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21 September, 2020
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UBCV30 July, 2024 | Announcement | Faculty & StaffProvince of BC adopts amended Land Use Plan for the UBC Vancouver campus
The Province of BC has adopted an amended Land Use Plan for the UBC Vancouver campus, enabling the university to begin implementing the ideas, policies and strategies developed with the community through the Campus Vision 2050 process.
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UBCV30 July, 2024 | Media release | Faculty & StaffUBC super-black wood can improve telescopes, optical devices and consumer goods
Thanks to an accidental discovery, researchers at UBC have created a new super-black material that absorbs almost all light, opening potential applications in fine jewellery, solar cells and precision optical devices. Dr. Philip Evans and PhD student Kenny Cheng were experimenting with high-energy plasma to make wood more water-repellent, like a lotus leaf. However, when they applied the technique to the cut ends of wood cells, the surfaces turned extremely black.
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UBCO22 September, 2020 | Okanagan Exchange | Faculty & StaffProfessors Marie Tarrant and Joan Bottorff named Fellows of Canadian Academy of Nursing
Two highly accomplished professors from the School of Nursing in UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Health and Social Development are among the inaugural class of Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing, announced Sept. 9 by the Canadian Nurses Association. Nursing Professor, Marie Tarrant, director of the School of Nursing, and Nursing Professor, Joan Bottorff, director of the Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, will be officially inducted as inaugural Fellows at a virtual ceremony and celebration on Nov. 20.
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UBCO21 July, 2020 | Okanagan Exchange | Faculty & StaffIrving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences at UBC Okanagan transitioned into two autonomous Faculties on July 1
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UBCO7 July, 2020 | Okanagan Exchange | Faculty & StaffAdrienne Vedan appointed Senior Advisor to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor on Indigenous Affairs at UBC Okanagan