News Digest . Calendar Classroom upgrades ahead of schedule UBC is on track to surpass its Trek 2000 targets to upgrade classrooms and labs throughout the campus. Comes complete with desk, bed, roommate and 1,148 neighbours. Shared bathroom with 30 other people. No pets, hanging pictures or painting walls.
Potted plants welcome.
Even IKEA would have a hard time making this living space feel like home. There must be something drawing the students other than the opportunity to eat cafeteria food three times a day. Society welcomes four UBC fellows Four UBC faculty members recently elected to the Royal Society of Canada include an electrical engineer specializing in electronic signal processing, a neuropsychologist who studies the human-canine bond, and two ocean science researchers. Volunteers help propel Imagine into third year The first day of university is a huge step into the unknown and UBC is once again pointing new students in the right direction by cancelling first-year classes. Zoologist receives Order of Canada A Zoology professor, a former UBC chancellor, an opera star alumnus and the choral director of UBC's largest choir have been named to the Order of Canada.