According to Dr. Julian Dierkes, the associate dean of funding at UBC’s Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, each award recipient — 98 at UBC Vancouver and 12 at UBC Okanagan — will get $15,000.
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After a year of debate and fierce opposition from many members of the University Endowment Lands (UEL) community, the committee’s recommendation makes it likely that a non-medical cannabis shop will open on 5784 University Blvd, just off of UBC campus.
Musqueam hosted a naming ceremony Tuesday afternoon to formally open the new tə šxʷhəleləm̓s tə k̓ʷaƛ̓kʷəʔaʔɬ residence area.
The AMS’s partnership RBC on the RBC Get Seeded program has ended – but the society’s remaining ties with the bank cause concern for students given the latter’s involvement in funding fossil fuels.
After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, UBC and UBC Pride Collective are planning in-person events for Pride this month.
On April 22, 2022, the task force published its 296-page final report which included 54 recommendations from its six committees representing equity-deserving groups (Indigenous people, Black people and people of colour) and work and study constituencies (students, faculty and staff).
The Canadian government’s ban on Huawei from working on the country’s 5G telecommunication system could bring change to research and tech partnerships at post-secondary institutes, including UBC.
UBC groups support the province's efforts to help end period poverty and hope it might promote more positive change at the university.
On Wednesday, AMS execs and councillors met in the Michael Kingsmill forum to discuss a new subsidy for constituency events and the 2022/23 budget. They also voted to appoint a new student senator-at-large.
After two years of online ceremonies due to the pandemic, UBC is holding in-person spring graduation for graduating students this year.
According to University RCMP Cpl. Ian Sim, three elementary school students were struck by a car that sped off the road at the roundabout in the Botanical Garden parking lot.
The SASC, located in room 3150 on the third floor of the Nest, specializes in providing support and advocacy services for sexual assault victims and their families.
The provincial government has announced a funding review to look at how it’s allocating funding to 25 post-secondary institutions, a potential step toward making higher education more affordable.
A youth-led climate group is organizing a round of demonstrations at UBC to push the university to fully divest from fossil fuels by the end of the year.
Dr. John Gilbert, chair of the Senate Tributes Committee, announced the recommendation of the degree’s rescission in a statement posted on the UBC News website earlier this evening, nearly a year after the matter emerged.