Featured Projects
Priority Project
The Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet
For over half a century, the Mel Zajac Jr. International Swim Meet has been a fixture on the international swimming stage, attracting top talent to Vancouver and providing an opportunity more
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Faculty of Forestry Bursary Fund
Help UBC students focus on their studies and reach their potential by donating to the Faculty of Forestry Bursary Fund. more
Student Learning
Success Story
How genomic sequencing is changing BC’s health care policies
Each year in Canada, more than 15,500 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy – 55% of those before the age of ten. In 50-60% of the cases, the cause is unknown. Refractory epilepsy – described as that which cannot be controlled with two or more medications – is especially dangerous, because uncontrolled seizures interfere with […] more
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The Beautiful Brain: Exploring Art and Neuroscience
A new collaborative project aims to create conversations and expand our understanding of connections between visual art and neuroscience. In fall 2017, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery will more
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Thunderbird Swimming Excellence Fund – Sustaining Excellence
The Thunderbird Swimming Excellence Fund is a new avenue for alumni, friends and supporters of UBC Varsity Swimming to be a part of, and contribute to, the program’s success. Created more
Community Engagement
Success Story
Teaching at the heart of giving
Musicologist Elizabeth Lamberton (MA’78, PhD’88) fondly recalls her time at UBC. She credits her inspiring professors with helping her to discover her own lifelong passion: teaching. “I more
Research Excellence, Student Learning
Success Story
No more abracadabra
UBC launches its new Computational Thinking Program, available to all students. more
Student Learning
Success Story
Capri scholarship allows UBC keeper to keep up with training
There is plenty to be worried about when starting a new school and trying out for a new team. For Nicholas Reitsma, a 6-foot-3 freshman keeper on UBC Okanagan’s men’s soccer squad, receiving the Capri student scholarship has taken one major worry off his desk. Winning this year’s Capri Insurance Athletics Entrance Scholarship means he […] more
Student Learning
Priority Project
Institutional Pharmacy Practice Centre (iPPC)
With the iPPC project, we hope to train our pharmacy students in a wider range of physical assessment skills. more
Student Learning
Success Story
Alumnus Aims to Foster Excellence through New Award
“Perseverance, inventiveness and initiative are essential traits for a researcher,” says Dr. Sarvajna Dwivedi, UBC Pharm Sci alumnus (MSc 1988, PhD 1992). As co-founder and chief scientific officer of Pearl Therapeutics Inc., Dr. Dwivedi and his wife, Dr. Seema Dwivedi, have recently established and endowed an award that will support outstanding graduate students in the […] more
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Family Bursary Supports Okanagan Students
There are many reasons people choose to support UBC. When Erma Connaghan decided to create a bursary it was a decision born of her and her family’s passionate belief in education, but it also reflected Erma’s personal experience as a student more than 60 years ago. “I received a scholarship in high school,” explains Erma. […] more
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Making Education Accessible
“What we know when it comes to post-secondary education is students whose parents have not attended university, tend to overestimate the costs and underestimate the benefits,” says Dr. Kathleen Ross (EdD 2011), right. “They feel university is beyond their reach.” As Associate Vice President of Enrolment Services and Registration, Dr. Ross, better known as Kate, […] more
