News + Announcements
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June 3, 2020
Update on 2021/22 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund
On behalf of Simon Bates, Associate Provost, Teaching and Learning:In response to UBC’s announcement to offer larger classes primarily online in the fall, the 2021/22 Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) funding round will be redeployed to support the Vancouver…
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May 28, 2020
3M National Teaching Fellowship
To help illuminate the process of 3M nominations and dossiers, the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) organized a panel with some of UBC's 3M National Teaching Fellows. To learn about their advice read the recap article and visit the CTLT's website for …
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May 9, 2020
Two UBC professors elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Loren Rieseberg and Dr. Janet Werker have been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2020.
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April 30, 2020
2019/20 Killam Award winners for excellence in teaching
As one of six Killam institutions, UBC offers yearly awards from the Killam Endowment Fund to faculty and teaching assistants who demonstrate excellence in teaching. The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty members who are nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in…
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April 30, 2020
UBC Forestry professor receives 'Nobel Prize of Forest Research'
Dr. Nicholas Coops, professor in the Faculty of Forestry, is the recipient of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, the world’s most prestigious forestry honour.
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April 24, 2020
UBC participates in research study to better diagnose COVID-19
Radiologists at UBC, Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) are leading an international study to better predict the presence of COVID-19 based on CT scans.Radiologists, fellows, residents and UBC medical students are collecting, analyzing and…
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March 17, 2020
Announcing the Undergraduate Program Evaluation and Renewal year-two funded projects
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic is pleased to announce that current Undergraduate Programs Evaluation and Renewal (UPER) projects will receive renewed support for their second year of funding.In alignment with Strategy 12: Program Redesign of UBC’s Strategic Plan, …
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March 16, 2020
COVID-19: Remote working for faculty, staff, graduate students, post doctoral fellows, and student employees
A message from Marcia Buchholz, Interim Vice-President, Human ResourcesFurther to Friday’s UBC Broadcast, I would like to inform you of the university’s measures to support faculty, staff, graduate students, post doctoral fellows, and student employees, working remotely. …
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March 13, 2020
Transition to online classes at UBC
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, UBC is transitioning to online classes effective Monday March 16, 2020 for the remainder of the term. For classes that cannot be a
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March 12, 2020
Resources for faculty: Keep Teaching website
UBC has launched the Keep Teaching website to support faculty in developing teaching strategies that will not require in-person sessions. that fit the particula