An article recently published by “Cincinnati Vs. Everyone,” a sports blog covering the area, speculates that Santa J. Ono — the University of Cincinnati's current president since 2012 — will be appointed the next president of UBC.
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Last night’s speculation was correct — Santa Ono has left the University of Cincinnati to become the 15th president and vice-chancellor of UBC. “I am committed to making UBC a better institution,” said Ono.
At a press conference today in Burnaby, Justin Trudeau announced extensive funding by the federal and provincial governments to be directed towards transit efforts in Metro Vancouver — one of which will be the Broadway Skytrain line.
The AMS is currently in the process of building a new service — to be called “Vice” — designed specifically for addressing the needs of students with drug, alcohol, and technological addiction issues.
UBC’s Okanagan campus is putting a plan in action to expand academic and residential facilities to cover the next 20 years of growth — preparing for the potential doubling of its population. UBCO currently has a population of around 8,500.
In a video published on Youtube this evening, a young female is pictured sitting on the rooftop of the Thunderbird Parkade, yelling, “I was assaulted by the RCMP April 28, 2015. I am a third year university student."
This April, three external reviewers hired by the university conducted a thorough review of everything falling remotely under the umbrella of UBC Campus Security. An in-depth look at Campus Security had not been done in many years.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), released today, names UBC as the 34th university in the world. Last year's ranking placed UBC in 40th place, and this is the first time that UBC has dropped below 35th place.
Surrey Creep Catchers, a group known for publishing false advertisements to lure men looking for underage children, recently published a video spotlighting a UBC employee. UBC has released a statement confirming his employment.
The province has levied an additional $1 million yearly fee against the UNA to pay for fire protection services. Since this amount makes up a large percentage of the UNA’s yearly budget of $4.5 million, UBC is stepping in to help manage this fee.
Since your AMS executives have now been working for the entire summer, we asked each one about their goals for the school year, what they accomplished over the summer, and their strategy for student engagement.
Starting this week, football players will be joining Safewalk teams to walk people home on busy nights. With these additional people, Safewalk will be able to send out three teams on these nights, when there would have otherwise been two.
The BC Women’s Centre’s Sexual Assault Service will soon be extending their region of care to include UBC Hospital, allowing sexual assault survivors access to an extended range of hours and resources, including forensic examinations.
While the sleeves were received very positively, they are just one piece of a broader AMS project. The campaign’s aim is to get students thinking and involved in providing feedback to UBC regarding the policy and push the AMS’s recommendations.
When most students left for the summer break, all that there was to see of the new Brock Commons Phase One, were two elevator shafts rising up next to Gage – ugly and unremarkable.When most students left for the summer break, all th