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UBC raises more than $1.6 billion in historic fundraising and alumni engagement campaign

UBC raises more than $1.6 billion in historic fundraising and alumni engagement campaign

UBC has announced the results of its start an evolution campaign – the most ambitious fundraising and alumni engagement campaign in Canadian history.

Nov 17, 2015

Tuum Dressed: 100 Years of Fashion at UBC

Tuum Dressed: 100 Years of Fashion at UBC

Yoga wear and rain boots may be ubiquitous around campus nowadays, but fashion standards weren’t always so lax at UBC.

Nov 6, 2015

Photo gallery: Check out that ‘stache!

Photo gallery: Check out that ‘stache!

Crumb catcher, soup strainer, chin whiskers, chops – whatever you call the moustaches and beards that sprout up during the month of November, you can be sure that someone at UBC has sported the style.

Oct 29, 2015

UBC100 formation photos and HD timelapse video now available

UBC launched its Centennial year today, exactly 100 years after welcoming its first class of 379 students.

Sep 30, 2015

UBC celebrates 100 years of learning, research and community engagement

UBC celebrates 100 years of learning, research and community engagement

UBC launches its Centennial year and marks the official opening of the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre today, exactly 100 years after welcoming its first class of 379 students.

Sep 30, 2015

UBC creates UBC100 formation on Centennial anniversary, Sept. 30

UBC creates UBC100 formation on Centennial anniversary, Sept. 30

Media are invited to film hundreds of students, staff, alumni and faculty spell out “UBC100” in formation at 12 p.m.

Sep 29, 2015

UBC welcomes first class of its second century

UBC welcomes first class of its second century

This month, UBC kicks off its 100th anniversary events and as it does, it welcomes 8,337 students as the first class of its second centennial.

Sep 4, 2015

Libraries evolve to keep pace in rapidly changing world of technology

Libraries evolve to keep pace in rapidly changing world of technology

Academic university libraries have come a long way since the early days of the card catalogue system, microfiches, and rows of book stacks.

Sep 1, 2015