March 26th, 2010 by jpopo | No Comments »
Read this M.A. thesis in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5235.
UBC achievements at the Paralympic Games
UBC Dentistry alumnus Jim Armstrong is part of Team Canada, which won the gold medal in Paralympic wheelchair curling.
Sport sociology and PhD student Andrea Bundon was the guide for Courtney Knight, a visually-impaired cross-country skier. Knight and Bundon, who is also captain of UBC’s varsity rowing team, placed 9th in the women’s 3km biathlon, 11th in the women’s 5km classic and made it to the semi-finals for the women’s 1km sprint classic.
The Paralympic Torch Relay at UBC was celebrated by 3,000 people on March 12: http://www.webcommunications.ubc.ca/ubc2010/whats-on/paralympic-torch-relay/
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Above excerpt in italics is courtesy of UBC This Week from UBC Public Affairs’ webpage – http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/03/25/ubc-this-week-13/#3847
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March 25th, 2010 by jpopo | No Comments »
Visit cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2518 to read Milica Mandic’s thesis.
UBC receives most Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
For more information about the award, visit: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsRelease-CommuniqueDePresse_eng.asp?ID=188.
Nine UBC students were awarded Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements under the Canada Graduate Scholarships Program from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada — the most of any university in Canada.
The award supports high-caliber Canadian graduate students as they pursue research experiences at institutions outside of Canada. UBC recipients include:
• Andrew Hamilton – PhD in Civil Engineering
• Lei Hua – PhD in Statistics
• Jean-Michel Lauzon – PhD in Chemistry
• Milica Mandic – PhD in Zoology
• Eranda Harinath Puwakkatiya Kankanamge – PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering
• David Toews – PhD in Zoology
• Brent Chamberlain – PhD in Forestry
• Jennifer Choi – PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Brendan Cully – PhD in Computer Science
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Above excerpt in italics is courtesy of UBC This Week from UBC Public Affairs’ webpage – http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/03/25/ubc-this-week-13/#3833
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