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Engineering class of 1978 - 40th reunion
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It started at an Old Red New Red event in 2017, when two ’78 Grads were shamed into organizing a reunion by ’71 Grad Gary Wong. An organizing committee was identified, and with Alumni Association support a venue and catering were established. …
A Q&A with Dylan Gunn on his work to combat COVID-19
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What projects are you working on to combat COVID-19? Face shields: One is making face shields – we’ve been assisting a local company that normally manufactures clamshell packaging, which is what your strawberries and blueberries come in at the…
UBC Applied Science condemns anti-Asian harassment and violence
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Edited: June 29, 2022 Racism and bias have no place in our community and we have zero tolerance for it. - UBC President Santa Ono Recent escalations of anti-Asian harassment and violence, are horrific reminders of the racism faced by the…
UBC Applied Science #ShutDownSTEM Statement
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Dear Applied Science Community, I am writing to affirm that UBC Applied Science stands in solidarity with #ShutDownSTEM, #ShutDownAcademia, and #Strike4BlackLives this Wednesday, June 10th. We support colleagues in our Faculty, at UBC and globally…
John MacDonald, Canadian space tech pioneer, dies at 83
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John Spencer MacDonald, a UBC alumnus and co-founder of the pioneering space technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (now MDA), has died at the age of 83. Born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, MacDonald studied electrical…
Bracing for the future: alumni reinvent sports therapeutics
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What does an OIympic gymnast, a mechanical engineer with a bad knee, and a serial entrepreneur have in common? They are launching Stoko, an alumni start-up that is revolutionizing therapeutics.