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  • EIESL Blog Feed

    Great TED video…

    Submitted: November 20, 2009
    Trisha Taneja

    A great TED talk by Chimamanda Adiche (Nigerian Novelist) that addresses the theme of cultural competence. Adiche talks about how forming our perceptions on one dominant story or world view…

  • Faculty of Applied Science

    Building a machine inside a single living cell. From here.

    Submitted: November 10, 2009
    admin

    Did you hear about the UBC students who won gold at MIT? It was the team’s first showing at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition where they presented the…

  • Faculty of Medicine Blog Feed

    Getting an oil change and blood pressure check

    Submitted: November 18, 2009
    Faculty of Medicine

    Three decades into the women’s health movement, Dr. Larry Goldenberg, Head of the Department of Urologic Sciences, is hoping to replicate its success with the other half of the population. On Nov….

  • UBC Farm Blog Feed

    December 1 Practicum Application Deadline

    Submitted: November 14, 2009
    Admin

    The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm is delighted to offer:

    Sowing Seeds for the Future

    A hands-on, season-long practicum in sustainable agriculture
    We are now accepting…

  • Faculty of Medicine Blog Feed

    From benchside to bedside

    Submitted: November 2, 2009
    Faculty of Medicine

    Whether they work in labs or rehabiliation units, scientists in the UBC Faculty of Medicine are making headway in understanding and treating stroke — the devastating condition caused by a sudden decrease…

  • Faculty of Medicine Blog Feed

    Straightening feet, building bridges

    Submitted: November 10, 2009
    Faculty of Medicine

    Dr. Shafique Pirani, a Clinical Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics, has been going back and forth to Uganda for a decade, with a singular purpose: Ridding the country of…

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