ALT-2040 Fund announcement
I am delighted to announce the results of the 2020 Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund competition.
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Registration open for UBC Future Global Leaders summer program
UBC Future Global Leaders offers a pre-university experience for high school students ages 15 to 18. Participants will explore university life, discover their passions and challenge themselves in university-level academic courses taught by UBC professors and instructors.
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Two new Faculties for UBC Okanagan
The UBC Board of Governors approved a plan yesterday to create two new Faculties. On July 1, 2020, the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences (IKBSAS) will be growing and transitioning into two autonomous Faculties, one for the sciences and the other for the arts and social sciences.
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Open forums on student evaluations of teaching
The cross-campus working group on student evaluations of teaching is hosting an open forum on Tuesday, November 26 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and Friday, November 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in EME 4218.
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Expanding support for humanities research
UBC has established Public Humanities Hubs (PHH) on each campus to support collaborative research among humanists. The PHH initiative was developed to complement existing research cluster competitions and provide support fitting the nature of collaboration within the humanities.
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Michael Burgess named Associate Provost, Strategy
I am delighted to announce that Professor Michael Burgess, Chair in Biomedical Ethics at UBC’s W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics is joining us as Associate Provost, Strategy from September 1, 2019.
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Michael Burgess named Associate Provost, Strategy
I am delighted to announce that Professor Michael Burgess, Chair in Biomedical Ethics at UBC’s W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics is joining us as Associate Provost, Strategy from September 1, 2019.
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Gino DiLabio named Dean pro tem for the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Dr. DiLabio came to UBC from the National Institute of Nanotechnology (NINT), a joint institute of the National Research Council of Canada and the University of Alberta. At NINT/UofA, DiLabio worked as a senior scientist and as an associate director and held an adjunct professor appointment in the department of physics.
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Jennifer Jakobi named Dean pro tem for College of Graduate Studies
Professor Jakobi, a member of UBC Okanagan since 2008 has been integral in the growth and development of the undergraduate and graduate programs in the School of Health and Exercise Sciences.
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Rehan Sadiq named Executive Associate Dean
We are pleased to inform you that Rehan Sadiq’s role as Associate Dean of the School of Engineering has been changed to Executive Associate Dean, School of Engineering.
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