Meet Carven Li: Bringing personal interests to academics and involvement
Fourth-year Sociology student Carven Li wears many hats. From President of the Sociology Students’ Association to Advocacy Coordinator for the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS), Li is a contributing force behind four student associations at UBC.
Tarini Fernando: Bridging Campus and Community
Tarini Fernando, fourth-year International Relations major and Commerce minor, is the 2012 recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Leader from the UBC Community to Beyond Award. Drawing on her experiences as the former president of World University Service of Canada (WUSC), co-founder of The Passion Project and a member of UBC’s Sri Lanka Society, Fernando discusses how community engagement has impacted her UBC experience.
Amanda Cheong receives the 2012 Outstanding Leader in the Faculty of Arts award
Fourth-year Honours Sociology student Amanda Cheong is the 2012 recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Leader in the Faculty of Arts Award. This week, we sat down with her and discussed her research on stateless Chinese-Bruneian immigrants and her time as the co-president of the Sociology Students’ Association.
Justin Yang: On Leadership and Pet Therapy
Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) President Justin Yang is the 2012 recipient of the Dean’s Outstanding Leader in the UBC Community Award. Graduating with a dual degree in English Honours and Cell Biology/Genetics this May, Yang reflects on his five years as a student and a campus leader.
Sophia Kim recognized by the Canadian Association for Co-operative Education
UBC Arts Co-op student Sophia Kim has been recognized by the Canadian Association For Co-operative Education (CAFCE) for her outstanding work with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC). During her co-op work term, Sophia Kim conducted interviews with individuals from First Nations groups, the private sector, and government – culminating in preliminary conclusions on the relationship between treaties and economic development.
Meet Dr. Anson Koo: A potent prescription for a career in medicine
Contrary to widespread belief, a career in medicine is often much more of an art than a science –this is an assessment that few can attest to with more confidence than UBC alumnus, Dr. Anson Koo. Dr. Koo earned his MD from UBC in 1998, and now, just over a decade later, is Head of Royal Columbian Hospital’s (RCH) Department of Psychiatry.
Arts students making waves in research
By Melissa Huang From examining homeless blogs’ potential influence on civic policy decisions to investigating digital media applications in theatre design, students in UBC’s Faculty of Arts are breaking new ground in research. Each day, Arts students participate in academic conferences, design and implement catalytic experiments and explore politically and socially affecting issues through every […]
Arts Insights: Can music help you study?
Ever wondered why Hobbes’ Leviathan seems so daunting to get through – and not just because it’s written in old English? Puzzled about why you just can’t seem to formulate the perfect sentence for a term paper? The key may lie in the music you’re listening to. According to Benj Wansker-Kirsh, a musician and fourth-year student researcher in Cognitive Systems, how frequently students listen to music while writing a paper or reading course material can impact their level of attention.
Exploring sustainability at UBC’s CIRS
By Melissa Huang With UBC gaining international recognition as a leader in sustainability, Arts students at UBC may be wondering how they can join the university’s growing movement in sustainable learning, research and practice. The place to begin this journey is the Sustainability Education Resource Centre, located in the new Centre for Interactive Research on […]
Meet Dr. Amin Ghaziani: Sociology prof explores ‘post-gay’ era
Amin Ghaziani, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, spoke with ArtsWIRE about the ‘post-gay’ era and Vancouver’s ‘gaybourhood,’ Davie Street. Ghaziani is currently working on his upcoming book, “There Goes the Gaybourhood? Sexuality and the City in a Post-Gay Era”.