studentlife

$2.5M gift from UBC alumni to create student engineering design centre

The University of British Columbia opens today on its Vancouver campus the Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre, which will boost collaboration and hands-on innovation among students from 11 engineering disciplines.

Nov 2, 2011

How to thrive at UBC: eight dimensions of well-being

Student leaders urge mental wellness by promoting a balanced life

Oct 5, 2011

Stress, anxiety, depression: just another part of student life… right?

Resources and tools can help students build healthy minds, the first step toward academic success.

Oct 5, 2011 - by By Heather Amos

New UBC law building opens following Canada’s largest law school donor campaign

Today, UBC opened the country’s first new purpose-built university law school building in 30 years, a $56-million facility made possible by the largest private fundraising effort for a Canadian law school building.

Sep 23, 2011

UBC journalism project documents global pain crisis

In advance of a United Nations conference today on the global challenges of treating cancer and other diseases, the UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched an ambitious multimedia site, The Pain Project, which documents one of the greatest challenges to treating chronic illnesses: severely constrained access to morphine.

Sep 19, 2011

UBC launches Canada’s only journalism course to focus on First Nations and the media

The UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched the only university journalism course in Canada dedicated to improving the quality of Aboriginal representation by the news media.

Sep 7, 2011

More B.C. students than ever on track for UBC degree

The University of British Columbia is serving more B.C. students on its campuses and seeing strong growth for the seventh straight year in the Okanagan.

Sep 6, 2011

UBC's Vancouver campus comes alive with Canada's largest one-day orientation program

First-day classes at UBC’s Vancouver campus have been replaced with orientation activities for the majority of the more than 37,000 undergraduate students.

Sep 2, 2011

Back to school and in the cloud

Big ideas at UBC are transcending geographic boundaries and connecting people at megabyte speed.

Sep 1, 2011

Sustainability learning by osmosis

If you are a student in Vancouver, check your class schedule. You may be among the first students to study in North America’s greenest building this fall.

Sep 1, 2011

Learning out of the box

Classes, homework and exams don’t have to be the 
only part of your university experience. 
UBC students 
in Vancouver or Kelowna can also learn through work, while volunteering, on a different continent or by getting involved in a community project.

Sep 1, 2011

Engineering students “travel” the world to embrace ambiguity

If you think a trek from the Bus Loop to class is arduous, try traveling halfway around the world. That’s what students in the Applied Science 263: Technology and Development course do every week—metaphorically speaking, that is.

Sep 1, 2011 - by By Lorraine Chan

New tool measures sustainability of sports events

UBC is pioneering a concept of the university as a living laboratory for sustainability, where academic and operational sectors collaborate to address pressing global sustainability challenges.

Sep 1, 2011 - by By Basil Waugh

World, meet the Okanagan

More students from around the world are experiencing Canadian living at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

Sep 1, 2011 - by By Paul Marck

Culture Shock

Students encounter a new level of diversity on campus. How do they learn from it?

Sep 1, 2011 - by By Heather Amos

UBC education experts ready to comment on back-to-school issues

UBC experts are available to comment on topical kindergarten to Grade 12 and post-secondary education issues.

Aug 25, 2011

UBC named hosting games partner for the 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games

The University of British Columbia (UBC) welcomes the announcement today that the 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games will be held in Vancouver and that the University will be the host venue for the competition being held from July 8 to 12, 2014. The Games will feature athletes with an intellectual disability from across the country going for gold in 11 sports.

Aug 3, 2011

Student teams from across Canada race robots at UBC

Event:  UBC Thunderbird Robotics hosts 7th annual International Autonomous Robot Racing Competition and Exhibition Date:  Saturday, July 23, 2011 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. –  Exhibition of latest in robotic […]

Jul 22, 2011

UBC students mobilize for Rumana Monzur as she undergoes care

University of British Columbia masters student Rumana Monzur is receiving medical treatment in Vancouver but further procedures will be required to determine how much, if any, of her sight can be restored.

Jul 14, 2011

Putting students to work

Close to 500 students get summer jobs at UBC through Work Study and Work Learn Programs

Jul 7, 2011 - by By Heather Amos