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$1 million in new scholarships for UBC athletes

January 30, 2015

BC graduate and noted philanthropist Ken Woods has donated $1 million to establish a scholarship for gifted athletes.

President’s Message to the UBC Community on Respectful Debate

January 29, 2015

Prof. Arvind Gupta articulates UBC’s standpoint on the free, respectful expression of ideas.

UBC receives $1.7 million from Canada Foundation for Innovation

January 23, 2015

Fourteen projects at the University of British Columbia have received a combined $1.7 million in federal funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Peter A. Allard, Q.C., donates $30M to UBC Faculty of Law

January 23, 2015

Largest gift ever to a Canadian law school, with UBC Law to be renamed in his honour

President’s Twitter Town Hall

January 20, 2015

The recap of Professor Gupta’s Jan. 29 Twitter Town Hall.

2015 President’s Awards for Staff: Call for Nominations

January 20, 2015

Nominate outstanding UBC staff for the President’s Service Awards for Excellence & President’s Staff Awards (Vancouver campus) Learn more.

Student Leadership Conference

January 10, 2015

UBC President Arvind Gupta spoke to 1,200 students today at the Student Leadership Conference, one of Canada’s largest student-run conferences. Read his speech.

The University of the 21st Century: A Catalyst for Creativity and Innovation.

January 9, 2015

Watch UBC President Arvind Gupta give a talk in a special Green College lecture series on Ideas of the University in the Early 21st Century.

Love, Data and the Economics of Happily Ever After

January 9, 2015

What happens when a seasoned journalist meets up with a professor of economics to talk about sex, money and marriage? A conversation you never want to end.