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From left, students Drew Ingram, Bryan Lennox and Ryan Trenholm worked with the Ki-Low-Na Friendship Society on a website analysis and redesign as part of the Learning Exchange at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

UBC students revamp websites of seven non-profit organizations

By Jody Jacob on April 7, 2011

UBC students taking a third-year Human Computer Interaction course have been working with seven non-profit organizations to...

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning

Engineering co-op Faculty of the Year award recipient professor Mina Hoorfar in the research lab.

Awards recognize Okanagan engineering co-op student, faculty member, and employer

By Jody Jacob on March 22, 2011

The School of Engineering is celebrating the success of this year's engineering co-op graduates as part of National Cooperative Educational Week (Mar. 21 to 25).

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Learning, School of Engineering

Chris Willie is pursuing a PhD in Human Kinetics at UBC’s Okanagan campus. His research is about to be published in one of the world's top clinical journals, Hypertension.

Top clinical journal publishes study by UBC Human Kinetics student

By Jody Jacob on March 16, 2011

Chris Willie, a Human Kinetics PhD student at UBC's Okanagan campus, is the principal author of a new study soon to appear in one of the world's top clinical journals, Hypertension.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Health, Human Kinetics, Learning, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

10-year-old Ocean Taylor from Bankhead Elementary School builds a Lego Mindstorm Robot with UBC student Monica Marton, who is in the first year of the Elementary Teacher Education Program.

UBC students build robots with SD23 students

By Jody Jacob on March 14, 2011

Interior Savings has teamed up with the Learning Exchange at UBC's Okanagan campus and School District 23 to provide elementary, middle, and high school students with the opportunity to visit the university and construct Lego Mindstorm Robots with university student volunteers. In half-day workshops, UBC students from a range of disciplines -- including engineering, computer […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Learning

UBC students Neetu Garcha, left, and Odd Gleditsch are heading to a global conference focused on fighting hunger.

UBC students attend global conference to fight world hunger

By Jody Jacob on February 16, 2011

Students Odd Gleditsch and Neetu Garcha will represent UBC's Okanagan campus at the Summit of Universities Fighting World Hunger...

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Learning

Graduate studies: road less travelled more travelled at UBC

By Jody Jacob on February 11, 2011

Many graduate students at UBC's Okanagan campus are taking the road less travelled by pursuing their master's or doctoral degrees in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS). While the majority of universities across the country see about 1 or 2 per cent of their graduate students choosing IGS programs, about 30 per cent of graduate programming at […]

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Learning

Leanne ten Brinke

Crocodile tears? Facial clues reveal fake or sincere remorse

By Jody Jacob on February 10, 2011

A new study led by Leanne ten Brinke investigates how genuine and falsified remorse reveals itself on the human face, and how these facial clues can help detect whether a person is faking regret.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning | 1 Response

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.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning | 2 Responses

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.

Posted in News Features | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning, UBC Reports

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...

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning

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