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Volume 46 | Number 12 | Aug. 10, 2000



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$68 million bonanza sets research record

UBC and its affiliated teaching hospitals have gained more than $68 million in research infrastructure funding -- the largest amount awarded to any Canadian institution--from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) in a recent competition.
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Science 101 opens doors

For many students and teachers, the summer months mean a well-deserved break away from the classroom.

But 10 UBC graduate students and more than a dozen faculty members have chosen to remain in the classroom as volunteer instructors in Science 101. The pilot program teaches first-year level Science courses to individuals from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside community.
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Chemist among eight new Royal fellows

A chemist who aims to develop drugs from marine organisms, an educator who studies the educational value of computers in schools and a philosopher who specializes in the relationships between science and philosophical theory are among the eight UBC faculty members recently elected to the Royal Society of Canada.
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Service dispenses drug answers with a smile

Pills, patches, capsules, sprays, herbs, ointments, syrups and vitamins --drugstore shelves are full of medications that promise health improvements but how do we know what is effective and what is not?
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"Normal" blood pressure suspect, researcher finds

Between one-third and one-half of all blood pressure diagnoses made in physicians' offices may be incorrect, according to a study by UBC Psychology Prof. Wolfgang Linden and university colleagues.
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Test shakes house to its foundations

There was a "whole lotta shakin' goin' on" recently as UBC earthquake experts subjected a full-scale, two-storey house to a 6.7-magnitude quake.
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Student paper prompts politicians and planners

A UBC undergraduate Economics paper on funding for a downtown convention centre in Kamloops has drawn the attention of that city's politicians and planners.
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Cross-country tag team tackles breast cancer

Two UBC investigators have joined a trans-Canada research relay of more than 20 researchers which will receive $3 million over three years to develop new knowledge to combat breast cancer.
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