This year, the students of UBC iGEM are trying to attack a globally relevant plant disease using our microscopic friends — bacteria. So what is UBC iGEM?
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Over $400,000 was spent by 1,000 UBC students on textbooks during the first week of this semester, according to the AMS #textbookbrokeBC campaign. Its booth, set up outside UBC Bookstore for the third successive year, invited passing students to record how much they had spent on textbooks for the upcoming semester.
Friday, Thamer Almestadi appeared at the BC Supreme Court for the fourth day of trial in connection with an attack that occured at UBC on October 4, 2016. Almestadi — a 19-year-old international student — has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
You’ve probably realized by now that once the rain clouds roll out mid-September, they pretty much station there until school ends in April.
The day started at 7 a.m. in the Nest with a yoga session, followed by a dance party. Upon checking in, students chose a name tag with their inner party animal written on it.
“These days, governments and reputable institutions like UBC are increasingly advocating for a greener lifestyle and encouraging opportunities for the creation of innovative energy-saving strategies.”
Dr. Ingrid Stairs of UBC’s department of physics and astronomy is one of the world’s experts on pulsars. Her research into pulsars is so cutting edge that The Royal Society of Canada just presented her with the Rutherford Memorial Medal.
This is what a good part of my First Year looked like: staring at a computer screen most nights, sitting alone in my room talking to someone who isn’t even there, lots of crying, lots of fighting. It’s not a pretty picture and, unfortunately, I was the only one to blame for that.
On Friday September 29, President Santa Ono gave his second address to the UBC’s Muslim community since he assumed his role at the university.
I wanted so badly to be successful and happy at UBC, but I felt like I was flung in the deep end of some warped post-secondary dimension.
Bridging the gap between research and students, the Living Library allowed anyone to meet a real, live grad student and talk to them. The graduate students who were part of the Living Library were recruited by liaison librarians who thought that some students would be a personable, informative “book.”
In 2016 and 2017, there have been increasing reports of crime in the Granville Entertainment District including cases of stabbings, sexual assault and debit card theft. These incidences may be quite worrying to bar-goers in the area — this is where the Stacy Forrester’s “Night Life Street Team” comes into play.
“Where I really noticed a difference from UBC was the attitudes of Dutch students. For one, there was an overwhelming sense that they actually wanted to be there. It seems to me this must be equal part personal motivation and campus environment.”
Sacrificing material goods to build temples or giving offerings to appease a supernatural deity can be very costly. If religion can cause people to behave against their best interests, what is its purpose?
Eight faculty members have been named fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). The RSC is an institution that comprises the arts, humanities and sciences — one of its main purposes is to promote learning and research in the three academics.