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Just arrived in cIRcle: UBC-OGI Games-time report

Just arrived in cIRcle: UBC-OGI Games-time report

Robert VanWynsberghe. Photo credit: Martin Dee 2010 Winter Olympics provided economic and cultural boost British Columbia’s economy grew in 2010 with new businesses, jobs and an increase in visitor spending, all likely related to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, says a University of British Columbia study that measured the impact of the Games. […]

Full Schedule of Open UBC – Open Access Week 2011 Events

Full Schedule of Open UBC – Open Access Week 2011 Events

UBC is once again participating in the International Open Access Week event, where the research and academic community worldwide come together to share and learn about open access and other connected global open scholarship initiatives locally and worldwide. UBC’s own event – Open UBC – showcases four days of topical forums, lectures and workshops about […]

Open UBC – Open Access Week 2011 is here

Open UBC – Open Access Week 2011 is here

Flickr Photo of UBC Library’s ASRS (Automated Storage Retrieval System)  OA Session for Today – Monday, October 24th: A Course on Reproducible Research in Computational and Data Science: What should it be? @ 3:00-4:00pm today Location: Leonard S. Klinck building, Rm 301 – 6356 Agricultural Road (Institute of Applied Mathematics) Click here to see OA […]

Latest ranking among world universities – UBC ranks 22nd

Latest ranking among world universities – UBC ranks 22nd

The University of British Columbia now ranks 22nd among the world’s universities, according to the 2011-2012 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, released yesterday in London, U.K. In a survey of the top 400 institutions around the world, UBC jumped eight spots from last year’s rank of 30th. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings […]

Newly arrived in cIRcle: Forestry undergrad theses & essays

Newly arrived in cIRcle: Forestry undergrad theses & essays

Photo credit: Martin Dee, UBC Public Affairs The purpose of the graduating essays/theses is to provide an opportunity for each student, during his/her graduating year, to undertake independent study, under direction of a faculty member, in a subject area of interest to him/her. The Faculty has found that employers in all segments of the natural […]