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UBC Reports | May 13
May 13, 2016
Over this last year we’ve done a lot of work with hitting coach Shawn Bowman and head coach Chris Pritchett.
CTLT asked faculty, students and staff about future of higher education, asking: What will education will look like in 2050?
This used to be Chinatown UBC history professor Henry Yu on what should happen to ensure Chinatown remains a vital part of the city rather than merely defined by architecture. […]
One Day @ UBC: Outlaw Economics: A Rogue History of Capitalism Saturday, May 14, 2016 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM Irving K Barber Learning Centre (UBC Point Grey campus), Room […]
Events
The Washington Post reports on a study co-authored by UBC’s Anna Karnkowska detailing an unprecedented finding in the scientific world. Eukaryotes are the group of organisms including humans, other animals, […]
Research from UBC was included in a Yahoo Finance UK article on dealing with toxic work colleagues. The UBC findings showed that employees were most likely to quit when they […]
An article in the Globe and Mail about a B.C. Liberal candidate apologizing for his “insensitive” tweets, quotes UBC political scientist Max Cameron. Rinaldo said child poverty was a “cultural […]
An article in the Huffington Post examining how climate change is involved in the conversation around the Fort McMurray wildfire quotes Simon Donner, associate professor of climatology at UBC. “It […]
A story in iPolitics questions the transparency of Global Affairs Canada in its work with Vancouver-based Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI). The institute, which is supported by SFU, UBC […]
Christopher Rea, a faculty member and director of the Centre for Chinese Research at UBC, wrote this opinion piece in the Globe and Mail on four things the new president […]
The Vancouver Sun published an opinion piece by UBC history professor Henry Yu on what should happen to ensure Chinatown remains a vital part of the city rather than merely […]
The Vancouver Sun reports on Prime Minister Trudeau’s upcoming divisive decision on oilsands pipelines, and quotes UBC’s George Hoberg, a professor of environmental and natural resource policy. Trudeau heard internally […]
The Tyee reported on the recent urban issues debate “Let Experts Plan” which was put on in partnership with the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. […]
Ming Pao Canada reported on a new UBC-developed method to isolate cancer cells that have escaped from a tumor which may soon impact cancer detection and treatment. A special device […]
The Squamish Chief reports on construction developments of a Green Tech Centre and the UBC Clean Energy Research Centre at an oceanfront location in Squamish. Squamish Mayor Patricia Heintzman said […]
Castanet News reported on a study showing that eyewitness accounts are influenced by the types of crime. “Eyewitness testimony is very compelling and may have the ability to sway a […]
The UBC engineering team will be a special guest at the Knox Mountain Hillclimb, Castanet News reported. The 3.5-kilometre long event, in its 59th year, is the oldest annual paved-hillclimb event […]
The Kelowna Daily Courier reported on UBC Okanagan student athlete Briana Beamish who earned a spot on the Canadian national senior A women’s volleyball team. Beamish was part of the first […]
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