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UBC researchers are studying brain damage that causes “face blindness” which in severe cases means individuals can’t recognize their own reflection - photo by Martin Dee
UBC researchers are studying brain damage that causes “face blindness” which in severe cases means individuals can’t recognize their own reflection - photo by Martin Dee

UBC Reports | Vol. 53 | No. 10 | Oct. 4, 2007

Blind to Beauty

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but according to research conducted by a UBC medical student, eye candy fails to find a sweet tooth in patients with a rare disorder.
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Arts Initiative Targets Undergrad TeachingArts Initiative Targets Undergrad Teaching

This year, UBC arts students have a chance to learn from young intellectuals and gain exposure to leading interdisciplinary research with the appointment of 14 new post-doctoral teaching fellows in the arts faculty.
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Scavenger ChampionScavenger Champion

Jim Little looks forward to the day when robots can make more decisions on their own.
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Bridging CommunitiesBridging Communities

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside receives a lot of media attention as home to people who are destitute and disadvantaged.
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Stop the Presses!Stop the Presses!

Those shaky, slightly blurred few seconds of video, taken by a citizen on a cell phone, capturing a news event as it happened, have become a familiar sight on the TV news.
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Okanagan Experience May Dispel Aging Time-Bomb MythOkanagan Experience May Dispel Aging Time-Bomb Myth

How will Canadians cope with a rapidly aging population? We may do just fine, predicts Mary Ann Murphy, Assoc. Prof. of Sociology and Social Work at UBC Okanagan.
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UBC’s Other United Way Contribution: ResearchUBC’s Other United Way Contribution: Research

It’s 4 p.m., do you know where your child is? It turns out, the answer can depend on how much money you make.
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John B. MacdonaldJohn B. Macdonald

John B. Macdonald, UBC’s fourth president, visited campus recently.
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