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A rising star in
global health
Grand Challenges Canada announced today UBC's Dr. Walter Karlen is a Rising Star in Global Health-an innovator dedicated to improving health in the developing world. As a Rising Star, he will be awarded a $100,000 grant to further develop his innovation, the Camera Oximeter. [Read more...]
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Toxic
gold rush
Residents of Colombia's mining towns are breathing in dangerous levels of mercury as a result of artisanal gold mining, says UBC Mining Engineering Prof. Marcello Veiga. [Read more...]
UBC announces investment in
student invention
An invention developed by students in a joint Sauder School of Business-UBC Engineering undergraduate class is the first to secure seed money from a new University of British Columbia entrepreneurship fund. [Read more...]
James McEwen appointed to
the Order of Canada
James (Jim) A. McEwen, adjunct professor in UBC's Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Applied Science, was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contributions to biomedical engineering, notably as an inventor and entrepreneur. [Read more...]
