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UBC psychology professor Liane Gabora

UBC psychology professor wins international award for outstanding research

By Jody Jacob on February 7, 2011

UBC psychology professor Liane Gabora has been awarded the Berlyne Award for Outstanding Research by a Junior Scholar, given by American Psychology Association (APA) Division 10.

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Soheil Mahmoud wants to understand how plants produce and store natural products.

First gene cloned at UBC's Okanagan campus

By Jody Jacob on February 4, 2011

Biology professor Soheil Mahmoud and his team of graduate researchers have cloned the first gene at UBC's Okanagan campus.

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Afton Hiscox

UBC chemistry student earns professional association’s inaugural scholarship

By Bud Mortenson on February 4, 2011

Afton Hiscox, a fourth-year honours chemistry student in UBC’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, is the winner of...

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Genocide scholar Adam Jones by the Volga River in Kazan, Russia.

Evoking Genocide: UBC professor's book cited as Outstanding Academic Title

By Bud Mortenson on January 31, 2011

A book of essays edited by Adam Jones, associate professor of political science at UBC's Okanagan campus, has received high praise from Choice magazine, which reviews books for thousands of academic libraries. Evoking Genocide: Scholars and Activists Describe the Works That Shaped Their Lives was published in 2009 and earned a place on the influential […]

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Greg Younging

UBC professor joins Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada

By Bud Mortenson on January 21, 2011

Greg Younging, a professor of Indigenous studies at UBC's Okanagan campus, has been appointed Assistant Director of Research to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada. As part of the TRC research committee, Younging will contribute to the documentation of a history of the residential school system and reports making recommendations to the Government […]

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Sociology professor Chris Schneider

Unique new UBC sociology course free and open to the public

By Jody Jacob on January 7, 2011

A brand-new sociology course that is open to the public and free of charge has been created at UBC's Okanagan campus by sociology professor Chris Schneider. "To my knowledge, this is the first of its kind in all of North America," says Schneider. "The goal of the Public Sociology course is to reach beyond the […]

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Anthropology professor Naomi McPherson

UBC professor Naomi McPherson next editor-in-chief of Anthropologica

By Bud Mortenson on December 17, 2010

Naomi McPherson, associate professor of anthropology at UBC's Okanagan campus, has been named the next editor-in-chief of Anthropologica, the Journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society. McPherson will succeed current editor-in-chief Andrew Lyons, professor emeritus of anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University. In making the announcement, the executive board of the Canadian Anthropology Society described McPherson as […]

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Lynn Bosetti, Dean of the Faculty of Education

UBC's Okanagan campus welcomes new Dean of Education Lynn Bosetti

By Bud Mortenson on October 1, 2010

The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus has welcomed Lynn Bosetti as its new Dean. Bosetti has a PhD in educational policy and administration from the University of Alberta, and comes to UBC from the University of Calgary, where she was Professor in Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, and served […]

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Cynthia Mathieson, Dean of the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

Two new Deans appointed at UBC's Okanagan campus

By Bud Mortenson on June 14, 2010

UBC's Board of Governors has approved the appointment of new Deans for the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC's Okanagan campus. Cynthia Mathieson, current Acting Dean of the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed as Dean for a […]

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