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More than 45 new researchers at UBC receive Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards

Twenty-eight doctoral students and 17 postdoctoral fellows at UBC have received CIRTA funding.

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Congratulations to the graduating class of 2026

This year's ceremonies include 290 doctoral and 1,580 master’s graduands.

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What happens at graduation ceremonies? 110 years of UBC tradition

Guest post by Marie Erikson, Bachelor of Arts, Honours in Philosophy graduand A lot of your work as a student is getting yourself to graduation. What happens once you’re there?  Here's how graduation at UBC has both changed and stayed the same over the past 110 years, with fun facts along the way.  What happens in a graduation…

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Dr. Lam studied myelodysplastic syndromes, a group of debilitating blood cancers, as well as characterized genes important in the regulation of blood stem cells. Using a mouse model, he linked these genes to the development of myelodysplastic syndromes when disregulated. This research advances our understanding of blood stem cells and how cancers may arise.

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

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