Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCVMay 20, 2022 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Discover the lonely fate of a robot on Mars
Covered in the red dust that sealed its fate, NASA's InSight lander is slowly shutting down, more than 250 million kilometres from home. With its solar panels now obscured by the planet’s debris, the four-year-old robot is running out of power. One by one, its instruments are being taken offline: its robotic arm moving into ‘retirement pose’, and its seismometer likely to be turned off sometime in June.
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UBCOMay 16, 2022 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff
2022 Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations Fund Awards
A message from Rehan Sadiq, Provost and Vice-President, Academic pro tem, UBC OkanaganDear colleagues,The Aspire-2040 Learning Transformations (ALT-2040) Fund supports program development, curriculum transformations, student experience enhancement and educational resource development that accelerates the curricular vision in UBC’s strategic planning documents Outlook 2040 and UBC’s Strategic Plan, Shaping UBC’s Next Century.
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UBCV & UBCOMay 16, 2022 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
See photos from the Staff & Faculty Sports Day
Staff & Faculty Sports Day took place in-person in Vancouver and the Okanagan earlier this month. More than 360 people took part in the festivities at UBC Vancouver, with over 200 participants at UBC Okanagan. The afternoon was filled with lots of energy, bright colours and cheer. See the photos! UBC Vancouver
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UBCOMay 16, 2022 | Leadership one-on-one | Faculty & Staff
Silvia Tomášková
Silvia Tomášková is the inaugural Dean of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UBC Okanagan. She began her five-year term on December 1, 2020. A native of a country no longer in existence – Czechoslovakia – Dr. Tomášková came to Canada as a political refugee in the 1980s. She found her new home in Canada, and in the world of academia as a feminist anthropologist and archaeologist, with field and historical research in Europe, Siberia, and South Africa. As a theoretical scholar, her professional interests also extend to history, social studies of science, and gender studies. Her research focuses on knowledge production, particularly about places and spaces in the deep past, as alternatives to modernity. Dr. Tomášková is also deeply committed to the representation of neglected voices. Outside of academia, Dr. Tomášková leads an active lifestyle, loves the great outdoors and views cooking as a personal science class.
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UBCVMay 13, 2022 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
Meet the turtle that helped reduce plastic office waste
As part of a UBC Psychology experiment, pictures of a turtle and other marine animals were placed above recycling bins to see if they could influence people to reduce their plastic waste in offices. The research indicates that visualizing marine consequences helped reduce plastic waste by 17%.
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UBCV & UBCOMay 13, 2022 | Announcement | Faculty & Staff
Santa Ono and UBC professor Henry Yu discuss Asian Heritage Month and what it means to them
Asian Heritage Month is an opportunity for all Canadians to learn more about the many achievements and contributions of Canadians of Asian
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UBCV & UBCOMay 12, 2022 | Media release | Faculty & Staff
New research suggests ways to get men to open up
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UBCOMay 12, 2022 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff
Reconnecting on campus: Graduation and Principal’s Town Hall
A message from Lesley Cormack, Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, UBC Okanagan Dear colleagues, It’s been a tough two years—but the normal things in life are starting to resume. And opportunities to connect on campus are resuming, too. I’m pleased to highlight the return of two meaningful opportunities to connect with our community on campus in the coming weeks:
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UBCV & UBCOMay 11, 2022 | UBC Bulletin | Faculty & Staff
Equity Enhancement Fund — call for proposals
As part of UBC’s commitment to advancing equity and inclusion across its campuses, faculty and staff are invited to submit a proposal to the Equity Enhancement Fund for projects that are responsive to community needs and advance one or more of the actions outlined in UBC’s Inclusion Action Plan. Please encourage faculty and staff in your area to submit a proposal by June 5. A total of $40,000 is available at UBC Vancouver and $5,000 at UBC Okanagan. Applicants can request up to $5,000 per project in Vancouver and up to $1,500 in the Okanagan.
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UBCOMay 10, 2022 | Okanagan Global Message | Faculty & Staff
Message from the Provost, UBC Okanagan
A message from Rehan Sadiq, Provost and Vice-President, Academic pro tem, UBC OkanaganDear colleagues,As we conclude a busy winter term at UBC Okanagan, I am pleased to share a new iteration of the Provost Office newsletter, Academic Update. We will be issuing this newsletter quarterly on the Provost’s website to keep you apprised of the many academic initiatives happening on our campus.
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UBCVMay 9 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
Tara Newell proves ‘UBC’s Got Talent’
Anyone watching an episode of Canada’s Got Talent (CGT) recently might have spotted a familiar face on the stage. Tara Newell, who works within the Faculty of Medicine, was among the members of Lions Gate Chorus who wowed the judges with their rendition of Queen’s song ‘Don’t stop me now’.
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UBCV & UBCOMay 9 | Feature story | Faculty & Staff
View the second round of spring-inspired blossoms from faculty and staff