Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Rita Lam takes home top prize at the 2023 3MT Competition
By Deanna Roberts on April 20, 2023
Rita Lam’s research presentation on healthy building design and infectious disease control in built environments hit home with the audience at this year’s Three Minute Thesis final on April 6, 2023. A timely topic combined with impeccable delivery and audience engagement helped her secure the top spot at this year’s competition. Lam, a Master’s of […]
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Meet the Finalists for the 2023 UBCO 3MT Final
By Alicia Meehan on March 10, 2023
Meet the 11 graduate students facing off in this year’s Three Minute Thesis Competition.
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Two Master’s students awarded Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
By Alicia Meehan on October 6, 2022
Brianne Christensen and Matthew McConnachie will be taking their studies abroad with the help of the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements. The Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement supports high-calibre Canadian graduate students by providing up to $6,000 in funding to offset research costs outside of Canada. The award aims to support graduate students in building […]
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Felix Amoh-Siaw receives prestigious Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship
By Alicia Meehan on May 27, 2022
Felix Amoh-Siaw, PhD student in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies at UBC Okanagan, has been awarded one of Canada’s most prestigious doctoral awards—the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation’s Scholarship. This is the first time a UBC Okanagan student has won the award since 2009. Nearly 500 doctoral students from 22 countries vied for their spot as a Trudeau […]
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Engineering student captures top prize at UBCO’s 3MT final
By Alicia Meehan on March 29, 2022
Go green or go home; that was the message that secured PhD student Hammad Ahmad the top spot at the ninth annual UBC Okanagan Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. For his presentation, Hammad spoke about the use of biocomposites as sustainable construction materials. Ahmad, a PhD student in Civil Engineering, captivated judges with his audience […]
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Trio of UBC Okanagan researchers awarded Killam Doctoral scholarships
By Alicia Meehan on June 4, 2021
Each year, doctoral students from five Canadian universities and the Canada Council for the Arts vie for the prestigious Killam Doctoral Scholarships. Established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy J. Killam, Mrs. Killam desired that those selected to receive scholarships: “Be likely to contribute to the advancement of […]
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UBC Okanagan celebrates the class of 2020
By Patty Wellborn on June 15, 2020
UBC Okanagan’s Convocation of 2020 will go down in history as a unique event. Instead of students, parents and faculty joining together on campus, the celebrations will be held virtually.
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From student to healthcare hero
By Nathan Skolski on May 5, 2020
Ngan Nguyen Lyle was studying for an upcoming data science quiz when she got the call.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and UBC’s response
By Nathan Skolski on March 13, 2020
Countries around the world, including Canada, are working to contain the current outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Biology student captures top prize at UBCO 3MT final
By Nathan Skolski on March 11, 2020
A compelling presentation of a topic all too familiar among Okanagan wine producers clinched the winning spot at last night’s seventh annual UBC Okanagan Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
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