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UBC Reports | Vol. 47 | No. 05 | Mar. 8, 2001Humanities, science scholars earn KillamsThe nature of personality in early Greeks is the focus of research
for Prof. Shirley Sullivan, one of 10 UBC Killam Research Prize
winners who will be recognized at Celebrate the Stars, a gala event
to be held this evening at the Chan Centre as part of Research Awareness
Week. B.C. government promises fundingThe province will compensate universities for a five per cent tuition
decrease, according to a recent provincial government announcement.
Vanpools ease campus commuteConnie Fabro knows a good travel deal when she sees one. For the
better part of the past decade, she has managed travel contracts
for the university as the travel manager in the Purchasing Dept.
so it's no surprise that she commutes each day to the university
from her home in White Rock via a vanpool. New scholarships to draw top studentsFour new undergraduate scholarships each valued at $40,000 over
four years will be awarded this fall as a result of the largest
gift to date by a bank to the university. Students serve up sweet recognitionSome of UBC's unsung heroes have received Just Desserts Awards
in recognition of their willingness to go above and beyond the call
of duty. Study suggests different tack for learning disordersSpeech scientists call it Motherese. This special combination of
language and behaviour that adults use to talk to young children
has been re-examined from a cultural perspective in a recent study
completed at UBC's School of Audiology and Speech Sciences in the
Faculty of Medicine. Social workers build skills close to homeSocial workers in B.C.'s Interior are now working on their Master
of Social Work (MSW) at home. A three-year, part-time program is
being offered through distance education. Conference to focus on inquiry-based learningMaximizing the educational experiences of students is the focus
of the first UBC Learning Conference to be held May 14-15 in the
Great Hall of the First Nations House of Learning and Ponderosa
Centre. Volunteers champion learningTwenty-year-old Amy Au-Yeung wants to pass on her enthusiasm about
university to children in elementary school. Health researchers receive $5 millionUBC researchers were successful in gaining almost $5 million in
funding for clinical trials from the Canadian Institutes of Health
Research (CIHR) in its most recent round of competition. Pilot project to test virtual lifelong learning environmentUBC has joined a $3.4-million, nationwide test project aimed at
improving the access and usefulness of Canada's high-tech network
infrastructure for educators and students. Features |
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