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UBC Vantage College will welcome its first cohort of 300 International Program students in August 2014.
Sep 26, 2013
A two-day conference hosted by UBC that explores how sports can promote sustainability begins today.
Surviving Progress Thu Sep 26 2013, 5 PM – 6:30 PM Cecil Green Park House An academic event featuring historian, novelist and essayist Ronald Wright, who will outline what he […]
UBC’s Faculty of Law at Allard Hall presented Anna Hazare, one of India’s most influential social activists, with the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity.
UBC engineers are working with First Nations communities to improve access to clean water.
Sep 25, 2013 - by Heather Amos
As Breaking Bad sets to air its final episode on Sept. 29, UBC Chemistry Professor Michael Wolf talks about the hit show’s depiction of chemistry.
Sep 25, 2013
Oxygen appeared in the atmosphere up to 700 million years earlier than we previously thought.
CIRS has been awarded the highest designation in green building performance from the LEED rating system.
The Thunderbirds are currently riding a four-game winning streak and sit atop the the Canada West Pacific Division with 15 points.
Allard Prize for International Integrity awarding Wed Sep 25 2013, 6 PM – 8 PM Allard Hall, 1822 East Mall The inaugural recipient of the Allard Prize for International Integrity […]
The executive of Population Data B.C. is calling for a more sophisticated use of health data, but others argue it could threaten privacy protection. According to Dr. Kendall Ho, director […]
UBC Reports – September 20, 2013
Sep 24, 2013
The inaugural recipient of the $100,000 Allard Prize for International Integrity will be announced Wednesday at a special evening ceremony, with a keynote address from humanitarian Stephen Lewis. The Allard […]
A video tour of UBC’s Greenheart Canopy Walkway, which–as Travelers Today recently noted–“lets visitors walk above a rain forest.”
Human nature and the moral economy UBC doctoral student Eric Michael Johnson argues that economics is inextricably tied to moral behaviour, though few economists will say that. Read more…
What can I do with my Arts Degree? Tue Sep 24, 2013, 4 PM – 5 PM University Centre, Okanagan This session for Arts students will cover your questions about […]
In honour of Arthritis Month, UBC’s Diane Lacaille discusses what’s being done for arthritis sufferers.
Sep 23, 2013
UBC’s Pulp and Paper Centre has received $2.7 million to reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions of one of B.C.’s largest industries by 50 per cent before 2020.
UBC is launching the Open Minds Forum – a new online community that allows students and alumni to have their say about the goings-on at the institution. “We felt like […]
The Erotic Life of Racism Mon Sep 23 2013, 4PM – 5PM Liu Institute for Global Issues This talk builds upon The Erotic Life of Racism (Duke University Press, 2012) […]
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