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Priority Project
Science 101: Bringing Science to Vancouver’s Inner City
Science 101 is a barrier-free, non-credit course offered through UBC Science. The course provides students of all ages with an introduction to a wide variety of scientific fields. more
Community Engagement
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Priority Project
Support the Dean of Science Scholarship at UBC
Your support helps recognize and reward the top science undergraduate students. With your help, UBC Science can offer scholarships to even more of our talented students. more
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Success Story
No more abracadabra
UBC launches its new Computational Thinking Program, available to all students. more
Student Learning
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Success Story
Award winner Rosemary McCloskey helps make sense of it all
Talented data scientist Rosemary McCloskey has received the first Department of Statistics Award in Data Science for her work in tracing viral “family trees”. more
Student Learning
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Priority Project
Support Women in Computer Science at UBC
…everything we use, from social networks to infrastructure to innovative healthcare solutions. Currently, only 25% of graduates in the Department of Computer Science are women. The Maria Klawe more
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Success Story
A Passion for Science Education
Dr. Judith Soon’s first volunteer involvement with Youth Science Canada—the country’s leading organization for engaging and supporting young scientists—was, by her own account, a bit of an accident. more
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Special Appeals
Support SURE: Science Undergraduate Research Experience
…udent learning. Research experience brings learning to life, translates theory to the working world, builds confidence, and allows students to develop a supportive relationship with a mentor. more
Research Excellence, Student Learning
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Priority Project
Empowering Students through the UBC Computer Science Scholarship
…o concentrate on their studies free from financial burdens, while giving them the belief to maximize their talents. David Dang was one of those students. He came to UBC to more
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Special Appeals
Faculty of Science Bursary
…shift paradigms, start companies, and even spark new industries. Unfortunately, they don’t all have the financial means to complete their education—an essential step to realizing their more
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Success Story
Protected: Stem cell research gets animated
PhD student Ben Paylor, with UBC alumnus Dr. Mike Long, is making stem cell science accessible and engaging to everyone with their animated short films. more
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Priority Project
Applied Science Student Competition Team Sponsorships
Student team funding is a key priority for the Faculty of Applied Science. The engineering design teams provide over 1,000 students with the opportunity to put into practice the engineering more
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Priority Project
A New Frontier in Education Science: The Arrowsmith Young Collaborative for Neuroscience and Education
…Faculty of Medicine is seeking your support to pioneer a discipline that will transform children’s education. This initiative will combine neuroscience and early learning research into one more
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Success Story
UBC Professor Gives a Gift for the Future
…otte has been connected to UBC since the 1950s, when she studied math and chemistry as an undergraduate student, then as a graduate student and professor in the Department of Mathematics. After completing her PhD in computer science at the University of Cambridge, she returned to help UBC establish its computer science department. Today, Charlotte is focusing on her true more
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Success Story
Alumni Couple Shares Legacy of Education
…ton co-designed Vancouver’s first rapid transit line. He also promoted international trade partnerships in BC’s tech, environmental, and energy sectors before joining UBC as Associate Director, Development for the Faculty of Science, where he helped raise unprecedented funds for research. “I’m glad UBC accepted him, because it was the best job he ever had,” says Vivienne. “He more
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Success Story
Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre
The Wayne and William White Engineering Design Centre (EDC) officially opened on November 2, 2011. more
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Success Story
Fighting Fire with Fire
…PhD at UBC, where her thesis supervisor is Dr. Lori Daniels, an expert in fire ecology who has worked hard to engage with communities throughout the province. In addition, Copes-Gerbitz benefits from the guidance of a social science methods expert, Dr. Shannon Hagerman, who has extensive experience working across the sciences in a policy context. And the move to BC more