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Graduation and honorary degree ceremonies begin

UBC confers degrees on 7,800 graduating students and 11 honorary degree recipients at the Vancouver campus’ Spring Congregation, May 21-28.

May 20, 2014

Getting a head start

Getting a head start

Will Guest is the youngest grad of UBC’s MD/PhD program. He’s also in line for his first patent

May 1, 2013 - by Brian Lin

Japanese Canadian students tribute: Symposium and honorary degree ceremony

Seventy years after Japanese Canadian UBC students were forcibly removed and exiled from the B.C. coast, UBC is examining its own role in this injustice with a symposium.

Mar 15, 2012

UBC announces 2012 individual honorary degrees: Two former PMs, singer-songwriter among Vancouver campus recipients

Former Canadian prime ministers Joe Clark and Paul Martin and iconic singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie are among those receiving honorary degrees from UBC this year. Others who will receive the degrees at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia include a philanthropist for Buddhism studies, a globe-trotting husband-and-wife ethnobotanist team and a beloved symphony conductor.

Feb 14, 2012

UBC honours Julie Payette and Louis Nirenberg at Vancouver campus Fall Congregation ceremonies

Between Wednesday Nov. 24 and Friday Nov. 26, more than 2,000 UBC undergraduate and graduate degrees from all 12 Vancouver faculties will be conferred.

Nov 23, 2010

UBC grads don cap and gown for week of Vancouver campus ceremonies

More than 6,500 students will graduate this week as UBC holds ceremonies at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. They will join more than 250,000 UBC alumni worldwide.

May 26, 2010

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