“This level of involvement allows us to build the excellent research and student learning opportunities that make UBC a world leader,” said Interim President Martha Piper in a speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade while announcing the results of the campaign.
UBC has come under fire for an investigation conducted by the CBC into the university’s handling of multiple sexual assaults committed by the same PhD student, Dmitry Mordvinov.
This year, it is expected that 2,000 new licensees will take and pass the licensing exam and will then go into the workforce.
Despite going undefeated throughout the entirety of their season, the squad fell short of winning the national championship and ended up settling for a third place finish.
Here's what I have learned from my study of other international students on our Vancouver campus.
In a November 18 letter, student Mike Cameron took the AMS to task for our Afford UBC campaign, which he sees as a cynical PR move that the AMS supposedly knows will have no impact. Nothing could be further from the truth.
If a team’s performance at their homecoming game is a reliable index to how well their season will go, then the UBC women’s field hockey team would have been dead in the water. But the ‘Birds did not let their first game determine their season.
The rally will feature various speakers, sign-making as well as free food and hot drinks. Afterwards, students will be invited to the AMS’s “Mail for Martha” letter drop — where they will deliver all the letters students have either written or signed to the president’s office on the top floor of Koerner Library.
Coming off of a formidable Hardy Cup victory against Calgary, UBC football beat the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 36-9 to seize the Uteck Bowl and qualify for the Vanier Cup.
A much anticipated documentary by the CBC's fifth estate has made some startling declarations that cast an unflattering spotlight on how UBC handles sexual assault and the lack of an overarching sexual assault policy.
Around 1 p.m. this afternoon, two cars got in a fender bender just outside of the University gates.
It challenges the audience to make connections and reflect on art – both visual and performing – by enhancing their experience through interweaving the two art forms together.
UBC Cross Country team is headed to the NAIA Championships this weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Grauman has received recognition for her years on stage by being selected for the 2015 Mayor’s Arts Award for Emerging Artist in Theatre, nominated by Margo Kane, a prominent figure in Canadian theatre.
A group of 29 past and current UBC researchers have been awarded the $3 million dollar Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.