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UBC Reports – August 22, 2013

UBC Reports – August 22, 2013

UBC This Week 22-Aug-2013

  Recent UBC Media Releases Aug 19 UBC Law names finalists for inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity Aug 21 Territorial behaviour at work can be a mistake Upcoming Event […]

Full-day drop-in support: Connect, course reserves and copyright

Faculty members and support staff are invited to come to the Connect All-Day Drop-in and talk to specialists from UBC Library and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Participants can […]

UBC hosts international physical activity expert and scholar

UBC and the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility (CHHM) will host Dr. Steven Blair, an international physical activity expert and scholar, during the week of August 27. Blair will […]

Robotic search and rescue

The theme of this year’s Electrical and Computer Engineering 375/474, a computer-based instrumental design laboratory, is robotic search and rescue. Instructed by Prof. Paul Lusina, students had to build an […]

2013 Motion Metrics/ICICS Graduate Scholarship awarded

Mechanical Engineering doctoral student Matthew Pan is the 2013 recipient of the Motion Metrics/ Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) Graduate Scholarship. The $5,000 annual award is granted […]

UBC prof to study orphan drug funding at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Nicolas Dragojlovic, a science communication and policy researcher, has joined the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences as a postdoctoral student to study the impact of moral arguments on societal values for […]

UBC faculty help re-launch Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Co-edited by Civil Engineering professor Don Mavinic, the Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science (JEES) will be re-launched this year by The Institution of Civil Engineers. Former director of the […]

UBC faculty members receive Arthritis Society Research grant funding

Five faculty members from UBC have been awarded grants by the Arthritis Society, B.C. and Yukon Division. Totaling over one million dollars over the next four years, the funding will […]

New UBC viewbook comes to life

UBC has released its undergraduate 2014 viewbook for prospective students, You Are UBC. The book offers future students a look into life at both the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses through […]

Thunderbirds work toward ‘grand re-imagining’

There are fears over the future of some varsity programs at UBC as the athletics and recreation department implement a new competitive sports model. “At this point, it’s not a […]

Breast cancer risk assessment and prevention

Breast cancer risk assessment and prevention Thu Aug 22 2013, 12 PM – 1 PM Henry Angus Building, Room 234, 2053 Main Mall Lifestyle counsellor, Bonnie McCoy, leads an interactive […]