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30-second bio: Melissa Carr

Melissa helps the UBC community understand the changes to our new student information system, Workday Student. Find out what she appreciates in her colleagues as they implement this complex organizational change.

Call for proposals for Emerging Media Lab projects

Faculty members at UBC Vancouver are invited to submit a proposal to work with the Emerging Media Lab team to explore how to incorporate technologies (such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, etc.) into teaching, learning or research projects. UBC’s Emerging Media Lab is an experimental lab space where faculty, staff, and students from all disciplines collaborate to evolve learning by creating tools and techniques using emerging media technologies. The deadline for submitting project proposals is July 31.

Easy ways to conserve water this summer

Apply for the Vancouver Workplace Wellbeing Ambassador program by Aug. 14

The Workplace Wellbeing Ambassador program helps drive wellbeing and wellbeing practices at UBC and is a key strategic priority for the university. Faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver who are interested in championing this initiative within their area of the university are invited to submit an application. Applications to the program are open until Aug. 14. The program aims to:

Groundbreaking ‘tanked’ parkade to deepen UBCO’s roots in downtown Kelowna

Meet the spring recipients of the 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

This year, the Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund opened in May and has already provided funding for 12 community-university projects. This fund aims to boost collaboration and relationship building, as well as empower community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff.    There is still an opportunity for interested faculty and staff to apply for up to $1,500 in funding until December 31, 2023, or until available funds are exhausted. 

Protect your eyes from harmful UV rays this summer

Valerie Nichol appointed UBCO’s Director of Integrated Planning and Chief Budget Officer

UBCO researcher studies alternatives to fossil fuel derived energy

As many nations work to go green, a significant question remains unanswered: how can the world decarbonize energy supplies in a sustainable, efficient and economically viable manner? Dr. Robert Godin, an assistant professor of Green Chemistry in UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, is working to find the answer.

Protecting our future health

UBC researchers are on a mission to understand how biological, social, and environmental factors interact to make us more susceptible to climate change. Their findings could hold the key to better health for everyone — starting with our most at-risk communities. A few summers ago, during British Columbia’s worst-ever wildfire season, Dr. Sarah Henderson began to receive worried messages from the families and friends of people with dementia.

Submit your Teaching in focus

Teaching in focus highlights our talented teaching faculty, their unique teaching style, and their incredible work at UBC.If you are an educator, this is an opportunity to share what inspired your approach to teaching, acknowledge your collaborators, and the impact you hope to have on students. Teaching in focus is quick and easy to complete, and may inspire and connect you to future educators in your field.

Dr. Andrea Esteves appointed Dean pro tem, Faculty of Dentistry