Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCVJanuary 11, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
ChatGPT has read almost the whole internet. That hasn’t solved its diversity issues
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UBCOJanuary 10, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Artificial intelligence helps unlock advances in wireless communications
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UBCVJanuary 8, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Hospitals dealing with increasingly complex patients, data reveals
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UBCV & UBCOJanuary 4, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Share your feedback on proposed amendments to the Administrative VPs Policy (AP14)
The UBC community is invited to comment on proposed amendments to the Administrative VPs Policy (AP14). The deadline to share feedback on this policy proposal is Jan. 31.Find out more
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UBCVJanuary 3, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Dr. Michael Hunt appointed Dean pro tem, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Dr. Michael Anthony Hunt has been appointed Dean pro tem of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, effective January 1, 2024.He is currently Senior Associate Dean, Policy and Programs in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, a role he has held since 2021. He has led a number of new initiatives that have enhanced collaboration and engagement between the Faculty and graduate programs, as well as professional development for graduate program administrators across campus.
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UBCVJanuary 3, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
UBC Vancouver – Call for proposals for the summer 2024 Work Learn program
If you are a faculty or staff member at UBC Vancouver, submit a proposal to hire temporary student employees through the Work Learn program summer session (May 1 - August 31, 2024). The Work Learn program funds approximately 3,500 part-time hourly appointments each year, subsidizing meaningful work experiences for current UBC Vancouver students. Submit a proposal by January 22.Find out more
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UBCV & UBCOJanuary 2, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
UBC community members among new Order of Canada appointees
On December 28, 2023, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 78 new appointments to the Order of Canada.The Order of Canada is one of Canada’s highest honours. It was created in 1967 to honour people whose service shapes our society, whose innovations ignite our imaginations, and whose compassion unites our communities. Its Companions, Officers and Members take to heart the motto of the Order: DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM (“They desire a better country”).
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UBCVDecember 15, 2023 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
UBC-led initiative protects salmon against toxic road runoffs
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UBCODecember 12, 2023 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Climate change leads engineers to harness the power of green
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UBCV & UBCODecember 12, 2023 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
UBC Library’s First Folio gets interactive with Shakespeare xR
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UBCV & UBCODecember 12 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Another chance to see faculty and staff holiday photos
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UBCV & UBCODecember 12, 2023 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Announcing the Interim Chair of the UBC Board of Governors
I am pleased to announce that Mr. William Sundhu has been appointed as the Interim Chair of the UBC Board of Governors, effective January 1, 2024.