By Bud Mortenson on December 18, 2009
With only 100 tickets being sold, art enthusiasts will want to secure their spot early for the 8th annual Art on the Line gala fundraiser at UBC Okanagan. At $175 each, one ticket admits up to two people and includes appetizers and refreshments, live entertainment and one juried work of art. The Art on the […]
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By Jody Jacob on December 18, 2009
UBC Okanagan's Anthropology students were top performers in a major competition involving 4,000 students at 28 universities and colleges across North America this fall. Taking part in the Public Anthropology Community Action project, students in the Anthropology 100 introductory course taught by Diana French, Associate Professor in Community, Culture and Global Studies, were challenged to […]
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By Bud Mortenson on December 18, 2009
'Tis the season for New Year's resolutions, and UBC Okanagan's Continuing Studies has put together an extensive Spring lineup of courses starting in January that can help people learn new computer or writing skills, explore their passion for art, wines, gardening or photography, and even learn a new language. "We all have things we'd like […]
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By Bud Mortenson on December 16, 2009
Novelist and poet Laisha Rosnau is UBC Okanagan's third annual writer-in-residence. Sponsored by the Department of Creative Studies, this program allows 16 selected local writers to get free critiques of their work. "Laisha Rosnau, who grew up in Vernon, is back in the Valley as our writer in residence and we're delighted!" says Nancy Holmes, […]
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By Bud Mortenson on December 11, 2009
Students at UBC's Okanagan campus have raised $20,000 and hope to move even closer to their $40,000 fund-raising goal this holiday season for Ghana Rural Opportunities for Women -- Project GROW. Through the sale of holiday greeting cards and donations since 2007, Project GROW has provided donkeys and carts, water barrels, dozens of goats, and […]
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By Bud Mortenson on December 11, 2009
Kevin Sites, former correspondent with ABC, CNN and NBC, and recipient of the Daniel Pearl Award, will share stories of people and places from the world's combat zones as the first presenter when UBC Okanagan's Distinguished Speaker Series resumes in January. Yahoo's first news correspondent, Sites blends the best of traditional reporting with cutting-edge reporting […]
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By Jody Jacob on December 11, 2009
Research creating a new understanding of old growth's importance UBC researchers are looking below ground in a forest near Kamloops, B.C., to better understand how the health and survival of Douglas fir trees may be affected by the relationships and connectivity of webs of fungi that grow on tree roots. Called mycorrhizal networks, these interconnecting […]
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By Bud Mortenson on December 11, 2009
The latest edition of Frontier magazine features the breadfruit research of Susan Murch, Canada Research Chair in Natural Products Chemistry at UBC Okanagan. The story, Potato of the Pacific (p. 15), highlights the collaboration of Murch's Plant Chemistry and Biotechnology Lab and the Centre for Species at Risk and Habitat Studies at UBC Okanagan, the National […]
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By Jody Jacob on December 9, 2009
UBC Okanagan Education students have created Christmas cards for clients at Kelowna's Gospel Mission to share holiday greetings with family and friends. Part of an Education course art portfolio, the Connecting at Christmas initiative is coordinated through the UBC Okanagan Learning Exchange program and builds on an idea sparked during a previous student-driven volunteer project […]
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By Bud Mortenson on December 7, 2009
UBC Okanagan study explores what happens when a desired home death does not occur Lorrianne Topf, a UBC Okanagan Master of Science in Nursing student, is looking for family members of people with cancer willing to share their experiences when a desired home death for their loved one did not occur and happened instead in […]
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