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  1. UBC Science Volcanologist Awarded Mineralogy Association’s Highest Honour

    February 11, 2008

    Kelly Russell (Earth and Ocean Sciences) has been awarded the Peacock Medal, the Mineralogical Association of Canada's most prestigious award. The medal goes to scientists who have made significant contributions to the mineralogical sciences in Canada. According to the association: "We recognize… read more

  2. Science Researchers Awarded $1.2 Million in Health Research Funding

    February 4, 2008

    UBC Science faculty members have been awarded close to $1.2 million in research funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The ten funded projects are led by researchers in the departments of Botany, Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Physics and Astronomy, and Zoology, and… read more

  3. Mining Community Invests in New UBC Mining and Mineral Exploration Centre

    January 16, 2008

    Major minerals companies announced today that they will collectively invest more than $20 million in the new University of British Columbia Earth Systems Science Building. The new $75 million facility, set to begin construction in 2009, will house UBC’s earth and ocean sciences department-… read more

  4. Unlocking Tree Genetics Gives New Hope for Pine Beetle Defense

    January 11, 2008

    Researchers with UBC Science have unlocked some of the genetic secrets that enable pine and spruce trees to maintain a battery of chemical defenses against insects—including British Columbia’s notorious pine beetles. "Figuring out how these naturally occurring defenses work has… read more

  5. UBC Astronomer Produces First Detailed Map of Dark Matter

    January 8, 2008

    Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, UBC researcher Catherine Heymans has produced the highest resolution map of dark matter ever captured. It’s the first time astronomers have been able to see indirect evidence of the invisible web that houses galaxies and causes them to collide and swirl… read more

  6. UBC Science Student Named 2008 Rhodes Scholar for British Columbia

    December 21, 2007

    Fourth-year Microbiology and Immunology major Emma Preston has been named to the distinguished Rhodes scholarship for her outstanding academic achievements and her remarkable commitment to global citizenship. The scholarship of nearly $150,000 will allow her to pursue a masters degree in global… read more

  7. UBC Astronomers Discover How White Dwarf Stars Get Their 'Kicks'

    December 15, 2007

    University of British Columbia astronomer Harvey Richer and UBC graduate student Saul Davis have discovered that white dwarf stars are born with a natal kick, explaining why these smoldering embers of Sun-like stars are found on the edge rather than at the centre of globular star clusters. White… read more

  8. George Sawatzky Honoured by Royal Society of Canada

    November 27, 2007

    The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada has awarded the Henry Marshall Tory Medal to George Sawatzky, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Physics and Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials at UBC. From RSC’s laudation: "George Sawatzky is a world-leading expert on the… read more

  9. Computer Science Students Sweep ACM Software Competition

    November 15, 2007

    UBC student teams finished first, second and tenth in the Pacific Northwest regional competition of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest on November 13. Challenged with eleven real-world computer programming problems, students Anton Likhtarov … read more

  10. Jozsef Solymosi Receives 2008 CRM Andre-Aisenstadt Prize

    November 6, 2007

    Le Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) has awarded the 2008 Andre-Aisenstadt Prize to mathematician Jozsef Solymosi. The Prize recognizes outstanding research achievements by a young Canadian mathematician in pure or applied mathematics. According to CRM’s announcement, each… read more

Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement

We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can advance Reconciliation and ensure traditional ways of knowing enrich our teaching and research.

Learn more: Musqueam First Nation

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