University of British Columbia
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Architect Arthur Erickson dead at 84...in 1955, at the University of Oregon. One year later, he started teaching at UBC, where he would challenge undergraduates with open-ended, Socrates-style assignments until 1964. Erickson said he reached a landmark moment in his... In this article: Arthur Erickson, Vancouver, UBC, Simon Fraser University, McGill University, Montreal, Toronto, Washington, and Los Angeles |
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The Daily of the University of Washington | October 23, 2009
Depth creates competition for UW golf team
...any team-play and is solely individual. Many different teams will send players to the event, including Washington State, University of British Columbia, University of Oregon and Oregon State. The two-day event starts Sunday. Thurmond...
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Wikipedia | July 14, 2009
Robert Slade
...& Hannah". He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of British Columbia, a master's in computer and information science education from the University of Oregon and a diploma in Christian studies from Regent College. Slade became...
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Ivan M. Niven
...mathematician, specializing in number theory. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of British Columbia and was awarded his doctorate in 1938 from the University of Chicago. He was a member of the University of Oregon faculty...
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Maury Van Vliet
..., Los Angeles in 1951. He declined an offer from the New York Yankees in order to accept the newly created position of physical education director at the University of British Columbia and started in 1935. He was a coach of the Varsity...
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Kathleen Gough
...from 1963 to 1967 and Simon Fraser University from 1967 to 1970. She was an Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia from 1974 until her death in 1990. Gough married anthropologist David Aberle who was known for his...
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The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Vancouver campus is located in the University Endowment Lands on Point Grey, a peninsula about 10 km from downtown Vancouver. While the originating legislation created UBC in 1908, the first day of lectures was September 30, 1915. On September 22, 1925, lectures began on the new Point Grey campus.
UBC consistently ranks as one of the top three Canadian universities. In 2006, Newsweek magazine ranked the UBC second in Canada and 27th in the world. In 2007, the Times Higher Education Supplement ranked UBC as second in Canada and 33rd in the world. The UBC library, which comprises 4.7 million books and journals, is the second largest research library in Canada.
- Name:
- The University of British Columbia
- Type:
- Public
- Location City:
- Vancouver, Kelowna & Great Northern Way Campus
- State:
- British Columbia
- Location Country:
- Canada
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1906
- Endowment:
- $1.01 billion (FY 2007)
- Motto:
- "It Is Yours" or "It is up to you"
- Campus:
- Urban, 402 ha (4 km²)
- Mascot:
- Thunderbird
- Colors:
- Gold and Blue
- Undergrad:
- 4,000 - Okanagan
- Postgrad:
- 7,719 - Vancouver
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