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UBC Reports – October 17, 2013
Oct 17, 2013
Recent UBC Media Releases Oct 18 UBC experts for EU trade deal analysis Oct 17 Medieval manuscript’s impact spans centuries Oct 16 Get ready for the Big One Oct […]
UBC Library and the United Way invite UBC staff to the fourth annual Spelling Bee, a cross-campus team competition to raise awareness for the United Way. Teams of four to […]
The third-annual Open UBC will kick off Oct. 22, celebrating open access to information. The events encourage the academic community to come together to share and learn about open scholarship […]
Nominations are open for the UBC Library Innovative Dissemination of Research Award, which honours faculty, staff and students who are expanding the boundaries of research through the creative use of […]
UBC School of Nursing is welcoming the 10th Annual Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) to Vancouver on Oct. 20-22. The mission of the SIO is to advance […]
Canada Gairdner Award winners Sir Gregory Winter and Dr. Kim Nasmyth will share their knowledge and expertise in biomedical research at UBC as part of the Gairdner Foundation’s National Program […]
Dept. of English alumni Doretta Lau and Naben Ruthnum are finalists in the Writers’ Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. The prize is awarded annually to a […]
Third-year Integrated Engineering student Patrick Crawford will be running in the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront marathon representing Engineering Without Borders (EWB) Run to End Poverty. EWB is an organization that drives […]
A UBC Civil Engineering team won first place at the North American Water Environment Federation Student Design Competition in the Environmental Division. This is the first time a Canadian team […]
Former director of the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) Sanford Hirshen passed away on Oct. 2 in Oakland, CA. Hirshen served as director from 1990 until his retirement […]
A documentary titled “Brain Magic: The Power of Placebos” will be broadcast on Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. on CBC’s The Nature of Things. The broadcast will feature UBC’s Dr. […]
The retrospective exhibition on the work of Vancouver architect Daniel Evan White at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) is curated by School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture faculty members Greg […]
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences launched the Pharmaceutical Analytical Suite (PSAS), a dedicated facility for research and data acquisition, on Oct. 16. PSAS is located on the fifth and sixth […]
Faculty of Applied Science’s Dean Marc Parlange thanks everyone in the UBC community who participated in the Turkey 2K Trot fundraiser for UBC’s United Way Campaign on Oct. 8. A […]
History professor Julie MacArthur has won a $20,000 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Connections Grant to fund an African film series project in Vancouver. Macarthur will […]
The Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) project has been awarded the first Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Award with $50,000 in funding. IPinCH […]
Zoology professor Michael C. Whitlock was among 164 people inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony on Oct. 12. Founded in 1780, the Academy is […]
UBC hopes to move forward on research facilities funding John Hepburn, vice-president of Research and International at UBC, sets the record straight on funding for the Annacis Island Academy. Read […]
The ability of invasive plants to rapidly adapt to local climates – and potentially to climate change – may be a key factor in how quickly they spread.
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