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LFS Research Cafe with Vivien Measday & Jay Martiniuk – Feb 4, 2016
LFS Research Café, February 4 – Associate Professor Vivien Measday, Jay Martiniuk The next LFS Research Café will be held on Thursday, February 4! Join Associate Professor Vivien Measday and Jay Martiniuk, Graduate Student, Food Science, for a presentation on “Where … Continue reading
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Tagged food science, lfs research cafe, wine, wine science, yeast
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Call for Nominations: 2015/2016 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Awards – due Mar 11, 2016
Call for Nominations: 2015/2016 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Awards In recognition of the valuable role that teaching assistants play in our undergraduate programs, UBC annually awards 16 Killam Graduate Teaching Awards. LFS has one award this year. Nominees can be … Continue reading
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Tagged killam graduate teaching assistant award, teaching assistant
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LFS Centennial Session with Temple Grandin: Maintaining high standards in animal welfare – Feb 25, 2016
LFS CENTENNIAL SESSION — TEMPLE GRANDIN: MAINTAINING HIGH STANDARDS IN ANIMAL WELFARE The Animal Welfare Program at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems invites you to join us for an evening featuring world renowned animal welfare expert, Temple Grandin. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal welfare, apbi, applied animal biology, centennial session
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MFRE Speaker Series: Shaun Strobel, Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery – Jan 22, 2016
MFRE is hosting a seminar series: MFRE Resource & Environment Speaker Series and would like to invite you! The next seminar is on Friday, January 22nd: Speaker: Shaun Strobel, Product Director at Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery (CSF) Location: Room MCML160, Time: 3:30 … Continue reading
Wednesday Night Dinner – Term 2 volunteer callout
LFS Wednesday Night Dinners are back and we are once again looking for volunteers to help out! Spend part of your Wednesday afternoon making great food with great company for our great community to enjoy, and if you volunteer with … Continue reading
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Tagged lfsus, Student Engagement, volunteer, wednesday night dinner
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Microbiology/Computer Science Combined Major Career Panel – Jan 20, 2016
Join us for a panel to explore career and research opportunities in the combined field of Computer Science and Life Sciences. You will have a chance to hear from industry and academic leaders and networking with them in small groups. … Continue reading
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Tagged career development, computer science, microbiology
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IdeasXChange Meet & Greet Event – Jan 28, 2016
The student-led project Values in Perspective (now IdeasXChange) has been awarded two more grants by UBC! Thanks to the the *Global Fund* and the *Liu IR Community Fund* we have the chance to once again bring together students, academia, and practitioners through events … Continue reading
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MSc and PhD positions avail at U of Alberta Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science
GRADUATE STUDIES Two MSc or PhD positions are available at University of Alberta Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science Project 1 (three years): Probiotics and Reproduction in Transition Dairy Cows Project 2 (two years): Development of a novel preventative … Continue reading
Operation Groundswell, summer international volunteer program – early bird application Feb 29, 2016
BACKPACKING WITH A PURPOSE Operation Groundswell is a non-profit organization that runs international volunteering programs, focusing on social justice issues and working alongside local activists, organizations, and communities. We are looking for globally conscious and socially active students who want to spend … Continue reading
Aggie Week – Jan 18 – 22, 2016
Attention all districts! The LFS|US will be hosting the 25th annual Aggie Week starting from Monday January 18 to Friday January 22. Join us as tributes, volunteers, or just spectators for a week full of food, games, prizes and fun! … Continue reading
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Tagged aggie week, lfsus, Student Engagement
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