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Engineering professor Sumi Siddiqua (right) and graduate student Priscila Barreto (left).

New research modernizes rammed earth construction

By Nathan Skolski on April 23, 2018

A building method as old as dirt is being re-examined as a ‘new’ and viable modern construction material.

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Finalists in the 2018 Okanagan Short Story Contest, from left: Assoc. Prof. Michael V. Smith, MFA student Victoria Alvarez (second place), MA IGS student Brittni MacKenzie-Dale (first place), Bethany Pardoe (winner, high-school category), Samantha Macpherson (third place) and contest judge Karen Hofmann.

Kelowna writer wins UBC Okanagan’s annual short story contest

By Patty Wellborn on April 18, 2018

Kelowna’s Brittni MacKenzie-Dale is the winner of this year’s Okanagan Short Story Contest. Organized and partially-sponsored by UBC Okanagan, the contest is an annual writing competition open to fiction writers in British Columbia’s Southern Interior.

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Joshua Brinkerhoff is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan

Computer modeling may provide better treatments for emphysema

By Nathan Skolski on April 16, 2018

Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus are using advanced computer simulations to model how air flows into the deepest regions of the lungs and uncover how the early stages of emphysema can impact a patient’s ability to take in oxygen.

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Authors shortlisted for UBC’s 2018 Okanagan Short Story Contest

By Patty Wellborn on April 12, 2018

It has been 20 years of great stories, emerging writers and plot twists.

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A self-portrait by Bachelor of Fine Arts student Moozhan Ahmadzadegan is one of many pieces of art on display during the upcoming Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition.

UBC Okanagan fine arts graduates host exhibition

By Patty Wellborn on April 12, 2018

Visual Arts students at UBC Okanagan will host their annual graduation art exhibition called 20, April 12 to 24.

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From left, lecturer Svan Lembke, David Gao, Stehaniya Mikhaylova, Marisa Matthews, Dan Thornton, Argus Properties President Ted Callahan and Faculty of Management Director Mike Chiasson celebrate with the Argus Cup after the 2018 Live Case Challenge.

Growth strategy captures Live Case Challenge

By Nathan Skolski on April 6, 2018

Aggressive expansion in a region experiencing high residential growth – achieved by purchasing and partnering with an established company to recreate high-end and tailored service delivery that meets contractors’ needs.

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Pat Kennedy and Mike Shaw talk about Mike’s road to recovery.

Story of resilience and recovery shared at annual breakfast

By Patty Wellborn on April 6, 2018

UBC Okanagan held its annual athletic scholarship breakfast on Friday where inspiration took centre-stage.

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From left: Linda Fitzpatrick, Ross Fitzpatrick, UBC Okanagan Chief Librarian Heather Berringer and UBC’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Deborah Buszard pose for a photo outside the still under construction Teaching and Learning Centre.

Supporting students at the heart of a $1.25M gift

By Nathan Skolski on April 4, 2018

UBC Okanagan announced today that the great hall in its new Teaching and Learning Centre building will bear the name of distinguished entrepreneur and retired Canadian senator Hon. Ross Fitzpatrick.

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UBC’s top debaters discuss whether Western democracies are failing

By Nathan Skolski on March 26, 2018

UBC Okanagan’s top debaters face off against one another Wednesday at the fifth annual Roger Watts Debate.

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The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) is a Canadian radio telescope located at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory

UBC astrophysicist to explain dark matter, energy and dawn of the cosmos in free public talk

By Nathan Skolski on March 20, 2018

For anyone who has ever looked into the night sky and wondered how it all came to be, UBC Okanagan is hosting an evening with UBC astrophysicist Mark Halpern.

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UBC Okanagan Events

Faculty Pension Plan seminar: Understanding Your Retirement Income Options
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on Apr 30
3rd Annual Student Okanagan Film Festival
Source: FCCSHappening on Apr 30
A Partnership in Research Presentation - Public health responses to the overdose emergency
Source: IHLCDPHappening on May 01
The Milkcraters of the Moon Reading Series
Source: FCCSHappening on May 01
Microsoft Visio
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on May 02
MS Office PowerPoint
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on May 02
MS Office Word Expert
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on May 03

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