Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCOJuly 5, 2022 | Okanagan Admin News | Faculty & Staff
Will Hughes appointed Director, School of Engineering
We are pleased to announce that Professor Will Hughes has been appointed Director for the School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan for a five-year term commencing July 1, 2022. Dr. Hughes earned a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon graduation, he completed a National Academy of Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education.
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UBCVJune 30, 2022 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Cancer drug shows potential as treatment for muscular dystrophy
Researchers at UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering have discovered that an existing cancer drug could have potential as a treatment for muscular dystrophy. The researchers found that the drug — known as a colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R) inhibitor — helped slow the progress of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mice by increasing the resiliency of muscle fibres.
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UBCOJune 30, 2022 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Bold new plans unveiled for UBCO Downtown
Academic space, rental housing, art gallery, simulated hospital ward part of UBCO’s growth It’s bold, bright and about to make a significant impact on the heart of Kelowna’s cultural and business district. Plans unveiled this week offer a glimpse inside UBCO Downtown, located at Doyle Ave. and St. Paul St., and give dramatic insight into the future of Kelowna and the heart of its downtown core.
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UBCVJune 30, 2022 | UBC Bulletin | Faculty & Staff
Announcing the appointment of the new Dean, UBC Sauder School of Business
I am pleased to announce that Professor Darren Dahl has been appointed as the new Dean of the UBC Sauder School of Business for a five-year term, commencing August 1, 2022.
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UBCV & UBCOJune 29, 2022 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & Staff
Announcing the search for a new Vice-President, Finance and Operations
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor
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UBCV & UBCOJune 28, 2022 | UBC Bulletin | Faculty & Staff
UBC to formally adopt hybrid work
Last year, UBC announced the introduction of a Remote Work Pilot Program, which was successfully launched last June. While remote work uptake reached a plateau in November, it was only with our general return to campus in early February that we started to gain insights into the program and its impact on our endeavours, our people, and our campuses.
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UBCV & UBCOJune 27, 2022 | UBC Broadcast | Faculty & Staff
Masks no longer required in public indoor spaces after June 30
A message from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor; Lesley Cormack, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal, UBC Okanagan
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UBCVJune 27, 2022 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
UBC experts call for proactive approach to prepare for more extreme wildfires
Wildfires have grown in frequency, intensity and overall burned area due to climate change. This year, communities in B.C. and Canada are bracing for this pattern to continue. UBC forestry researchers Dr. Lori Daniels, Dr. Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz and Dr. Kira Hoffman are wildfire experts whose research focuses on how natural disturbances such as wildfires and droughts, human factors and climate interact to affect how easily—or not—forests burn.
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UBCOJune 27, 2022 | Research in focus | Faculty & Staff
Research in focus: Virginie Magnat
As a performance scholar-practitioner, Virginie works at the intersection of performance studies, cultural anthropology, qualitative research, arts-based inquiry, and Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies. Find out what motivates her to conduct her research, and hear about her latest work that will be published this month.
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UBCVJune 27, 2022 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
How much privacy is there in the age of AI and the metaverse?