President Santa Ono announced that UBC will be expanding its COVID-19 testing and reaffirmed that exams will continue in person in an update earlier this afternoon.
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In an email sent on Friday, December 10, department head Stephen Heatley apologized to students.
Despite universities across the country moving online until mid-January or February, UBC has maintained that classes will be in person in the new year.
DECAP, a startup that created a device to safely remove and reuse needle caps from syringes, realized after piloting its first device that it had an opportunity to tackle needle cap waste.
An academic hold-based intermediary policy would give non-compliant students an opportunity to fix any issues.
Emails received through an FOI request showed donors and alumni calling for Bishop John O’Grady’s honorary degree to be revoked immediately following the beginning of the review.
Citing the Canadian government’s global travel advisory, Go Global announced this decision in an email to students on Wednesday night.
According to new data just released by the BCCDC, the UBC neighbourhood saw eight cases of COVID-19 from December 7 to December 13.
The website, an evolution from an initiative founded in 1997, offers students resources for food insecurity and preparing food across campus, among other essential services.
UBC Media Relations told The Ubyssey that the event had been postponed “pending a safety and security review, per UBC policies.”
The AMS Archery Club owes the AMS $12,000 in property damage fees due to damages incurred on the Great Hall Skywall, requiring the wall panels to be replaced.
The shuttles will be free to ride and could launch as early as winter 2022.
The UBC neighbourhood saw 8 cases of COVID-19 between December 3 and 9, according to new data released by the BC Centre for Disease Control.
In a now-deleted post on the UBC subreddit, some other students complained about the lack of ventilation and crowdedness of the centre’s testing rooms.
Incoming arts students in September 2024 will be the first to take these new requirements, while returning students will have the option of either remaining with the old requirements or switching to the new ones.