Congratulations to this year's Vanier Scholarship recipientsThursday, 19 July 2018 The federal government announced the 2018 recipients of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Of the 167 recipients, 21 are pursuing graduate degrees at UBC. Read More Winners of Friedman Award for Scholars in Health announcedTuesday, 3 July 2018 Nine graduate students doing research in the field of health have received this year’s Friedman Award for Scholars in Health. Read More UBC Doctoral Students Awarded 2018 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral ScholarshipThursday, 21 June 2018 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies congratulates the most recent recipients of the 2018 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship, Mohammad Karamouzian and Grace Nosek. Read More UBC postdoc receives CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award for doctoral workWednesday, 30 May 2018 Lindsay Hedden, a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Medicine, has received this year’s Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)'s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) Rising Star Award, for her work on health services delivery and workforce issues in primary healthcare. Read More Congratulations to this year's graduating master’s and doctoral students!Thursday, 24 May 2018 From May 22 to May 31, UBC holds graduation ceremonies to honour thousands of students receiving their baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. Everyone crossing the stage this spring has their own story of hard work, challenges, setbacks, and achievements. Read More Celebrate UBC's Great SupervisorsThursday, 10 May 2018 May 7-13, 2018, was the second annual #GreatSupervisor week at UBC. Graduate students were encouraged to give kudos to their graduate supervisors using #GreatSupervisor and #UBC on Twitter or Facebook. Here are the results. Read More Intercultural Fluency ProjectThursday, 10 May 2018 On May 10, 2018, approximately 65 UBC faculty, staff and graduate students came together for a half-day symposium to explore the role of intercultural difference on an increasingly global and diverse campus. This symposium was the culminating event of a cross-campus initiative funded by the Equity Office to explore the role of intercultural understanding in the graduate student-supervisor relationship. Read More UBC doctoral student receives prestigious Schmidt Science Fellowship Friday, 4 May 2018 Adi Steif, a graduand of UBC’s Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology, in the Faculty of Science, is one of the 14 members of the inaugural 2018-2019 class of Schmidt Science Fellows. Read More Two UBC students are finalists for SSHRC’s Storyteller challengeThursday, 19 April 2018 Meagan Black, an MFA student in Creative Writing, and Evan Bowness, a doctoral student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), are among the 25 finalists of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)'s 2018 Storytellers challenge. Read More Reimagining the PhD Symposium 2017 Report PublishedThursday, 11 January 2018 The final report for the Reimagining the PhD Symposium 2017 is published. Held at UBC's Jack Poole Hall on 29 September 2017, the Symposium brought together noted scholars, community partners, practitioners, and students to discuss the future of doctoral education. Read More PhDs Go Public Returns in 2018!Monday, 8 January 2018 The PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series returns in 2018 with six dynamic events, where doctoral students tell their community-engaged research stories in just under seven minutes. Read More Dr. Julian Dierkes appointed as the new Associate Dean, FundingMonday, 8 January 2018 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Julian Dierkes to the position of Associate Dean, Funding, effective January 1, 2018. He is taking over from Dr. Janice Eng, who completed her term in December. We are extraordinary grateful to Dr. Eng for the exceptional competence, collegiality, and commitment she brought to this important role over the past three years. Read More 2017 Leaders Dialogue: On Making a Difference for GoodMonday, 11 December 2017 On November 29, Dr. Susan Porter hosted a dialogue with Professor Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor to an audience of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Read More Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring announcedMonday, 4 December 2017 Associate Professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dr. Eric Jan, and Professor in Sociology, Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews, received the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring for their passion and dedication to mentoring students to reach their full potential as researchers. Read More Public Scholars Initiative Launches its 3rd YearWednesday, 1 November 2017 UBC’s groundbreaking Public Scholars Initiative has launched its third year with a new cohort of 36 doctoral students! Read More Public Scholars Initiative project report now available Friday, 27 October 2017 The report on the first two years of the pilot project Public Scholars Initiative is ready. Now in its third year, the PSI has funded 115 students from all disciplines across UBC who have worked and are working as part of their doctoral scholarship with over 100 different partner organizations in 32 countries. Read More Student Support for the Naylor ReportFriday, 15 September 2017 The Fundamental Science Review, also known as the Naylor Report, was published in April 2017, and the Science & Public Exchange, a student group, is inviting students to get involved. Read More Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients AnnouncedFriday, 15 September 2017 17 UBC doctoral students have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship. Read More Applied Mathematician wins Governor General’s Doctoral Gold Medal in 2017Thursday, 24 August 2017 Stilianos Louca is the recipient of this year’s Governor General’s Gold Medal, awarded annually to the doctoral student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record at UBC. Read More Forum on Mentoring Indigenous Graduate StudentsThursday, 17 August 2017 On August 17th, 2017, approximately 75 UBC faculty, staff and students came together for a forum on Mentoring Indigenous Graduate Students at the First Nations House of Learning. Read More End of an Era: Hillel Goelman, chair of ISGP, retiresWednesday, 16 August 2017 After 35 years at UBC, and eight years as chair of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Program (ISGP), Hillel Goelman will be retiring on September 1, 2017. Read More ISGP Welcomes Incoming Chair, Barbara WeberWednesday, 16 August 2017 Barbara Weber has been appointed chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program (ISGP). Barbara is an associate professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, and an associate of the UBC Philosophy Department. Read More One on one with Andrew Szeri, provost and vice-president academicWednesday, 16 August 2017 On July 10, 2017, Adrew Szeri became the provost and vice-president academic of UBC. We had some questions for him. Read More UBC Forestry announces $280,000 Future Forests Fellowship for incoming PhD studentFriday, 4 August 2017 UBC Forestry has renewed the Future Forests Fellowship, which provides $280,000 to an incoming PhD student. Read More 2017/18 Killam Doctoral Scholarship Recipients AnnouncedFriday, 14 July 2017 Fifteen doctoral students from the UBC Vancouver campus have received a Killam Doctoral Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year. Read More Friedman Foundation supports graduate students through UBC's largest endowed scholarshipWednesday, 12 July 2017 PhD student Kaylee Byers named one of 2017 Friedman Scholars in Health--UBC's largest endowed scholarship, thanks to the generousity of the Constance Livingstone Friedman and Sydney Friedman Foundation. Read More Two UBC Doctoral Students Awarded 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral ScholarshipsWednesday, 5 July 2017 Two UBC doctoral students, Stephanie Lake (Faculty of Medicine) and Brett Schrewe (Faculty of Education), have received the prestigious 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship. Read More Congratulations to all graduating master's and doctoral students!Wednesday, 24 May 2017 Congratulations to all of the master's and doctoral students who will be accepting their degrees from May 24 to June 1. Read More Sociology PhD Students Win Prize for Co-Authored PaperWednesday, 17 May 2017 Congratulations to sociology PhD students and Public Scholars Initiative members François Lachapelle and Patrick John Burnett on winning the Canadian Sociological Association's Best Student Paper Award. Read More UBC PhD Career Outcomes report, website, now availableThursday, 13 April 2017 The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has conducted a survey of 3,805 PhD students who graduated between 2005-2013 to learn about their career trajectory. The results have now been released in a report and an interactive microsite: outcomes.grad.ubc.ca. Read More Pages« first ‹ previous … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 next › last »
Congratulations to this year's Vanier Scholarship recipientsThursday, 19 July 2018 The federal government announced the 2018 recipients of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Of the 167 recipients, 21 are pursuing graduate degrees at UBC. Read More
Winners of Friedman Award for Scholars in Health announcedTuesday, 3 July 2018 Nine graduate students doing research in the field of health have received this year’s Friedman Award for Scholars in Health. Read More
UBC Doctoral Students Awarded 2018 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral ScholarshipThursday, 21 June 2018 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies congratulates the most recent recipients of the 2018 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship, Mohammad Karamouzian and Grace Nosek. Read More
UBC postdoc receives CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award for doctoral workWednesday, 30 May 2018 Lindsay Hedden, a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Medicine, has received this year’s Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)'s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) Rising Star Award, for her work on health services delivery and workforce issues in primary healthcare. Read More
Congratulations to this year's graduating master’s and doctoral students!Thursday, 24 May 2018 From May 22 to May 31, UBC holds graduation ceremonies to honour thousands of students receiving their baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. Everyone crossing the stage this spring has their own story of hard work, challenges, setbacks, and achievements. Read More
Celebrate UBC's Great SupervisorsThursday, 10 May 2018 May 7-13, 2018, was the second annual #GreatSupervisor week at UBC. Graduate students were encouraged to give kudos to their graduate supervisors using #GreatSupervisor and #UBC on Twitter or Facebook. Here are the results. Read More
Intercultural Fluency ProjectThursday, 10 May 2018 On May 10, 2018, approximately 65 UBC faculty, staff and graduate students came together for a half-day symposium to explore the role of intercultural difference on an increasingly global and diverse campus. This symposium was the culminating event of a cross-campus initiative funded by the Equity Office to explore the role of intercultural understanding in the graduate student-supervisor relationship. Read More
UBC doctoral student receives prestigious Schmidt Science Fellowship Friday, 4 May 2018 Adi Steif, a graduand of UBC’s Doctor of Philosophy in Genome Science and Technology, in the Faculty of Science, is one of the 14 members of the inaugural 2018-2019 class of Schmidt Science Fellows. Read More
Two UBC students are finalists for SSHRC’s Storyteller challengeThursday, 19 April 2018 Meagan Black, an MFA student in Creative Writing, and Evan Bowness, a doctoral student in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), are among the 25 finalists of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)'s 2018 Storytellers challenge. Read More
Reimagining the PhD Symposium 2017 Report PublishedThursday, 11 January 2018 The final report for the Reimagining the PhD Symposium 2017 is published. Held at UBC's Jack Poole Hall on 29 September 2017, the Symposium brought together noted scholars, community partners, practitioners, and students to discuss the future of doctoral education. Read More
PhDs Go Public Returns in 2018!Monday, 8 January 2018 The PhDs Go Public Research Talk Series returns in 2018 with six dynamic events, where doctoral students tell their community-engaged research stories in just under seven minutes. Read More
Dr. Julian Dierkes appointed as the new Associate Dean, FundingMonday, 8 January 2018 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Julian Dierkes to the position of Associate Dean, Funding, effective January 1, 2018. He is taking over from Dr. Janice Eng, who completed her term in December. We are extraordinary grateful to Dr. Eng for the exceptional competence, collegiality, and commitment she brought to this important role over the past three years. Read More
2017 Leaders Dialogue: On Making a Difference for GoodMonday, 11 December 2017 On November 29, Dr. Susan Porter hosted a dialogue with Professor Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor to an audience of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Read More
Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring announcedMonday, 4 December 2017 Associate Professor in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dr. Eric Jan, and Professor in Sociology, Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews, received the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring for their passion and dedication to mentoring students to reach their full potential as researchers. Read More
Public Scholars Initiative Launches its 3rd YearWednesday, 1 November 2017 UBC’s groundbreaking Public Scholars Initiative has launched its third year with a new cohort of 36 doctoral students! Read More
Public Scholars Initiative project report now available Friday, 27 October 2017 The report on the first two years of the pilot project Public Scholars Initiative is ready. Now in its third year, the PSI has funded 115 students from all disciplines across UBC who have worked and are working as part of their doctoral scholarship with over 100 different partner organizations in 32 countries. Read More
Student Support for the Naylor ReportFriday, 15 September 2017 The Fundamental Science Review, also known as the Naylor Report, was published in April 2017, and the Science & Public Exchange, a student group, is inviting students to get involved. Read More
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipients AnnouncedFriday, 15 September 2017 17 UBC doctoral students have received a Vanier Canada Graduate Fellowship. Read More
Applied Mathematician wins Governor General’s Doctoral Gold Medal in 2017Thursday, 24 August 2017 Stilianos Louca is the recipient of this year’s Governor General’s Gold Medal, awarded annually to the doctoral student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record at UBC. Read More
Forum on Mentoring Indigenous Graduate StudentsThursday, 17 August 2017 On August 17th, 2017, approximately 75 UBC faculty, staff and students came together for a forum on Mentoring Indigenous Graduate Students at the First Nations House of Learning. Read More
End of an Era: Hillel Goelman, chair of ISGP, retiresWednesday, 16 August 2017 After 35 years at UBC, and eight years as chair of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies Program (ISGP), Hillel Goelman will be retiring on September 1, 2017. Read More
ISGP Welcomes Incoming Chair, Barbara WeberWednesday, 16 August 2017 Barbara Weber has been appointed chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program (ISGP). Barbara is an associate professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, and an associate of the UBC Philosophy Department. Read More
One on one with Andrew Szeri, provost and vice-president academicWednesday, 16 August 2017 On July 10, 2017, Adrew Szeri became the provost and vice-president academic of UBC. We had some questions for him. Read More
UBC Forestry announces $280,000 Future Forests Fellowship for incoming PhD studentFriday, 4 August 2017 UBC Forestry has renewed the Future Forests Fellowship, which provides $280,000 to an incoming PhD student. Read More
2017/18 Killam Doctoral Scholarship Recipients AnnouncedFriday, 14 July 2017 Fifteen doctoral students from the UBC Vancouver campus have received a Killam Doctoral Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year. Read More
Friedman Foundation supports graduate students through UBC's largest endowed scholarshipWednesday, 12 July 2017 PhD student Kaylee Byers named one of 2017 Friedman Scholars in Health--UBC's largest endowed scholarship, thanks to the generousity of the Constance Livingstone Friedman and Sydney Friedman Foundation. Read More
Two UBC Doctoral Students Awarded 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral ScholarshipsWednesday, 5 July 2017 Two UBC doctoral students, Stephanie Lake (Faculty of Medicine) and Brett Schrewe (Faculty of Education), have received the prestigious 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship. Read More
Congratulations to all graduating master's and doctoral students!Wednesday, 24 May 2017 Congratulations to all of the master's and doctoral students who will be accepting their degrees from May 24 to June 1. Read More
Sociology PhD Students Win Prize for Co-Authored PaperWednesday, 17 May 2017 Congratulations to sociology PhD students and Public Scholars Initiative members François Lachapelle and Patrick John Burnett on winning the Canadian Sociological Association's Best Student Paper Award. Read More
UBC PhD Career Outcomes report, website, now availableThursday, 13 April 2017 The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies has conducted a survey of 3,805 PhD students who graduated between 2005-2013 to learn about their career trajectory. The results have now been released in a report and an interactive microsite: outcomes.grad.ubc.ca. Read More