Media Advisory

UBCO hosts a gala evening of art and entertainment

By Patty Wellborn on December 5, 2019

Each year UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, in association with the Visual Arts Course Union, hosts a fundraiser and gala event that celebrates the work of local artists.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

UBCO professors explain the brilliance behind this year’s Nobel Prize winners

By Patty Wellborn on December 2, 2019

Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Computer Science, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, Physics, Political Science, School of Engineering, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

A student pitches his donation bin redesign to judges at last year’s competition.

Engineering for a better, safer community

By Patty Wellborn on November 27, 2019

Nearly 400 first-year engineering students will unveil their design projects Friday as they wrap up their first semester at UBCO’s School of Engineering.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged School of Engineering

Raising children in the age of screen time

By Patty Wellborn on November 22, 2019

Technology is everywhere—including on the minds of parents and caregivers who are struggling to balance screen time with other activities for their young children.

Posted in Spotlight, Media Advisory | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology

Free naloxone training program offered at UBC Okanagan

By Patty Wellborn on November 21, 2019

Ariel Smith, a Southern Medical Program student at UBC Okanagan has seen first-hand the impacts of the opioid overdose crisis on Okanagan communities.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Southern Medical Program

Kelowna City Council goes on the road to UBC Okanagan

By Nathan Skolski on November 15, 2019

UBC’s Okanagan campus will be host to Kelowna City Council as they hold their first-ever official city council meeting away from City Hall. Mayor Colin Basran and Kelowna's eight city councillors will be on campus for the meeting, which is free and open to the public.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Business

UBC Okanagan hosts Community Water Forum

By Patty Wellborn on November 14, 2019

UBC Okanagan’s third annual Community Water Forum will host a panel of experts who will explore how forests and water interact and the role restoration can play in creating more resilient ecosystems.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Research

Inspired Word Café blends creativity, inclusivity and interactive fun

By Patty Wellborn on November 13, 2019

The Inspired Word Café is a community-based arts organization that plans training, workshops and poetic and literary readings. Organizers are now teaming up with UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and the City of Kelowna to host a series of public readings and open mic sessions.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

UBCO library to host Queer Century Exhibition

By Patty Wellborn on November 8, 2019

UBC Okanagan is hosting A Queer Century, an exhibition of books and other literature currently on loan from UBC Vancouver’s rare books and special collections department.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Learning, UBC Library

UBCO nursing students host annual Global Gala

By Patty Wellborn on November 7, 2019

UBC Okanagan nursing students are organizing a gala evening of food and entertainment as a fundraising initiative for the university’s Global Health Practicum program.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Nursing

UBC Okanagan Events

University Chorus
Source: FCCSHappening on Dec 10
MD Admissions Info Session
Source: SMPHappening on Dec 10
Understanding Your Travel Benefits
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on Dec 11
Inclusive Language Workshop
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on Dec 11
PowerConcepts: Microsoft Project
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on Dec 16
PowerConcepts: Outlook Strategic Management w/OneNote
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on Dec 16

View More Events

Media Advisory

UBC Okanagan Events

Archives