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2021 President's Awards honour former G+PS staff member

Wednesday, 1 September 2021

Emi Sasagawa has received the President’s Staff Award for Advancing Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence.

Faculty of Medicine professor joins Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies as new Associate Dean

Monday, 30 August 2021

Professor Michael Hunt will be the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs effective September 1, 2021.

A message to the UBC community about the situation in Afghanistan

Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Many in the university community have been watching the situation in Afghanistan, and have expressed concern for those in the community with ties to Afghanistan.

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Public places, like coffee shops, where we come together to socialize are known as "Third Places". Dr. Calderon introduced the concept of Third-placeness to articulate how the social, public and physical aspects of these experiences can be supported by digital technology across time and space. His research challenges the conventional understanding of Third Places.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD) - graduated in 2016