• John Robinson, Executive Director, UBC Sustainability Initiative, Professor, Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability and the Department of Geography. Martin Dee Photograph

    Regenerative building design

    Join Prof. John Robinson on Feb. 1 for a free public talk about buildings that improve the natural and human condition.

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  • UBC gains $9.8M federal investment

    UBC gains $9.8M federal investment

    Materials Engineering Prof. Anoush Poursartip will lead the pan-western Composites Research Network.

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  • 2012 President's Service Award for Excellence.

    2012 President's Service Award for Excellence

    Do you know UBC staff who have made outstanding contributions to the University community?

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  • Steve Buzinski. Steve’s move to Toronto prompted his own business idea.

    UBC 2010-2011 ANNUAL REVIEW

    UBC students, faculty, staff and alumni share their A-ha moments in the 2010-2011 Annual Review.

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  • Professor Bakker is an organizer and speaker for the AAAS symposium Water Security: Multidisciplinary Responses to a Global Challenge, Friday, Feb. 17, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m., and a topical speaker on the same subject. Martin Dee Photograph

    Moving toward genuine water security

    Without integrated watershed planning and management, communities are vulnerable. But the science is lagging when it comes to integration.

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  • Nobel laureate Carl Wieman will speak at the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting on A Scientific Approach to Science Education (February 18, 12-12:45 p.m.) Wieman joined UBC in 2007 to lead the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative and is currently on leave to serve as Associate Director for Science in the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy. Martin Dee Photograph

    UBC welcomes world’s scientists to Vancouver

    In February Vancouver will play host to more than 8,000 researchers from more than 60 countries.

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  • Professor Werker, AT RIGHT, here with researcher Whitney Weikum , is an organizer and speaker for the AAAS symposium The Effects of Early Experience on Lifelong Functioning: Commitment and Resilience, Friday, Feb. 17, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Martin Dee Photograph

    Look who’s talking!

    What we are learning from babies about language acquisition.

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  • Professor Christensen is an organizer and a speaker for the AAAS symposium, Predicting the Future Ocean: The Nereus Program, Saturday, February 18, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Martin Dee Photograph

    The Oracle meets Nereus

    The Nereus program makes predictions based on complex data, and uses 3D gaming technology to present a science-based view of the future ocean.

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  • Professor Saddler is a speaker in the AAAS symposium Food, Feed, and Fuel: Optimizing Economic and Sustainable Biofuel Production, Friday, Feb. 17, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Darin Dueck Photograph

    From the Forest to the Highway

    New methods of breaking down plant cellulose mean advanced biofuels may be commercially viable by 2020.

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