UBC rises to second in Maclean's ranking

UBC has moved up to second position in overall rankings of Canada's medical/doctoral universities according to the annual survey recently published in Maclean's magazine.
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Research lures $15 million plus in funding

Nine UBC projects have received more than $15 million in capital funding thanks to a combination of federal monies, matching provincial funds and support from a donation made by UBC alumnus Stewart Blusson.
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Major award to attract leading playwrights

UBC's Dept. of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing has established a Creative Writing Residency Prize in Stageplay. The biennial prize, worth $25,000, is the most generous of its kind in Canada.
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Museum to examine Reid's legacy in forum

UBC is staging a public forum which will inform the international debate raging over the work of one of Canada's most important artists.
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Giving to campaign a habit says donor

UBC staff member Cia Harms won't let anything break her habit of giving to the United Way campaign each year.

"I feel it is the least that I can do to help out in the community," says the Faculty of Dentistry Orthodontics Clinic co-ordinator.
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Proposed commercial core up for discussion

Commercial developments proposed for the UBC campus will get a public airing at two meetings scheduled to take place at the Asian Centre on Nov. 25.
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`Manly Tales' bring sexuality out of closet for students

When they weren't hooting and howling, almost 300 Totem Park residents sat in hushed concentration as they listened to sketches about love, sex and stereotypes in a recent presentation called My Dick and Other Manly Tales.
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