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"Grandfather of BC bioengineering industry” inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
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James McEwen, a UBC alumnus and adjunct professor in UBC’s Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Medicine, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) for his invention of the automatic surgical tourniquet, a…
Former UBC prof named 10th president of SFU
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Joy Johnson, a professor at the UBC School of Nursing for over 20 years before assuming the role of vice president, research and international, at Simon Fraser University in 2014, has been appointed the next vice-chancellor and president of…
UBC engineering prof named to Order of Canada
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Donald Mavinic, a professor emeritus in UBC’s Department of Civil Engineering and an internationally recognized expert in water treatment, has been appointed to the Order of Canada “[f]or his contributions to environmental engineering science and…
Biomed student wins 2019 BC MEDTECH Graduate Award
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Rohit Singla, an MD/PhD student at the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, has received the 2019 BC MEDTECH Graduate Award in Biomedical Engineering. Selected by the Faculties of Applied Science and Medicine in consultation with…
Four UBC Applied Science students receive Women in Tech Scholarships
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Four students in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science — Jessica Bo, Esther Lin, Parmis Mohaghegh and Tiffany Quon — have been awarded 2019 Women in Technology and Indigenous Women in Technology Scholarships from the Irving K. Barber British Columbia…
Mangrove Water Technologies awarded $5 million in global carbon reduction competition
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UBC spin-off company Mangrove Water Technologies has won the Emissions Reduction Alberta Grand Challenge, a five-year, three-stage global competition aimed at accelerating the development of innovative technologies or processes that can turn carbon…
SCARP PhD grad receives top planning award
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Magdalena Ugarte, a PhD graduate of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, has been awarded the 2019 Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. The…
Three students awarded Canada's largest STEM scholarship
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Selected from a national pool of over 300,000 high school candidates, five students from the University of British Columbia have received the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship. Three of the 2019 recipients are enrolled in Faculty of Applied…
Annette Browne named fellow of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
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UBC nursing professor Annette Browne has been elected a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health science community. The fellowship recognizes a record of substantial…
Hongshen Ma receives support from Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
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Hongshen Ma, a UBC mechanical engineering professor, has received funding support from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) to develop technology that may bring protein-based medicines to market more quickly and cost-effectively…