UBC News Digest

The UBC News Digest is a weekly summary of news stories about UBC people, research, learning, community, and internationalization initiatives. News Digest past issues are also available on-line.

May 1, 2003

• UBC neuroscientists among world's most cited
• UBC Physics students get top marks in prestigious national exam
• UBC Prof. Selected as Distinguished Alumni Scholar

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UBC neuroscientists among world's most cited

A recent survey has shown that neuroscience research at UBC now ranks fourth in the world in terms of citations per published paper.

The survey was conducted by Science Watch, the newsletter of the Research Services Group of the Institute for Scientific Information that quantitatively analyzes scientific journal literature.

This ranking puts UBC neuroscientists, many of whom work at the Brain Research Centre, at the top among Canadian universities in this category. University of Toronto is listed as 15th in the same category.

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UBC Physics students get top marks in prestigious national exam

Three UBC undergraduate students took the first, third and fourth place spots in this year's Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) exam.

The CAP exam is a national test that recognizes excellence in undergraduate physics. Congratulations to Max Metliski, a fourth year honours student who took first place; Daragh Rooney, a fourth year Majors student who was third; and Guillaume Chabot-Couture, an exchange student from Lavel University who took fourth place.

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UBC Prof. Selected as Distinguished Alumni Scholar

Professor Pitman Potter was recently selected as a George Washington University Distinguished Alumni Scholar for 2002-2003. It is the highest honor George Washington University bestows on its alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the knowledge base of their disciplines.

Pitman B. Potter is professor of Law and director of Chinese Legal Studies at the University of British Columbia Faculty as well as the director of the UBC Institute of Asian Research.

He received a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies and History from George Washington University in 1978. Potter then attended the University of Washington, from which he received an MA in 1980, J.D. (Law) in 1985 and a PhD (Political Science) in 1986.

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