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Carl Wieman
“The most important issue that has brought me to UBC is the tremendous interest here in improving education, particularly science education.” - Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman told UBC Reports about his role to head a $12 million, five-year initiative to enhance the teaching of science at UBC.

2005 / 06 was a banner year for the University of British Columbia. The Year in Review publication highlights top research and teaching stories as covered by CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, and others.

Year in ReviewUBC faculty and students earned international media attention for research and teaching milestones such as the first Human Security report showing a global decline in political violence; a student developed NASA space elevator; a record licensing deal for UBC biotech spin-off Neuromed; the appointment of a new UBC President; and an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Carl Wieman, brought to UBC to help enhance science education.

See UBC's Year in Review publication for more headlines and stories from 2005 / 06.