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UBC Rises to Second in Maclean's Ranking THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIAOS kddffwm H Find UBC Reports on the Web at www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca H II UBC rises to second in Maclean’s ranking UBC has moved up to second position number of social sciences and humani- 1 overall rankings of Canada’s medi- ties grants earned per faculty member. al/doctoraluniversities according to It measured third in both the number le annual survey recently publishedin of studentswinning national awards and faclean’s magazine. the average entering grade. The average “We are delighted that UBC’s excel- entering gradeat UBC is 85.2 per cent. :nce is being nationally recognized,” Libraryexpenses earned a second- aid UBC President Martha Piper. “This placespot with total library holdings ccomplishnlentrecognizes the hard being ranked third. rork and commitment of all UBC fac- Awards per full-time faculty earned lty and staff. Improvements in areas UBC a fourth-placespot, tied with uch as student services demonstrate Queen’s, and the number of medical/ ur success in implementing the goals science grants per faculty member re- fTrek 2000. Despite this acknowledge- ceived a fifth-place ranking. rent, however, we must be diligent about Ranking eighth for scholarships and nsuring adequate funding tomaintain bursaries, the university measured 12th uality education.” for the size of its operating budget. UBC had ranked fourth for the previous UBC class sizes were ranked second mn years. It shares this yeafs second- smallest - up from seventh last year- lace spot with Queen’s University. in the first-and second-yearlevel. Class TheUniversityofTorontoagainplaced sizesin third and fourth years were rst overall in the category. whichranks ranked as fifth, up from 15th last year. 5 universities with a broad range of Thepercentage of first-yearclasses Dave Thornson photo hD programs and researchas well as taught by tenured faculty ranked 13th. Hoopla tedical schools. UBC again placed fourth overall in UBC was ranked&st in student serv- reputation and moved up to second in UBC T-Bird basketball forward Jessica a first-yearmedical student, :es as measured as a percentage of See RANKINGS Page 2 Mills, udget, in faculty with PhDsand in the is highly focused with feet planted firmly in athletics and academia. “She is an outstanding scholar, basketball player andperson,” saysDeb Huband, coach of UBC’s top-ranked women’s team. Mills, shown here in action against cross-townrival SFU, wasone of Canada’sbest 10 student athletes lastyear and Player ofthe Year in the Western Conferenceof the Canadian Inter-university Athletic Union. She and her teammates Major award to attract are off to agreat start this season.Both UBC basketball teams play the University of Calgary, Nov. 12 and 13, beginning at 6:15 p.m. in War Memorial Gym - the last chance for home fans to cheer the teams leading playwrights before Christmas break. Tickets ($7, adult: $4. youth and seniors; $3, UBC students: children under 12, free) are available at the gym before UBC’s Dept. of Theatre, Film and ance, and deliver the Stageplay Kesi- the game. more information, call 822-BIRD. For CreativeWriting hasestablished a dency Lecture. L Creative Writing Residency Prizein The winningplay will be published Stageplay. The biennial prize, worth by PRISM international. Creative Writ- $25,000, is the most generous of its ing’s literary magazine, and a publir kind in Canada. performance will bepresented by Research lures $1 5, Assoc. Prof. Bryan Wade, director UBC’s Theatre Dept. of the prize, views it as an important ‘The prize will build upon the ron- step inthe overall development of nections already developed in our de- playwriting in Canada. partment between writing, publication million plus in funding “Not only will it increase theprofile andperformance, and will give stu- of playwriting as an art form in the dents throughout the university and Nine UBC projects havereceived more principal applicant in a project valueda country - much like the Booker Prize the general public an opportunity to than $15 millionin capitalfunding almost $8.75 million. Funding will b has donefor fiction in Great Britain- benefit from the process,”addsWade. thanks to a combination of federal mon-used to buy equipmentfor eight techno1 the Residency Prize in Stageplay will The creation of the Creative Writing ies, matching provincial funds and sup- OBhubs on campus. bring outstanding playwrights of na- Residency Prize in Stageplay renews a link portfrom a donation made by UBC CFI contributed to the costof equiF tional and international statureto the between publication and production first alumnus Stewart Blusson. ment for five hubs. The provincial go\ UBC campus and the Lower Main- established at the university when Ten- “Ourinvestigators have received a emment matched those funds and als land,” he says. nesseeWilliams was avisiting author.His strong endorsement through this sup- contributed to the costof the other thre Theaward includes a one-month play Red DevilBatteySign was published port,” says David Dolphin, acting vice- facilities. residency at the university. While on in PRISM international and premiered at president, Research. “It facilitates both About 50 UBC investigators in varj campus, the winning playwright will the Vancouver Playhouse. basic research and the development of ous faculties will usethe advance mentor Creative Writingstudents, work For more information on the prize. new techno!ogies we will need as a region instrumentation for basic science re with Theatre students and faculty on call (604)822-023 1, or visit the Web site the development oftheplay for perform- at to compete globally.” search in molecular biophysics. Ne1 www.arts.ubc.ca/crwr/resprize. UBC projects recently received more knowledge created through this inte1 than $6 million in funding from theB.C. disciplinaryresearch is expectedt Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) result in significant technology trans to match support from the CanadaFaun- fer, says Mauk. The facilitieswill als dation for Innovation (CFI). beaccessible to local biotechnolog The remaining 20 per centof funding companies. is generated from the Blusson gift, hos-Reckoning Other projects that received fundin €eid 3 pita1 foundations and corporate sources.include the Core Centrefor Growth an kholars, artists and the public gatherto discuss artist Bill Reid’s legacy A substantial portion of Blusson’s 1998 Development at the Children’s& Won- gift of $50 million was specifically allo- en’s Health Centreof British Columbil cated to attract CFI funding. Research at the centrewill look at fac dost It? 3 Several other UBC projects have re- tors affecting human growth includin Iffbeat: If it‘s your dissertation, car keys or cell phone try Lost and Found ceived morethan $15 millionin CFI the genetic diseases that cause infar fundingand will beseeking BCKDF deaths. Aubrey Tingle, assistant dean( matching support. Research in UBC’s Faculty of Medicin Vesh Faculty8 Biochemistry Prof. Grant Maukis the See REsEllRCH Page 2 Jew faculty from far and nearbring fresh ideas to campus 2 UBC ReDOrtS . November 1 1.1999 '.ab .'. LElTERS POLICY I UBC Reports welcomes letters to the editor on topics relevant to the Office ofthe Coordinator of Health Sciences university community. Letters must be signed and include an address and phone number for verification. Please limit letters, which may be Interdisciplinary Activities in the Health & Human Avoid slurs, Math edited for length, style and clarity, to 300 words. Deadline is 10 days before publication date. Submit letters in person or by mail to the UBC Service Programs professor suggests Public Affairs Office,310 - 6251 Cecil Green Park Road, Vancouver B.C., V6T 1Z1, by fax to 822-2684 or by e-mail to janet.ansellOubc.ca. Editor: The profile on Peter babe (Oct. 14, UBC Reports) is a well Research deserved andwell written tribute. It should be pointed Continued fromPage 1 out, though, thatin an honest is the principal investigator in treatments for cancer, asthm; Speaker: Dr. Deena White effort at freshnessof style and the $4-million project. and auto-immune disorders. ideas, the disciplineof philoso- Projects looking at protection The BCKDF is a five-year pro Associate Professor, phy has been made a targetof offish habitat. industrial mineralgram that providesnew researcl Dept. of Sociology ridicule. innovation andforestry and agri- equipment and lab upgradin) University of Montreal By implication, this is a culturesustainability received in such fields as high-tech an( "dead" subject and unfortu- almost$440,000 in matching aerospace, resources and envi Time: I2:30 pm nately people now need to go to funds from the BCKDF. ronment and health sciences. other departments in order to Fundedhealth sciences The fund was established tc Date: Thursday, Nov. I8 develop modem and useful projects range from preventive meetthe matching funds re aspects. medicine for children, to diabe- quirement for proposalssub Place: Woodward IRC #4 tes research and investigations mitted to CFI. Designed to hell Good journalism should For further information, call the Ofice of the Coordinator of carefully avoid such unin- into female infertility. universities, colleges and hos Health Sciences at 822-557 I. tended (I hope) slurs. UBC's BiomedicalResearch pitalsupgrade their researcl Centrereceived atotal of facilities, CFI covers 40 per cen Prof. Priscilla Greenwood $500,000 to upgrade equipment of the cost of facilities with thc Mathematics Dept. that will be used to explore new remainder comingfrom the pub lic and private sectors. UBC research attracts morc Ran kings than $140 million in researcl funding annually and 77 com Continuedfrom Page 1 panies have started inB.C. as ; Wax - if reputationin the category of The University ofcuelphtook result of UBC research. Histology Services leaders of tomorrow.Reputa- top place, Simon FraserUniver- tion measured by alumni sup- sity second place and the Uni- Providing Plastic and Wax sections for the research community port moved to a fourth-place versity ofvictoria ranked fourth spot from lastyear's sixth place.
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