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Jun 16, 2020 | Spotlight

From the start of my degree, I wanted to get involved and try to help my community. Working on projects and initiatives is my approach to understanding more about who I am, and developing skills that will help me later on.

Jun 12, 2020 | Spotlight

Jayg Dimayacyac, born in the Philippines and raised in Singapore, came to UBC in 2015 with a desire to make a difference and leave his mark. In the last five years, Jayg has put a tremendous effort into his extracurricular activities. He led the UBC…

Jun 10, 2020 | Spotlight

During her degree, Dolma has pursued projects and initiatives that promote equity and freedom for diverse groups in Canada and around the world. In 2018, she was selected as the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation’s Ambassador for British…

Jun 09, 2020 | Announcement

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…

Dec 06, 2019 | Announcement

Earlier this afternoon, members of the UBC community gathered at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre, in which 14 women — 13 students and one school administrator — were…

Oct 11, 2019 | Announcement

Selected from a national pool of over 300,000 high school candidates, five students from the University of British Columbia have received the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship. Three of the 2019 recipients are enrolled in Faculty of Applied…

Jul 22, 2019 | Announcement

On July 18, 2019, almost 170 members of the UBC community gathered at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering to celebrate everyone’s favourite frozen treat: ice cream!Why are some ice creams creamier than others? What is the…

Jul 18, 2019 | Announcement

The UBC Thunderbots placed first in their division at RoboCup 2019, an annual international robotics competition aimed at “[promoting] robotics and AI research by offering a publicly appealing but formidable challenge.” These challenges include…

Jun 12, 2019 | Spotlight

I have been actively involved in the engineering community since the moment I stepped foot on campus. I knew I wanted to take advantage of all the opportunities that a university could offer me. Looking back, I am grateful for the approach I took; I…

Jun 10, 2019 | Spotlight

From the Engineering Undergraduate Society (EUS) to the UBC Cycling Team, Alan Ehrenholz spent the entirety of his six-year degree exploring what UBC had to offer and giving back to the community that gave him so much. From the very beginning, as…