The concept of an “unconference” is built around the idea that attendees are tired of listening for hours to speakers drone on about various topics. It “flips” the conference, putting the attendees in charge of presentations and workshops.
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Let's take a second to think about what we'd be losing. There are many private tutors available in Vancouver, but they charge exorbitant rates. On top of the pressure to succeed despite gruelling academic standards, UBC is already so expensive.
Dr. Ramer is bearded and ascotted while belting a show tune in a local production of The Pirates of Penzance. By day a scientist, by night an actor — this professor is an excellent model for following one’s dreams in a practical, balanced capacity.
Jonathan Girard, the conductor of UBC's symphony orchestra, revived a tone poem by a Jewish composer whose music had been banned by the Nazi regime. Girard arranged the music for the symphony orchestra from the original manuscripts.
I put up with your slimy PR bullshit that you unapologetically ooze in the name of mental health awareness because I believed it… Fuck. I actually bought it. You told me you “make a difference” and I swallowed it like a fistful of lithium.
In 1998, a University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left for dead on the hills outside of Laramie Wyoming for being gay. The murder brought attention to various states for having a lack of hate crime laws.
Led by AUS VP Student Life Elise Manse, the CUS, LFSUS, SUS and AUS began planning Paradocks — a boat cruise party — in late January. The large scale event was made possible by the joint efforts of all four undergraduate societies.
As co-curator of Mashup, Grenville strived to provide insight on how collage has influenced the art presented at the exhibit. He warned the talk would be long because the subject of collage was so vast.
Floating — better known in academia as Restricted Environmental Stimuli Therapy (REST) — is not a new phenomenon, but it appears as though the once on-the-fringe therapy may be having its mainstream moment.
The UBC Neuroscience Club is composed of a group of students passionate about neuroscience. The club has plans to put neuroscience learning and research in the limelight at UBC, one of its long-term goals is to form of a neuroscience major.
Along with co-founders Kerry Costello — chief operating officer and recent MBA grad from UBC — and Alexey Manov — manufacturing and operations manager and recent grad — Brown hopes to make concussion data more readily available.
A swarm of bicycles covered in fluorescent lights took to Main Mall last Friday in UBC BikeRave, accompanied with speakers on chariots blaring out dance music. It is a student-run event where bikers complete a route on UBC's campus.
The four-day event kicked off on Sunday as 52 heats from across the UBC campus took part in one of the university’s most iconic recreational events since the 1970s. Competitors had to swim, bike and sprint before climbing the wall as a team
The second-seeded Carleton University Ravens defeated the fourth-seeded University of Calgary Dinos, 101-79, to claim their sixth-straight national title on Sunday evening at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre.
“I was talking to a friend before I started making any clothing,” said Ashkan Alaie, a fourth-year political science student at UBC and CEO and designer of the line. "I told him I want to capture legendary moments.”