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UBC's popular Art on the Line gala set for February 1, 2014
The Visual Arts Course Union and the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC’s Okanagan campus will hold the 12th annual Art on the Line gala fundraiser on Saturday, February 1, 2014. This annual gala is one of the most widely popular visual arts events in our community.
UBC’s Theatre26 presents LOON at the Rotary Centre for the Arts
A man. The moon. A most peculiar love story. Acclaimed physical theatre duo Wonderheads presents a love story that whisks a man to the moon and back.
Social news site explodes with praise for first-year UBC student
Eric Huang woke up one morning and was amazed to find more than 100 messages on his cell phone. The 18-year-old UBC Okanagan campus student turned into an overnight sensation on the social news site Reddit.
First Nation Elders share language skills with UBC students
In a fun learning exchange, elders from the Splatsin First Nation taught words from their language to UBC students, while the students shared a fun interactive learning game with the elders.
UBC researchers named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Three UBC ecologists who study the natural world at very different scales -- from marine ecosystems, to plant and soil systems, to microbial communities -- have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society, and the publisher of the journal Science.
Nursing researchers seeks family caregivers for end-of-life study
A School of Nursing research team is seeking to recruit families involved in caring for family members dying of cancer.
Public invited to trio of UBC talks over next three weeks
How does what you do online shape your online identity? That's the topic of next Tuesday night's free public talk presented in Kelowna by UBC -- the first of three compelling talks presented by UBC over the next three weeks. The impact of Nobel Prize-winning ideas in medicine, and the ideas behind this year's Nobel Prizes follow on Dec. 2 and 10 respectively.
UBC’s School of Engineering remembers Montreal Massacre
It was 24 years ago when an armed man entered l’Ecole Polytechnique in Montréal, separated the female engineering students from the men, and opened fire. On that solemn December day, Marc Lépine murdered 14 women—12 engineering students, one nursing student, and a university employee. He injured another 10 women and four men before killing himself.
A brief history of medical science topic of public presentation
When it comes to advances in medicine, there have been remarkable discoveries over the ages. Through education, improved care, elimination of disease and aid of technology, medicine has helped create a healthier, longer-living society in the Western world.
Who’s lurking in your backyard?
Psychopathy is a complex emotional disorder that is often difficult to detect. Psychopathic people are typically narcissistic, conning and manipulative, antisocial, and engage in deception at an often pathological level. If you don’t know what to look for, it’s difficult to spot and easy for them to manipulate and take advantage of you.