Coping with academics: From stress to success
By Erin Catherall When end of term celebrations are over, the cold hard reality of exams is starting to settle in. With busy schedules and pressure to perform, students often experience an increase in stress and anxiety at this time. Getting enough sleep, balancing a healthy diet, and staying stress-free, are all things that can […]
UBC LipDub gives students a sense of belonging
Throw in a bunch of students lip-syncing to a catchy tune over one film shot and you have yourself a LipDub video. Add one thousand volunteers, a unicorn, a Maserati, a helicopter, and the band Marianas Trench, and you have yourself a UBC LipDub video! Thanks to the work of BFA acting student, Andrew Cohen, and his team, UBC’s LipDub is quickly becoming the latest YouTube sensation.
Meet Kyle Warwick: From the classroom to the campaign trail
By Mary Leong Getting some real-world experience working in your field of study? Fourth-year Honours Political Science student, Kyle Warwick, is doing precisely that as a Liberal Party candidate in the riding of Skeena–Bulkley Valley in Northern B.C. Warwick first got involved in politics by volunteering with Ujjal Dosanjh’s election campaign in 2004. Since then, […]
Librarians embrace the Digital Age
By Erin Catherall What do you picture when you think of a librarian? Is it the popular stereotype of a lady with large glasses, hair tied tightly in a bun, stamping dusty old books? If it is, perhaps you should take a second look. Assistant Professor, Heather O’Brien, provides a contemporary view of librarians and […]
Meet Dr. Ernest Mathijs: Giving cult cinema a second look
What springs to mind when you think of cult cinema? Reruns of The Rocky Horror Picture Show during Halloween? Or perhaps the iconic “I’m with Pedro” shirts, courtesy of Napoleon Dynamite? Ernest Mathijs’ new book, Cult Cinema, examines this wildly popular, yet hard-to-define genre of film.
Humanities 101 is heard at the Vancouver Art Gallery
A Faculty of Arts Community Education Program is featured at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Research tips for term papers!
By Erin Catherall With paper deadlines fast approaching, UBC Arts students are starting to feel the pressure. We all want to find the perfect library sources but sometimes our busy lives and lack of research skills can make paper writing challenging. In an interview with Carly Pansulla, Student Librarian, CASS (Centre for Arts Student Services) […]
Meet Dr. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young: History course with literary twist piques student interest
“Every lecture is a world-class seminar.” “The best course I’ve ever taken.” These are just a few of the accolades Dr. Geoffrey Winthrop-Young has received from students for his course, CENS 303A, “German Representations of the Holocaust”.
Meet Scott Watson: Curating the Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery
By Erin Catherall Have you ever wanted to learn the role of a university art gallery and how it displays contemporary artworks? Scott Watson, Curator of the Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC, investigates these questions in a recent Arts Wednesdays Lecture at Robson Square. What is contemporary art? For some, contemporary art […]
Dean’s Award winner transcends borders
A whirlwind of extracurricular activities meets academic achievement, fifth-year Political Science student Elysa Hogg will be graduating this spring with the Dean’s award for Outstanding Leadership in the UBC Community and Beyond. Elysa was first drawn to a Political Science degree after volunteering in the Philippines for three weeks with a service team in her […]