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    UBCV & UBCO
    April 29, 2021 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & Staff

    Building a more inclusive UBC: virtual forum

    A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; Sara-Jane Finlay, Associate Vice-President, Equity & Inclusion

  • LED spine
    UBCV
    April 28, 2021 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff

    Conjuring the future

    An oboist wanders barefoot in near-darkness. He plays a string of searching notes, trails off, and begins again, elaborating the melody. He stops, peers. Ahead, curled up on the ground, lies a body. The oboist removes the mouthpiece from his instrument and blows into the barrel. A light flickers, and there is movement. The figure of a cyborg staggers to its feet, vertebral loops pulsing a deep blue. Who are these two strangers? Creator and creation? Master and servant? Adversaries? 

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    UBCV & UBCO
    April 27, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Share your voice by May 9 to help shape BC's recovery and reopening plans

    Last year, almost 400,000 British Columbians participated in the BC COVID-19 SPEAK: Your story, our future survey and shared their experience of the first wave of COVID-19. Now, the BC COVID-19 SPEAK Round 2 survey has been released, to understand how British Columbians have been impacted by COVID-19 since last year. The survey focuses on the following areas: 

  • Jongho Lee
    UBCV
    April 26, 2021 | Research in focus | Faculty & Staff

    Research in focus: Jongho Lee

    Jongho is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in the Faculty of Applied Science. His research is aiming to develop membrane-based separation technologies to extract renewable and clean energy compounds from wastewater.

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    UBCV
    April 22, 2021 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff

    Take it all the way: Why it’s time to bring SkyTrain to UBC

      Planning for an extension of the SkyTrain from Arbutus Street to UBC is underway. This project is part of the long-term vision for an integrated transportation system that ensures Metro Vancouver continues to be a great place to live, work, learn, play and visit.   Find out how you can provide feedback to show your support for a project that will make life easier for so many members of the UBC community.  

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