Stories from Alan Phuong at The Ubyssey

Where the Heart Is: Home is a quantum superposition

Alan Phuong — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 21:01:14 +0000

Wreath Shams / The Ubyssey

I always believed I was someone whose life was in constant motion — at least that’s what I believed when I first left Vancouver in May of last year. And yet, seeing the familiar Vancouver grid come into view from above, I discovered a discomforting warmth arising with my arrival “home.”

'Vote like your lives depend on it': Vancouver Quadra candidates clash on pandemic recovery at AMS-organized debate

Alan Phuong — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 22:13:27 +0000

Isabella Falsetti

The evening’s debate was mostly civil, but was punctuated by members of the audience — mostly those who appeared to support the People’s Party of Canada candidate — occasionally clapping loudly and hollering.

Anthonia Ogundele and Natalie Chan are the newest members of UBC’s Board of Governors

Alan Phuong — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:03:44 +0000

Courtesy UBC Board of Governors

Almost a year after former Board chair Michael Korenberg’s resignation, and eight months after Andrea Reimer quietly left the Board, Anthonia Ogundele and Natalie Chan are joining the Board.

Agosti-Moro, Bhangu, Burnham, Mehta, Yee win Senate

Lalaine Alindogan, Nathan Bawaan, Owen Gibbs and Alan Phuong — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:22:51 +0000

Courtesy Dante Agosti-Moro, Eshana Bhangu, Julia Burnham, Shivani Mehta, Georgia Yee

Newcomers Shivani Mehta and Georgia Yee have won Senate seats alongside current senators Dante Agosti-Moro, Eshana Bhangu and Julia Burnham.

UBC engineering physics student named 2021 Rhodes Scholar

Alan Phuong — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 19:31:08 +0000

Courtesy Brendon Tankwa

The Rhodes Scholarship, established in 1903 by Cecil Rhodes, remains one of the oldest and most prestigious international graduate scholarship programs in the world. Around one hundred recipients are selected every year.

Candidate profile: Georgia Yee, Senate

Alan Phuong — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:49:03 +0000

Courtesy Georgia Yee

Yee emphasized that equity, diversity and inclusion underlie her platform priorities. She also acknowledged the role the pandemic had in upending the university’s “normal.”

Candidate profile: Damir Korniiashik, Senate

Alan Phuong — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:48:27 +0000

Courtesy Damir Korniiashik

Third-year economics student Damir Korniiashik wants UBC to be the top university in Canada.

Candidate profile: Mathew Ho, Senate

Alan Phuong — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:47:24 +0000

Courtesy Mathew Ho

Mathew Ho is vying for a seat on the Senate with a platform of increasing hybrid and online learning opportunities.

Midterm review: President Cole Evans's unconventional strategies engage students but meet concern over methods, oversight

Alan Phuong — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:06:41 +0000

File Elizabeth Wang

Halfway through his term, Evans has made progress on all three issues, but not without criticism from students around his methods.

Vancouver-Point Grey profile: Devyani Singh, Green

Alan Phuong — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 17:57:18 +0000

Mahin E. Alam

Green Party candidate Devyani Singh is attempting to defeat the two-term NDP incumbent David Eby in Vancouver-Point Grey on a climate-centric platform.