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On June 15, the production of Much Ado About Nothing had its opening night at Vancouver’s own Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. The play was true to the style of the writer in its plot about miscommunication, improbable love, and deception.
Gail Murphy, UBC’s current Associate Vice-President Research pro tem and professor of computer science, is now the university's new VP Research and Innovation. As the Associate VP Research pro tem, she has “successfully led” several initiatives.
To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday, UBC graduates Ori Nevares and Philippe Roberge are undertaking the monumental challenge of hitchhiking from Whitehorse to St. John's with only $150 in their pockets, some cameras and basic survival gear.
“Try to register for your dream major’s required courses and work hard. I’m not telling you to start working at a ‘ignore everything’ level, because that’s not healthy and that’s what causes burnout.”
While travelling can impact performance, the degree of impact it can have depends on multiple variables such as the timing of the trip during the academic semester, competitions during the trip and the physical distance travelled to competitions.
What drew her to UBC in the first place, let alone the Nest, is beyond me, but it's pretty cool to see some of the places you walk past every day — even if they are just study rooms or elevators. Watch the full video below.
The Vancouver Park Board recently banned cetaceans — whales, dolphins and porpoises — from Vancouver parks. While animal rights advocates rejoiced, scientists winced. The Vancouver Aquarium has launched a legal challenge in response.
If you are excited about leading and interacting with others, UBC’s Electrical/Computer Engineering Department is looking for Student Ambassadors to aid in facilitating events for the Vancouver Summer Program.
“Building more SkyTrain lines can help commuters avoid traffic jams, but we won’t see SkyTrain lines everywhere in our lifetime. Buses and other forms of surface transportation are here to stay in the foreseeable future.”
Alex Ohlin, Canadian author and English professor, has been named the new chair of UBC’s creative writing program. On January 1, 2018, she will take over from interim co-chair and creative writing professor Linda Svendsen.
Knott received the Gold Medal Student Award for her work towards making engineering more inclusive and diverse. The award, considered the highest national award in the profession, is handed out by Engineers Canada.
A year ago, there was no Cypress the rocket, and no UBC Rocket team. Now, 60 members strong, they are competing for the first time at the Spaceport American Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico from June 20 to 24, 2017.
During the May meeting of the UBC Vancouver Senate, a new School of Biomedical Engineering was proposed. When it came time to vote, the motion passed. But every one of the student senators voted against it.
From 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. the UBC Botanical Garden staff has planned activities to educate and celebrate nature. From beekeeping to bird walks and maple tree tours to pollination lectures, the Gardens offer it all.