• A new Asian language app by (left-right) faculty members Ross King, Duanduan Li and Rebecca Chau combines resources for Mandarin, Japanese and Korean. Martin Dee Photograph

    Want to learn Chinese characters?

    The UBC Asian Studies App is the first university Asian language mobile application and boasts 10,000 digitally animated Chinese characters.

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  • Honouring Japanese Canadian students of 1942

    Honouring Japanese Canadian students of 1942

    Tickets are available for the public for the May 30 honorary degree ceremony.

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  • Midwifery program to double in size

    Midwifery program to double in size

    A $1.9M infusion of funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education will increase access to midwifery services.

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  • UBC A Place of Mind now mobile friendly

    A daily aggregation of UBC content

    UBC’s community website is now mobile-friendly. Blogs, videos & news from the UBC community in one easy-to-find location.

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  • Erica Kiemele is bound for Harvard Medical School and destined to help inner city communities. Martin Dee Photograph

    Life story fosters vision to serve disadvantaged

    Erica Kiemele will receive a Master of Science degree in Chemistry and is bound for Harvard Medical School.

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  • Join us on Saturday, May 26th. With more than 60 events, attractions and tours to choose from, Alumni Weekend 2012 brings you the best of UBC.

    Come back to campus for Alumni Weekend 2012

    Join us on Saturday, May 26th. With more than 60 events, attractions and tours to choose from, Alumni Weekend 2012 brings you the best of UBC.

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  • Found on the soccer pitch at least twice a week, Anneliese Tjebbes says the game is a great way to recharge. Martin Dee Photograph

    Graduating engineer helps invent therapeutic blanket

    Annelies Tjebbes has created a new medical device with fellow students.

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  • AMS Vice President Finance Elin Tayyar has paved the way for change on the Vancouver campus. Martin Dee Photograph

    Brewing ideas to transform campus

    Some innovative ideas that could leave our campus greener, and quench student thirst.

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  • A photograph of Mary Nagata from the 1942 AMS Totem. UBC Archives Photograph

    An alumna, 70 years later

    Mary Nagata is one of 76 Japanese Canadian UBC students from 1942 who will be honoured this May.

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  • Volleyball players Rayel Quiring (left) and Kyla Richey have won five consecutive Canadian Interuniversity Sport Championships. Richard Lam Photograph

    FIVE FOR FIVE

    Rayel Quiring and Kyla Richey are graduating from UBC as teammates, close friends and five-time volleyball champions.

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  • Scott Martyna will miss the faculty’s “Battle of the Bands,” a fierce but friendly competition over beers. Martin Dee Photographs

    New dentist parks longboard, but not for good

    Scott Martyna has been accepted into a prestigious oral surgery program at Washington Hospital Center.

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  • Leanne ten Brinke graduates with the first PhD in Psychology at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Darren Handschuh Photograph

    Best not lie to this Psychology PhD graduate

    Leanne ten Brinke can spot a lie in your facial expression.

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