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Announcing the 2020/2021 Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) funding recipients

Community-University Engagement Support (CUES) provides funding for charitable organizations in British Columbia to build partnerships and pursue shared projects with UBC. 

Research in focus: Jongho Lee

Jongho is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science. His research is aiming to develop membrane-based separation technologies to extract renewable and clean energy compounds from wastewater.

Take it all the way: Why it’s time to bring SkyTrain to UBC

  Planning for an extension of the SkyTrain from Arbutus Street to UBC is underway. This project is part of the long-term vision for an integrated transportation system that ensures Metro Vancouver continues to be a great place to live, work, learn, play and visit.   Find out how you can provide feedback to show your support for a project that will make life easier for so many members of the UBC community.  

UBC continues to be a global leader in impact

Announcing the appointment of new Dean, Faculty of Forestry

It is my pleasure to announce that the Board of Governors has accepted the President’s recommendation to appoint Dr. Robert Kozak as the new Dean of the Faculty of Forestry for a five-year term, commencing September 1, 2021. For full details of the appointment please visit https://academic.ubc.ca/dean-faculty-forestry.

Cellulose is the Material of the Future

Update on UBC’s Campus Return Plan

A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor

Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal’s Spring Town Hall

A message from Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, I am pleased to invite you to our virtual Spring Town Hall on Thursday, May 13, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. This town hall provides us with an opportunity to come together and share in UBC Okanagan’s many remarkable achievements and notable developments over the past year, as well as provide an update on where we’re heading as a university.  

UBC’s budget for 2021/22

The UBC Board of Governors has approved the budget for 2021/22, setting spending priorities for the year ahead to support the ongoing recovery from COVID-19, to further UBC’s impact through key priorities, and to continue support for excellence in teaching, learning, and research.

Anti-racism witnessing session for Indigenous staff

In 2020, President Ono reaffirmed our commitments to the Indigenous Strategic Plan as well as our institutional commitment to inclusion, and called for the acceleration and intensification of efforts to build a more inclusive campus community. Over the past year, we held listening and witnessing sessions with community members to hear their experiences at UBC. 

UBCO engineer cautions pregnant women about speed bumps

Update on UBC’s Budget for the 2021/22 fiscal year

The 2020/21 fiscal year was unprecedented and challenging in many ways for our community as UBC navigated the effects of COVID-19, along with other higher education institutions across Canada and around the world.  In that context, and enabled by the knowledge and experience gained through the past year, our finance teams across the university have worked hard to prepare the 2021/22 budget. The proposed budget was formally presented to UBC’s Board of Governors today, and we are pleased to announce that it has been approved.