The Faculty is once again hosting a Welcome back event to kick off the new school year together! LFS faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to attend. The popular food trucks will make a return this year, so bring your appetites!

We encourage you to also bring a picnic blanket as the event takes place at UBC Farm – and it will go forward, rain or shine!

Date: Friday, Sept. 23

Time: 3-5 pm

RSVP by Sept. 21 (5pm) to be entered for a draw prize: Click here

Cost: $5 minimum donation, with proceeds going to the United Way

Location: UBC Farm events field, 3461 Ross Drive, Vancouver

Map and directions to UBC Farm: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/contact-us/

Questions: Contact Barbara Hsiao (Barbara.hsiao@ubc.ca) or Karen Lee (Karen.lee98@ubc.ca).

 

Thanks to all LFS graduate students who applied for the 2022-2023 LFS Major Awards competition.  All major awards have been offered and accepted by the winners except for the Western Grains Research Foundation Scholarship in Land and Food Systems which is pending receipt of funding from the donor.

Shelley

Pawan Kumar SIGNH signage Aug 22 v1

Dr. Gurcharn Singh Brar, Assistant Professor LFS is hosting a presentation on Monday, August 22, 2022.  Everyone is invited.

Wheat blast:  An emerging and spreading disease threatening global wheat production

Pawan K. Singh
Head, Wheat Pathology, GWP,
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, MEXICO
Monday, August 22, 2022
2:30 – 3:30 PM
MacMillan Room 158

 

 

Just a reminder for anyone who is attending a conference this month – the funding period for the LFS Graduate Student Travel Award is September to August.  Please make sure you submit your LFS Graduate Student Travel Award application by August 30, 2022 so that your award falls under the 2021-2022 funding period.  If you submit after August 30, your award will be paid out in September and you won’t be able to claim another travel award in 2022-2023.

Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.

Shelley

Instead of our usual reminder, starting with 2022W, the LFS G&PS office will register all research-based students in your thesis course and seminar (if applicable).  We are doing this to increase efficiency, in particular, with award nominations and payments.  G&PS will not process award nominations for students not registered in the same session as the award nomination.  Despite the reminders to register, this has been an ongoing problem for several years.  With our office taking care of registration for research-based students when registration opens for winter and summer session, we’re hoping this will no longer be an issue.

Please let Iris know by the end of this week (July 22, 2022) if there is any reason why you would NOT want us to take care of registration for you – lfs.gradasst@ubc.ca

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Shelley