Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCV18 January, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
How to conduct scientific research with Indigenous Peoples and Lands in a good way
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UBCV & UBCO18 January, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Apply to the Green Labs Fund by Mar. 17
Do you have a creative idea to make your lab or research activity more sustainable?The Green Labs Fund promotes and supports sustainability in labs across our campuses. Faculty, staff and students from UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan are invited to apply to receive up to $4,000 to implement an innovative project.
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UBCO16 January, 2024 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff
Principal’s budget update Town Hall scheduled for Jan. 26
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UBCV16 January, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
‘Smart glove’ can boost hand mobility of stroke patients
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UBCV15 January, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
UBC Vancouver – Possible impacts of Metro Vancouver transit strike
Coast Mountain Bus Company transit supervisors have begun strike action with a ban on working overtime, which is resulting in some bus delays and cancellations. Although strike action has commenced, the university is operating as normal. Classes are proceeding and faculty and staff are expected to attend work.
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UBCO15 January, 2024 | Research in focus | Faculty & Staff
Research in focus: Angela Andersen
Angela is a sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. Her research focuses on Alevi communities in the Turkish Republic, their oral histories and communal ceremonial architecture.
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UBCV & UBCO15 January, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Nominations open for alumni UBC Achievement Awards
Faculty and staff are invited to nominate UBC alumni for their professional and community contributions through the alumni UBC Achievement Awards. These awards recognize excellence, leadership, and innovation in achievements and contributions to the social, cultural, and economic well-being of society, which positively reflect on the university.Learn more about the awards, eligibility, criteria, and process and submit your nomination by February 16.
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UBCV & UBCO15 January, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty
Advance your research while supporting student workplace learning
UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan faculty members can receive $6,000 in wage subsidies to hire Canadian undergraduate students full time during summer 2024, fall 2024 or winter 2025 by submitting a proposal through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards program.
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UBCV11 January, 2024 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Could chicken eggs help revolutionize cancer treatment for children?
Unlike adult cancers, which are often linked to lifestyle and environmental risk factors, the cause of many childhood cancers remains unknown.And while advances in research and care have greatly improved chances of survival, cancer remains the second-leading cause of non-accidental death among children in Canada.Find out more
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UBCV11 January, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
ChatGPT has read almost the whole internet. That hasn’t solved its diversity issues
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UBCO10 January, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Artificial intelligence helps unlock advances in wireless communications
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UBCV8 January, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Hospitals dealing with increasingly complex patients, data reveals