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July 18, 2023
Info Session on RSC Nominations
New event: VPRI's Office of Research Prizes and Awards will be hosting a Royal Society of Canada (RSC) representative to discuss RSC nominations of Fellows and members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, including an overview of the distinctions, nomination process and…
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July 4, 2023
UBC Faculty Among Latest Order of Canada Appointees
On June 30, 2023, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, announced 85 new appointments to the Order of Canada.
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April 12, 2023Accelerating Discovery: Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship Lectures (May 4 & 15)
Join us at two special events to hear how the the inaugural cohort of UBC’s Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship recipients, funded in 2020, have advanced their research and scholarship. Lectures cover a diverse ranging of areas: from biblical studies to software engineering; from molecular…
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March 28, 2023
Dr. Shannon Walsh Receives Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts
Dr. Shannon Walsh has received the Governor General's Award for Artistic Achievement in Visual and Media Arts. Dr. Walsh is among eight artists being honoured for their careers and remarkable contributions to visual arts, media arts, and fine crafts. These prestigious awards were created in…
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March 21, 2023Faculty Research Award Winners 2022
UBC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Faculty Research Awards.
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March 15, 2023Drs. Sally Otto and Pieter Cullis receive 2023 NRC Killam Prizes
Drs. Sally Otto and Pieter Cullis were named recipients of the 2023 NRC Killam Prizes.
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February 22, 2023
Daniely Pauly and Rashid Sumaila win Tyler Prize
Two UBC ocean fisheries experts—marine biologist Dr. Daniel Pauly and fisheries economist Dr. Rashid Sumaila—have been awarded the 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The $250,000 (U.S.) award, administered by the University of Southern California, is often described as the Nobel…
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February 1, 2023
Professor Rashid Sumaila named AAAS Fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Dr. Rashid Sumaila to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honours within the global scientific community…
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January 31, 2023
Professor Dolph Schluter awarded Crafoord Prize
UBC evolutionary biologist Dr. Dolph Schluter has been awarded the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) and the Crafoord Foundation for his research into the role of natural selection in adaptive radiation and the origin of species.