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Revisiting the UBC PhD Career Outcomes project

Thursday, 8 April 2021

The UBC PhD Career Outcomes was the first comprehensive report of doctoral career outcomes from an institution in Canada, and provided UBC’s graduate programs, students, and prospective students with data to inform their thinking and planning around program elements, career preparation.

2021 Three-Minute Thesis winners announced

Thursday, 1 April 2021

Ten graduate students took the virtual stage this Wednesday in a competition to find out who could best summarize and present years of research in only three minutes. The winners were Tebogo T. Leepile, from LFS, Jennifer Ferris, from Medicine, and Sarah Morris, from Science.

Message on Anti-Asian Racism

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

All of us at the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies dean’s office strongly uphold President Ono’s recent message of solidarity with members of our Asian communities, and re-affirm our commitment to combatting all forms of racism, discrimination, and hate, here and in the broader societies in which we live, study, and work.

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Strategic Priorities

Improving Student Funding

Promoting Excellence in Graduate Programs

Enhancing Graduate Supervision

Advancing Indigenous Inclusion

Supporting Student Development and Success

Reimagining Graduate Education

Enriching the Student Experience

Dr. Yaghoobi has demonstrated a unique light-induced heating mechanism in a carbon-based nanomaterial. This is much more efficient than heating of traditional materials such as metals. Dr. Yaghoobi has also shown the use of this unique phenomenon for electronic and solar cell applications, which could lead to a new generation of electronic devices.

A randomly-selected Doctoral citation each day: today from the Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD) - graduated in 2012