Friedman Award for Scholars in Health

The Friedman Award for Scholars in Health is open to any UBC graduate student or medical resident studying in the area of health. ‘Health’ is interpreted very broadly, and includes health promotion and disease prevention, mental health research, laboratory sciences related to medicine or health, public health, health services research, or any area intended to impact human health.

Awards of up to $50,000 each will be granted for six or more months of study outside of Western Canada.  Friedman Scholars are expected to travel to other areas of the world to seek new perspectives, learn from experts in their fields and be exposed to different cultures.  The award amount will be at the discretion of the adjudication committee.

Application Deadline: 3:59pm PST on Friday, 13 March 2020

For further information about this award opportunity, including eligibility requirements and application procedures, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/friedman-award-scholars-health

 

Are you a graduate student or medical resident who is interested in this award opportunity?  Consider attending the information session.

Information Session: Friedman Award for Scholars in Health

Date: Monday, December 16
Time: 1:00 to 2:00pm
Format: Webinar

Details: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/resources-award-applicants/friedman-award-info-session

Do your studies focus on/involve geomatics?   If yes, you are invited to an event, which brings together potential employers and highly qualified graduate students. 

Geomatics Career Networking Event

An afternoon of discovery, mingling and community

The event will include:

• A brief overview of attending organizations – including any pertinent employment, intern and volunteering opportunities
• Opportunities to meet individually with attending organizations (each will have a table)
• Coffee, tea, and snacks
  

Friday, February 7,2020

1:00-3:30pm

Jack Poole Hall

The Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre,

6163 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

This event is hosted by MGEM, Master of Geomatics in Environmental Management, a professional master’s program blending technical and quantitative geospatial skills with the appropriate landscape ecology backdrop.

If interested, please RSVP by January 31, 2020. Please see poster attached.

career networking event

 

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science (Food Science)

Zhong (Marti) Hua

“Development of Microfluidic Paper-based Analytical Device to Detect Chemical Hazards in Food”

Tuesday, December 10th, 2019 at 1:00pm
Room 140, FNH Bldg. 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE  

Chair: Dr. MS. Wang 

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. S. Castellarin – Committee member
Dr. P. Li – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. P. Li – Committee member
Dr. R. Cerri – External examiner

Everyone is welcome

 

You’re invited to celebrate World Soil Day with the PRSSS!

In-person Event: 3  – 6pm, Thursday December 5, Agora Cafe (basement of MacMillan building, UBC)

Come try your hand at painting with soils! All the supplies will be provided. Here’s some inspiration to get you excited.

We’ll also have soil-themed snacks and PRSSS merchandise for sale.

Drop by anytime between 3 and 6pm!

Event Website

Remote Event: Fact collection for themed deck of cards

If you can’t attend the UBC event, don’t worry, there’s another way to participate!

The PRSSS is making a custom deck of playing cards with different fun soil facts on each card. Help us share our love and knowledge of soils by submitting your favourite soil fact(s) here! Facts should be understandable by the general public. Please make submissions max 50 words. We hope to have the decks available for purchase by our Spring AGM and Workshop next year.

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This is a friendly reminder from the Doctoral Exams Office that the first deadline for Doctoral Candidates who would like to graduate in May 2020 is this week. The deadlines for Doctoral Examination and Dissertation Submission are as follows:

• Friday, November 29, 2019: Appointment of External Examiner form submitted to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
• Friday, January 24, 2020: Doctoral dissertation and supporting documentation submitted to Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
• Friday, March 20, 2020: Last day for Oral Defence.
• Friday, April 17, 2020: Acceptance of final approved dissertation by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (cIRcle submission).

There is more information available on our website, and if you have questions, please email graduate.doctoral@ubc.ca.

Stay warm!

Best,
Robyn

Robyn Starkey
Doctoral Exams Coordinator
Office of the Dean | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
The University of British Columbia 170 – 6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 3989
robyn.starkey@ubc.ca
http://www.grad.ubc.ca