We are excited to present our fall Department Seminar Series, and to announce our first speaker Dr. Mattia Bacca. Please find attached the Seminar Notice for his talk, “Mechanics & Energetics in Soft Active Structural Systems – Virus Replication, Puncture Mechanics, and Cytoskeletal Contraction.” This seminar will be held on September 14^th from 12-1 PM in CEME 2022. If you feel this would be of interest to your graduate students, please free feel to pass along these details to them.

MECH Department Seminar – Mattia Bacca – Sep 14, 2023

Best regards,

Yvone Azarcon
Financial Processing and Reception Assistant
Faculty of Applied Science | Mechanical Engineering
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2054 – 6250 Applied Science Lane | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 3189
reception@mech.ubc.ca

ATT: CGSD applicants

Please remind your Tri-Agency Doctoral applicants (ie. CIHR CGS-D, NSERC PGS-D, NSERC CGS-D, SSHRC CGS-D, SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship) that they must submit their application (click “submit” in the application system) before the application deadline (September 12 at 12:00 noon PT).  This step is required in order for their application to be considered.  Please advise your students to submit their application well in advance of the application deadline.  Late application submissions will not be considered and will be ruled ineligible.

How to submit a Tri-Agency Doctoral application:

CIHR

• On the task list page, go to “Consent and Submit” and click on “Submit to Research Institution”.
• The system will not allow the application to be submitted until both references are submitted.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to check in with their referees (“sponsors”) in advance of the application deadline if references are missing. Late references will not be accepted.
• Note: ResearchNet will close the application portal (ie. not permit the application to be submitted) once UBC’s application deadline of September 13 at 12:00 noon PT is met.

NSERC

• On ‘Portfolio’ page, click “Verify”.  This step will indicate if there are any incomplete sections in the application.  Then, click “Submit”.
• The system will not allow the application to be submitted until both references (“Reports on the Applicant”) are submitted.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to check in with their referees in advance of the application deadline if references are missing.  Late references will not be accepted.
• Note: The NSERC system is not able to close at UBC’s application deadline, but the date and time of submission is recorded (i.e., every application is time-stamped in the application portal).  To be eligible, applicants are required to submit their application in the system before September 12 at 12:00 noon PT.  Applications submitted after this deadline will be ruled ineligible.

SSHRC

• On ‘My Portfolio’ page, click “Verify” for both ‘Curriculum Vitae’ and ‘Form’.  This step will indicate if there are any incomplete sections in the application.  Then, click “Submit”.
• The system will not allow the application to be submitted until both references are submitted.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to check in with their referees in advance of the application deadline if references are missing.  Late references will not be accepted.
• Note: The SSHRC system is not able to close at UBC’s application deadline, but the date and time of submission is recorded (i.e., every application is time-stamped in the application portal).  To be eligible, applicants are required to submit their application in the system before September 12 at 12:00 noon PT.  Applications submitted after this deadline will be ruled ineligible.

Spread the word: the UBC Farm is hiring! This role is central to all activities at the Farm and some prior knowledge of the Farm is an asset, so it will be great if you can share this through your networks.

CSFS Site Services Coordinator Position

The CSFS Site Services Coordinator oversees the day-to-day site administrative activities, as well as site-user support for the CSFS at UBC Farm. The Site Services Coordinator supports the orientation of new staff, students and site users; coordinates access, scheduling, and permissions to the site; coordinates the site safety program; and supports the administration of land-based projects and events, including project intake, site allocation, communication with site-users, services tracking, invoicing, project renewals, and project/event clean-up. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply

Deadline to apply: Monday, September 25th at 11:59 p.m.

Thanks!

Melanie

 

Melanie Kuxdorf (She, Her, Hers)

Communications and Marketing Manager

Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm
The University of British Columbia | Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4

melanie.kuxdorf@ubc.ca | ubcfarm.ubc.ca

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Graduate students may take graduate or undergraduate courses that are outside of your graduate program, however, you need your supervisor’s approval.  Please review G&PS’s policy here.

Courses Outside a Student’s Graduate Program

You may take graduate or undergraduate courses that are outside your own graduate program. Approval should be granted in advance from the student’s supervisor, home program’s graduate advisor, and the course instructor. These courses will be held to the policy on academic progress.

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces

The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy
(Human Nutrition)

 Brock Alexander Williams

“Folic Acid Supplementation and Dietary Folate Intake Among Children with Sickle Cell Disease: Evidence from a Double-Blind Randomized Cross-Over Trial”

Thursday, September 14, 2023 – 1:00 PM

220, Food Nutrition and Health Building, 2205 East Mall

 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. E. Puterman

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. A. Devlin – Committee member
Dr. J. Singer – Committee member
Dr. J. K. Wu – Committee member
Dr. S. Vercauteren – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. C. Karakochuk – Supervisor
Dr. J. Singer – Committee member
Dr. J. K. Wu – Committee member
Dr. D. Kitts – University Examiner
Dr. K.S. Joseph – University Examiner
Dr. Y.I. Kim – External Examiner