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Leonie Sandercock receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award
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Leonie Sandercock, a professor in the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), has received a 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Award. Now in their 37th year, the Women of Distinction Awards aim to honour extraordinary…
UBC Engineering team wins 2020 National James Dyson Award
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A team of UBC Engineering and Sauder School of Business graduates — Siddharth Birla, Jessica Bo, Rio Nishida, Kevin Ta, Gordon Yeh and Jessica Yu — has been named the winner of the 2020 James Dyson Award in Canada.
Partnership Engage Grants awarded to UBC Applied Science projects
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Three UBC Applied Science-led projects have been awarded Partnership Engage Grants, including the COVID-19 Special Initiative version of the Partnership Engage Grant, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).&…
Two UBC Applied Science profs inducted into Royal Society of Canada
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Leonie Sandercock, a professor in the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Canada’s highest honour for artists, scholars and scientists.
New director of Bradshaw Research Initiative in Minerals and Mining announced
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John Steen, an associate professor of mining engineering and the EY Distinguished Scholar in Global Mining Futures at the University of British Columbia, has been named the director of UBC’s Bradshaw Research Initiative in Minerals and Mining (BRIMM…
Insight Grant awarded to UBC Applied Science prof
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Cynthia Girling, a professor in UBC's School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, has been awarded an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of the Government of…
UBC Applied Science researchers receive Vanier and Banting awards
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Four UBC Applied Science doctoral students have received Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships from the Government of Canada. Awardees are selected based on their leadership skills, research potential and scholarly achievements.
UBC Applied Science researchers receive nearly $11M in NSERC support
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UBC Applied Science researchers have been awarded over $9.5 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through its Discovery Grants Program. The program aims to help foster research excellence by “…
UBC Applied Science instructor receives engineering education award
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Jonathan Verrett, a chemical and biological engineering instructor at UBC, has been awarded the Ron Britton Engineering Education Vanguard Award for his commitment to innovation, change and improvement in engineering education. The annual award,…
New quantum computing program receives $1.25M in NSERC funding
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A new quantum computing program led by Lukas Chrostowski, an electrical and computer engineering professor and scientific director of the Quantum Computing Research Excellence Cluster at UBC, has been awarded a…