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UBC Reports | October 30

UBC Reports | October 30

Oct 31, 2014

Find the Quiet Heroes and Fire the Bad Apples

Find the Quiet Heroes and Fire the Bad Apples

Find the Quiet Heroes and Fire the Bad Apples Jennifer Berdahl offers tech executives advice on how to fix the gender bias in their industry in the New York Times. Read […]

Oct 31, 2014

Town Hall: International Undergraduate Tuition and Vancouver Housing Fees

Town Hall: International Undergraduate Tuition and Vancouver Housing Fees Fri Oct 31, 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Norm Theatre, Student Union Building Join Louise Cowin, Vice-President, Students and Dave Farrar, […]

Oct 31, 2014

Town Hall: International Undergraduate Tuition and Vancouver Housing Fees

Oct 31, 2014

Engineering hosts Distinguished Speaker Series seminar and open house

The November seminar in Chemical and Biological Engineering’s Distinguished Speaker series will be given by Robert Burrell, professor and chair of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Alberta. Burrell’s talk […]

Oct 30, 2014

Mining engineering postdoctoral fellow wins Young Author award

Wenying Liu, a post-doctoral fellow in Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering, has won a Young Author Award for “one of the best ten technical papers presented by an […]

Oct 30, 2014

Computer Science professors recognized

Computer science professors Alla Sheffer and Holger Hoos‘ paper “Filling Your Shelves: Synthesizing Diverse Style-Preserving Artifact Arrangements,” has been chosen as the November 2014 spotlight paper by IEEE Transactions on […]

Oct 30, 2014

Engineering professor receives Meritorious Achievement Award

James Olson, professor of mechanical engineering and associate dean for research and industrial partnerships at the Faculty of Applied Science, has received the 2014 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists […]

Oct 30, 2014

Genomics helps B.C. pharmacists target the right drugs for the right patient

A new research project that aims to make personalized medicine a reality for patients is launching in community pharmacies across British Columbia. Led by a team at UBC’s Faculty of […]

Oct 30, 2014

2014 flu clinic dates and locations for UBC staff, faculty and students

UBC will offer free flu shots to staff, faculty and students at clinics across UBC Vancouver Campus from November 4 to 27. Vaccinations are available on a first-come, first-served basis. […]

Oct 30, 2014

UBC This Week 30-Oct-2014

  Recent UBC Media Releases Oct 30 Finding genetic clues to intellectual disabilities Oct 29 UBC researchers aim to simplify life saving drug Oct 29 Black Republicans put most faith […]

Oct 30, 2014

Finding genetic clues to intellectual disabilities

Finding genetic clues to intellectual disabilities

Sophisticated new DNA analyses are offering families invaluable information that will help in the care of new syndromes

Oct 30, 2014 - by Brian Murphy

theatre26 presents: Dream

Oct 30, 2014

theatre26 presents: Dream

theatre26 presents: Dream Thu Oct 30 2014, 8 PM UBC Okanagan, Administration Building Every November 1 and 2, in Mexico, people come together to feast and celebrate with their ancestors […]

Oct 30, 2014

UBC researchers aim to simplify life saving drug

UBC researchers aim to simplify life saving drug

UBC researchers are making blood thinners a lot safer by developing a universal antidote that works on a dozen heparin products.

Oct 29, 2014

When it comes to stopping cancer, we physicians will always opt for more information

When it comes to stopping cancer, we physicians will always opt for more information

When it comes to stopping cancer, we physicians will always opt for more information Breast and prostate cancer screenings are worth doing, even with the risk of false positives, say […]

Oct 29, 2014

Overcoming the past, seeing a new future

Overcoming the past, seeing a new future

A tuition waiver is opening up a whole world of fresh possibilities for current and former youth in care

Oct 29, 2014 - by Jessica Werb

Breathing the past: music from ancient Japan

Breathing the past: music from ancient Japan Wed Oct 29 2014, 12 PM – 1 PM Music Building Traditional zen repertoire, formal gagaku court chamber music and other Japanese works. Co-production […]

Oct 29, 2014

Breathing the past: music from ancient Japan

Oct 29, 2014

Black Republicans put most faith in U.S. government

Black Republicans put most faith in U.S. government

Black Republicans trust the United States government more than other political groups, finds a new study from UBC.

Oct 29, 2014