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First gene cloned at UBC's Okanagan campus
Biology professor Soheil Mahmoud and his team of graduate researchers have cloned the first gene at UBC's Okanagan campus.
UBC chemistry student earns professional association’s inaugural scholarship
Afton Hiscox, a fourth-year honours chemistry student in UBC’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, is the winner of...
Evoking Genocide: UBC professor's book cited as Outstanding Academic Title
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 […]
UBC professor joins Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
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 […]
Unique new UBC sociology course free and open to the public
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 […]
UBC professor Naomi McPherson next editor-in-chief of Anthropologica
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 […]
UBC's Okanagan campus welcomes new Dean of Education Lynn Bosetti
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 […]
Two new Deans appointed at UBC's Okanagan campus
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 […]