Calendar

A listing of UBC-related or UBC-sponsored events occurring on campus and off campus within the Lower Mainland from September 6 through September 19, 1998.

UBC Reports welcomes calendar submissions from members of the UBC community.

September 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Notices



Sunday, Sept. 6

Green College Performing Arts Group

Jeff Standfield, guitar; Mark Geraghty, bass. Green College at 8pm. Call 822-1878.


Monday, Sept. 7

Myths And Realities Of Intelligent Machines Lecture

Using An Intelligent Machine To Modify Or Adapt Human Behaviour. Daniel W. Repperger, Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Green College Coach House at 7:30pm. Refreshments, Buffet $13.50 at 6:30pm (call 822-8660 for tickets). Call 822-6291 or 822-1878.


Tuesday, Sept. 8

Faculty Women's Club Meeting

Coffee On The Terrace. Cecil Green Park House main floor at 10am. New members welcome. Call Ann Thompson 266-6778 or Marya 738-7401.

China Program For Integrated Research Development

Comparative Institutional Advantage: Hong Kong Vis-A-Vis Shanghai And Singapore. Prof. Yiu-Kwan Fan, Hong Kong Baptist U. CK Choi 120 from 12noon-1:30pm. Call 822-2629.

Peter Wall Institute Seminar

Probability Densities For Noisy Delay Bifurcations. Rachel Kuske, U of Minnesota. Hennings 318 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3620.


Wednesday, Sept. 9

Orthopedics Grand Rounds

Revision Of The Acetabulum Using Reconstruction Cages. Don Garbuz. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Eye Care Centre Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.

Respiratory Research Seminar Series

Leukocytes Decrease Ventricular Function In Sepsis. Dr. Keith Walley, Medicine. St. Paul's Hosp. Gourlay Conference Room from 5-6pm. Call 875-5653.

Interdisciplinary Seminar

An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. Tony Dorcey, SCARP/IRE, facilitator; IISGP Advisory Committee; graduate students. Green College at 5pm. Call 822-0954.


Friday, Sept. 11

Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds

Saw Mill Study, Male Infertility And Childhood Cancers. Helen Heacock. Paid parking available in Lot B. Mather 253 from 9-10am. Call 822-2772.

Pediatric Grand Rounds

Child Maltreatment - A Medical Update. Jean Hlady, Director, Child Protective Service; Ken Poskitt, Radiology, B.C. Children's Hosp. GF Strong Aud. From 9-10 am. Call Ruth Giesbrecht 875-2307.

Classical Archaeology Lecture

Evolving Roman Landscape: A Valley In Southern Italy. Helena Fracchia, U of Alberta. Lasserre 102 at 12:30pm. Call 822-2889.

Mathematics Colloquium

The Uniqueness And Stability Of Microstructure. Prof. M. Luskin, U of Minnesota. Math 104 at 3:30pm. Refreshments Math Annex 1115 at 3:15pm. Call 822-2666.

Thunderbird Football

Home Opener Vs. University Of Calgary. Thunderbird Stadium at 7pm. Adults $7; youth and seniors $4; UBC students $3; children under 12 free. Call 822-BIRD.


Saturday, Sept. 12

Graduate Students Seminar

Create A Positive Classroom Climate. Family and Nutritional Sciences 40 from 9:30am-12:30pm. Call 822-6827.

Graduate Students Seminar

Put Together A Useful Course Outline Handout. Family and Nutritional Sciences 50 from 9:30am-12:30pm. Call 822-6827.

Graduate Students Seminar

Lesson Planning: Develop A Process That Works For You. Family and Nutritional Sciences 40 from 1:30-4:30pm. Call 822-6827.

Graduate Students Seminar

Manage Your Time: Don't Let Your Teaching Overwhelm You. Family and Nutritional Sciences 50 from 1:30-4:30pm. Call 822-6827.


Sunday, Sept. 13

Chan Centre For The Performing Arts Concert

CBC Avison Series: Concert I. Jane Coop, piano; Mario Bernardi, conductor; CBC Vancouver Orchestra. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 2pm. Call Ticketmaster 280-3311 or Chan Centre box office 822-2697.


Monday, Sept. 14

New UBC Students Workshop

Study Resources On Campus: Learn About The Academic Resources Available At UBC. Hennings 200 from 12:30-1:20pm. Call 822-2890.

Biotechnology Laboratory Seminars

From Spuds And Bugs To Trees And Shrubs - Genetic Engineering For Forest Tree Improvement. David D. Ellis, B.C. Research Inc. IRC #3 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call Doug Kilburn 822-5115.

President's Lecture On Linguistics

The Direct Object As A Formal Notion. David Gaatone, U of Haifa. Buchanan D-238 at 12:30. A French seminar will also be presented. Call French Dept. 822-2879.

Astronomy Seminar

A New Look At Old Stellar Populations. Patrick Durrell. Hennings 318 at 4pm. Refreshments at 3:30pm. Call 822-2267.


Tuesday, Sept. 15

Peter Wall Institute Complexity Seminar

Dynamical Modelling Of Biological Developments: Examples, Determinism and Robustness, Error Suppression. Lionel Harrison, Chemistry. Hennings 318 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3620.

President's Seminar In French

Valence Interne Et Valence Externe: Le Cas Des Locutions Vervales. David Gaatone, Linguistics, U of Haifa. Buchanan D-332 at 3:30pm. Call French Dept. 2-2879.

Engineering And Architecture Seminar

UBC Building Regulation And Permitting Process Seminar Series. Various speakers. AMPEL 311 from 4:30-7:30pm. Continues to Nov. 10. $300 UBC staff; $75/session. Call 822-3347.


Wednesday, Sept. 16

Orthopedics Grand Rounds

Technical Aspects Of Tumour Surgery In The Spine. Dr. Peter Paul Varga, Director, Semmelweis U of Medicine. Vancouver Hosp/HSC, Eye Care Centre Aud. at 7am. Call 875-4192.

New UBC Students Workshop

Notetaking Skills. Terry Small. Hennings 200 from 12:30-1:20pm. Call 822-2890.

Centre For Australian Studies Seminar

What Values? Whose Values? Jean Hillier, Urban and Regional Planning, Curtin U. CK Choi 120 from 4:30-5:30pm. Call 822-2968.

Respiratory Research Seminar Series

Genetic Factors In COPD. Andrew Sandford, St. Paul's Hosp. Pulmonary Research Lab. St. Paul's Hosp. Gourlay Conference Room from 5-6pm. Call 875-5653.

History And Memory Lecture Series

Reinscribing Memory: Oral Tradition, Material Culture And Indigenous Identity In The Republic Of Sakha (Yakutia), Serbia. Julie Cruikshank, Anthropology and Sociology. Green College at 7:30pm. Call 822-1878.


Thursday, Sept. 17

Law Alumni Association Breakfast

Crossing The Divide Between Bench And Bar. Honourable Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada. Hotel Vancouver Pacific Ballroom at 7:30am. $35. Call Michelle O'Keefe 631-3131 ext. 2184.

Centre For India And South Asia Research

Welcoming Get-Together For All South Asianists And Friends Of South Asia. CK Choi Lounge from 12noon-2pm. Light lunch. Call 822-2629.

PATSCAN Fall Seminar

Managing Your Intellectual Property Portfolio. Paul Smith, intellectual property lawyer. Angus 425 at 1pm. 1 hr. question period. Call 822-5404.

Biotechnology Laboratory Seminars

Molecular Biology Of Anti-Herbivore Defense In Trees: Poplars, Pests And Polyphenol Oxidase. Peter C. Constabel, U of Alberta. Wesbrook 201 from 12:30-1:30pm. Call Doug Kilburn 822-5115.

Statistics Seminar

Smoothing Parameter Selection When Errors Are Correlated And Application To Ozone Data. Robert St. Aubin. CSCI 301 from 4-5:30pm. Call 822-0570.

Medieval And Renaissance

The Folly Of Maps And Modernity. Richard Helgerson, English, U of California. Green College at 4:30pm. Call 822-1878.


Friday, Sept. 18

Health Care And Epidemiology Rounds

Tick Borne Disease And Its Importance In British Columbia. Muhammad Morshed, B.C. Centre for Disease Control Society. Paid parking available in Lot B. Mather 253 from 9-10am. Call 822-2772.

Pediatric Grand Rounds

Contemporary Controversies In Pediatric Nutrition. Prof. Sheila Innis. GF Strong Aud. from 9-10am. Call 875-2307.

Medieval Workshop

Courtesan & Nun In Europe And Japan: The Function Of The Woman Writer Between Feudal and Courtly Society. Green College. Call Richard Unger, History 822-5178 or e-mail: richard.unger@ubc.ca.

Graduate Scholarships Day

Get All The Info On Graduate Scholarships And Awards. Graduate Student Centre Ballroom at 11am. Refreshments. Call Suzanne Schmiesing 822-4556.

New UBC Students Workshop

Know Your Financial Resources: Scholarships, Bursaries and Loans Available. Hennings 200 from 12:30-1:20pm. Call 822-2890.

Medieval Workshop

Burning Iron Against The Cheek - Some Revelations From The Writing Of The Religious Lives Of Japanese Buddhist Nuns. Barbara Ruch, Columbia U. Angus 110 at 12:30pm. Call 822-5178.

Leon And Thea Koerner Memorial Lecture

The Slaughterhouse Of Literature: Forms, Markets and Non-canonical Texts. Franco Moretti, English, Columbia U. Buchanan B-318 at 12:30pm. Call Comp. Lit. 822-5157

Program In Inter-cultural Studies In Asia

Welcoming Get-Together And General Meeting. CK Choi Lounge from 12:30-1:30pm. Refreshments. Call 822-2629.

Chemical Engineering Weekly Seminar

Methane To Synthetic Gas By Catalytic Partial Oxidation (CPO) Process. Prof. Xiaojun Bao, U of Petroleum. ChemEng 206 at 3:30pm. Call 822-3238.

Comparative Literature Seminar

The Slaughterhouse Of Literature: Forms, Markets and Non-canonical Texts. Franco Moretti, English, Columbia U. Green College at 3:30pm. Call 822-1878.

Vipassan Meditation Retreat

Steven Armstrong; Westcoast Dharma Society. Asian Centre Aud. Continues to Sept. 20. Fri. 7-9pm; Sat., Sun. 9am-5pm. Call 731-5469 or e-mail: wdharma@unixg.ubc.ca.

Sing Tao School Of Journalism Debate

Media Wars: The Battle For Your Time. Peter Mansbridge, William Thorsell. Chan Centre Chan Shun Concert Hall at 7pm. Call 822-6688.


Saturday, Sept. 19

Thunderbird Men's And Women's Soccer

Vs. University Of Calgary. Women 12noon; Men 2pm. Adults $7; youth and seniors $4; UBC students $3; children under 12 free. Call 822-bird.

University Hill Community Festival

The Happening On The Hill. Jim Everett Memorial Park from 3pm-12am. Booths, entertainment, barbecue, activities for all ages. Call 222-0651.


Notices

Parent-Child Relationship Study

Are you a parent of a child who is still in school? Would you like to help me understand how parents know that they are important? Complete a survey in your own home and return your responses by pre-paid mail. Call Sheila Marshall 822-5672.

Peer Program Recruitment

Wanted: Canadian UBC students with an urge to become involved in the international community. Get together with an international UBC student twice per month and do things. Learn about another culture, share your own culture, establish new friendships, etc. Fill out an application form at International House or call 822-5021.

Psychology Research

Dr. Johnston's UBC Psychology Lab is looking for 5-12 year olds for research on the ways younger and older children respond to questions about cartoons and stories with different answer choices. Call 822-9037.

UBC Birding

Join a one-hour birding walk around UBC Campus, every Thursday at 12:30pm. Meet at the Rose Garden flagpole. Bring binoculars if you have them. For details, call Jeremy Gordon 822-8966.

Female Volunteers

Daughters who have returned home to live with their parents are needed for a PhD psychology study. An interview at your convenience is required. Please call Michele 269-9986.