Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV20 February, 2024 | 30-second bio | Faculty & Staff
30-second bio: David Boyd
David is an associate professor within the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability. He invites you to imagine a world in which everyone is kind towards everyone else, including our non-human living relations.
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UBCO20 February, 2024 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Marie Tarrant
Dr. Marie Tarrant is Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Development and professor in the School of Nursing at UBC Okanagan. She was appointed to the role of Dean in January 2023. Prior to this, she was Director of the School of Nursing. Before joining UBC in 2016, Dr. Tarrant served as Deputy Head and Professor at the School of Nursing in the University of Hong Kong. During her career, she has also practiced as a community and public health nurse in rural and remote areas of Canada, including the far north. Dr. Tarrant is the lead investigator in the School of Nursing Maternal and Child Health Lab and is a frequently cited UBC expert on maternal and child health issues. Her research focuses on breastfeeding and maternal and childhood vaccine hesitancy, including COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
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UBCO14 February, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
UBCO researchers get to the bottom of non-invasive gut tests
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UBCV & UBCO13 February, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
UBC recognized as one of BC's top employers in 2024
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UBCV & UBCO12 February, 2024 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & Staff
2024 President's awards for staff: Call for nominations
A message from Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-Chancellor.Each year through the President’s staff awards, we recognize and celebrate staff members who demonstrate outstanding achievement and excellence within the UBC community, and who enable us to shape the future of research, teaching, and work.I invite you to nominate your staff colleagues for the 2024 awards. Nominations may be submitted by faculty, staff, and students. The deadline for nominations is 4pm on March 22.
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UBCV12 February, 2024 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Can your breath be used to detect lung cancer?
Killing more people every year than breast, colon and cervical cancer combined, lung cancer is the most-deadly form of cancer globally.Currently detected using an imaging test, such as a CT scan, lung cancer is typically confirmed by biopsy — whereby a sample of tissue or fluid from around a patient’s lungs is carefully extracted and examined under a microscope.But what if the world’s deadliest cancer could be quickly and easily detected using something as simple, and painless as a breath test?
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UBCV12 February, 2024 | Teaching in focus | Faculty & Staff
Teaching in focus: Hanh Huynh
Hanh Huynh is an associate professor of teaching in the Faculty of Medicine. His teaching approach centres on the principle of 'less is more', providing students with the time and space to discover answers to their own questions.
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UBCV & UBCO8 February, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Meet the winter recipients of the 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
This winter, Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) funding was awarded to 15 collaborative community-university initiatives, showcasing the diverse ways in which communities are partnering with UBC students, faculty and staff in Vancouver and the Okanagan. Receiving up to $1,500 each, some of the most recently funded community-university projects are working to:
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UBCV & UBCO8 February, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty
2024 University Killam Professors competition – call for nominations
The biennial University Killam Professor competition is open for the nomination of exceptional faculty members who are extraordinary teachers and researchers, leaders in their academic fields, and have received national and international recognition.A maximum of three professors may be appointed during each competition cycle. It is the highest honour that the University can confer on a faculty member. University Killam Professors are expected to contribute to the overall intellectual life of the university and to serve as academic ambassadors to UBC’s external community.
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UBCV8 February, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Global contest aims to predict peak bloom dates for cherry blossoms
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UBCO8 February, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Powerful answers to energy questions may be blowing in the wind