November 2013

Three University of British Columbia engineering students have won 2013 Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) Scholarships. Heidi Manicke and Hilary Wong, both geological engineering students, won Vale Undergraduate Engineering Scholarships. Andrea Palmer, a mechanical engineering student, won the CEMF Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship – BC Region. Congratulations!  

Dr. Elizabeth Croft, a UBC professor and the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (BC and Yukon region), is featured in the recent National Post article “The key to better — and safer — robots is teaching them about human interaction, researchers say”. “In a meeting room at the University of British Columbia, a crowd of more than […]

The Student Leadership Conference (SLC) will facilitate a collaborative and inclusive educational environment, which will inspire the campus community, provide valuable peer-to-peer learning experiences, and engage students as they share and develop their leadership skills effectively. To learn more visit their home page. If you would like to attend please email cj.rowe@ubc.ca with the following […]

An article featuring Anja Lanz, president of the Vancouver chapter of Women in Engineering, was recently published in the Province. “The two-minute music video tells the story of three girls who are bored by typical commercials pitching pink girlie toys, and create a contraption modelled after the late U.S. cartoonist Rube Goldberg’s drawn inventions.  “It’s fabulous,” said Anja Lanz, […]

Silkscreen a T-shirt and talk about issues related to violence against women. This event is held as part of activities to raise awareness of violence against women and commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Date: Wednesday November 20, 2013 Time: from 7:00 – 9:00 pm Location: Shrum Lounge, Place Vanier […]