student with UBC’s Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, has been awarded a Telus-Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Fellowship to investigate how interactions with family physicians can improve care for […]
Computer Science professor Nando de Freitas, graduate students Ziyu Wang, Masrour Zoghi, David Matheson and postdoc Frank Hutter received the 2013 IJCAI Distinguished Paper Award for their work on ‘Bayesian […]
Dr. Mary De Vera was recently invited by the B.C. Medical Journal to blog about medication non-adherence. To read more, click here. Dr. Corey Nislow was interviewed about his work […]
School of Nursing associate professor Bernie Garrett‘s new book Science and Modern Thought in Nursing: Pragmatism & Praxis for Evidence-based Practice presents a pragmatic approach to the philosophy of nursing […]
Mechanical Engineering professor James Olson, Director of the Pulp and Paper Centre, is among 125 applicants to receive an NSERC Discover Accelerator Supplement to support his research program “Towards an […]
The Crest.BD network has secured a Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) Knowledge to Action grant for $200,000. Titled “Like a ship that’s always righting itself: Self-management of bipolar disorder, […]
Local architect Ronald B. Howard contributed to the architectural design of Vancouver during the second half of the twentieth century through his work on the Kitsilano Pool, the Langara College […]
UBC Okanagan engineering professors Rehan Sadiq and Kasun Hewage are working with the City of Penticton to help the municipality make city-owned buildings more energy-efficient. Life-cycle analysis by the two […]
Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Rabab Ward will serve as 2014-2015 Signal Processing Society (SPS) president-elect. She succeeds Alex Acero of Microsoft who will become president in 2014. SPS is […]
Canada took home 16 medals from the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, finishing 15th overall.
UBC astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to discover new insights into the formation of the Milky Way.
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum has produced a professionally printed deck of its popular open-source Phylo card game.
Interventional radiology can be a better, safer complement to surgery, says UBC’s Dave Liu.
Jul 17, 2013 - by Brian Kladko
UBC Blueberry Festival July 17 – 20, 9 AM – 1PM Triple-O’s Patio, Main Mall Blueberry pancakes, scones, muffins, tarts and more at the Blueberry Fest, including a Chef’s Demo […]
Jul 17, 2013
A new UBC study shows that most East Asian adolescents in B.C. are not sexually active, but those who are may engage in high-risk sexual behaviours.
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