Posted by: Marie Fe del Rosario | December 6, 2010
UBC and Japan’s Nippon Foundation launched a $13-million, nine-year research into the future of the world’s oceans and the impact of humans on seafood resources.
Predicting the future of the world’s oceans
Posted by: Marie Fe del Rosario | December 3, 2010
UBC received a $7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to fund a research project aimed at preventing maternal, fetal, and newborn deaths.
A $7M grant to reduce maternal, fetal, and newborn deaths
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Posted by: Marie Fe del Rosario | December 1, 2010
HSBC and UBC unveil a wall honouring student recipients of HSBC scholarships and awards.
Celebrating student achievement
Posted by: Marie Fe del Rosario | December 1, 2010
On Monday November 29, UBC and HSBC unveiled the HSBC Scholarship Award Winners wall in honour of a partnership that has supported 84 undergraduate and graduate students since 2002. UBC President Stephen Toope and HSBC Bank Canada President and Chief Executive Officer Lindsay Gordon unveiled the Award Winners wall, which is at UBC Robson Square [...]
Filed under: News | Tags: community outreach, HSBC, scholarships and bursaries, students
Posted by: Marie Fe del Rosario | November 26, 2010
Irving K. Barber and other donors to UBC have been honoured by the Vancouver chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
AFP 2010 Giving Hearts Awards
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Posted by: Elizabeth Powell | November 22, 2010
On Nov. 29, see and hear amazing and inspiring accomplishments by members of the UBC community at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.
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Posted by: Marie Fe del Rosario | November 15, 2010
Irving Guttman and Robert Dales’ gift to enrich the future of opera at UBC. UBC alumna Sophia Leung plans her legacy. These and more stories on the latest issue of Estate Planning Review.
Building legacies for higher education
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Posted by: Elizabeth Powell | November 3, 2010
UBC Faculty of Education received a $1.37 million gift from the BC/Yukon Command of the Royal Canadian Legion for Canada’s only veterans transition program. UBC’s Veterans Transition Program receives $1.37 million from the BC/Yukon Command of The Royal Canadian Legion
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Posted by: Marie Fe del Rosario | November 1, 2010
A unique, flexible-space gallery at Museum of Anthropology will be renamed The O’Brian Gallery to recognize a $1 million gift from the Michael O’Brian Family Foundation.
MOA gallery renamed
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