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• The Perils Of Order

  - 2007-03-05

  In a small room at the University of British Columbia, students wearing headphones are listening to noise. No, it's not an indie band's shred solo blasting through an iPod. The students are participating in an experiment at the school's Psychophysics and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, and the noise consists of random...

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• John Grace, FCIC, was honoured with the University of British Columbia's Chairman's Award for Career Achievement.(University)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-11-01

  John Grace, FCIC, was honoured with the University of British Columbia's Chairman's Award for Career Achievement. Grace has distinguished himself as an educator, researcher, and innovator in his 35-year career as a leading authority on fluidization and chemical reaction engineering.

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• The Record.(various; obituaries/Canada)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

  - 2001-11-19

  DIED: Dorothy J. Lamont, 56, former chief executive officer of the Canadian Cancer Society; of cancer, in Toronto. She grew up in Hamilton, and in 1968 earned a master's degree in social work from the University of British Columbia. She then served as director of services...

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• DIED.

  - 2000-11-20

  * DIED: Hubert G. Oliver, 78, former Canadian Forces chief advocate and assistant chief judge of the criminal division of the provincial court of Alberta; from the complications of a stroke, in Calgary. He grew up in Kimberley, B.C., and attended the University of British Columbia...

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• Lawrence Stanley Weiler, FCIC, 1942-1999.(chemist)(Obituary)

  - 1999-07-01

  The Canadian chemical community lost a good friend and one of its most ardent and passionate advocates when Larry Weiler passed away suddenly on April 28, 1999. As evidenced by the numerous tributes and messages of condolence that we at the University of British Columbia UBC...

  Tags: CAREER, chemist, chemistry, Government, University of British Columbia

• UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: Arts and Engineering create combined UBC degree.

  - 1999-05-05

  M2 PRESSWIRE-5 May 1999-UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: Arts and Engineering create combined UBC degree C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:040599 An innovative new program at UBC will provide an opportunity for students to break through traditional barriers by simultaneously pursuing both a...

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• UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: UBC names honorary degree recipients for 1999.

  - 1999-03-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 March 1999-UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA: UBC names honorary degree recipients for 1999 C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:020399 Political journalist Peter C. Newman, Shirley Chan, former chair of UBC's Board of Governors, and nuclear physicist UBC Prof. Emeritus Erich...

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• Secondary school liaison in the Chemistry Department at the University of British Columbia.

  - 1998-03-01

  The Department of Chemistry at UBC has effectively formed linkages with the province's secondary schools. The Department of Chemistry at the University of British Columbia UBC has, over the past six years, focused on improving its liaison with High Schools across the province in the hope...

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