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Green juice captures UBC’s Live Case Challenge, and wins $5,000

Green juice captures UBC’s Live Case Challenge, and wins $5,000

Canned healthy drinks, starting with a range of quality greens you can drink on the go, was the winning idea in this year’s Live Case Challenge, held by UBC’s Faculty of Management Thursday.

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Scotiabank funds $2-million cybersecurity and financial data initiative at UBC
Dressed for success

Dressed for success

AS A BOY GROWING UP IN REGINA, Matt Stefan longed […]

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UBC management students take on challenge with SunRype

UBC management students take on challenge with SunRype

Third-year UBC Bachelor of Management students are squeezing everything they have learned to help Sun-Rype Products Ltd., as part of the sixth annual Live Case Challenge.

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Supporter of amateur and professional sports speaks at UBC breakfast event

Supporter of amateur and professional sports speaks at UBC breakfast event

Doug Mitchell, a man who has played professional football, triumphed in amateur sports, and has arenas and championship trophies named after him, is the special guest at this year’s Valley First/UBC Okanagan Athletics Scholarship Breakfast.

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UBC Management students honoured in business competition

UBC Management students honoured in business competition

Faculty of Management students from UBC Okanagan’s campus earned a podium finish at JDC West, one of Western Canada’s largest business competitions.

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UBC welcomes national sustainability research chair
New SIDIT-UBC co-op grant available for employers

New SIDIT-UBC co-op grant available for employers

An investment of $50,000 from the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT) to UBC’s Okanagan campus will give regional companies access and financial support to the best and brightest of young talent—UBC Okanagan co-op students.

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UBC Okanagan receives more than $1 million in federal grant funding for social sciences and humanities research

UBC Okanagan receives more than $1 million in federal grant funding for social sciences and humanities research

UBC Okanagan has received over $1 million in federal grant funding across multiple disciplines from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The funding, awarded earlier this year, will support an array of social, cultural, economic, sustainability and arts-based research projects.

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UBC researcher says management of pine beetle not working

UBC researcher says management of pine beetle not working

A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles—pheromone baiting—may actually help the pest’s population increase, UBC research shows.

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