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UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

UBC Okanagan hosts virtual Nobel Night event

Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.

BFA student Arianne Tubman picking up her care package.

Creative & Critical Studies offers Care Packages to students

FCCS staff and faculty put care packs together for students in recognition of their hard work over the semester

Arts, Fine Arts and Media Studies information sessions

Prospective students, parents and teachers are invited to attend one or all of the sessions below and will have a chance to ask questions about the programs and the application process.

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Researchers present at 2020 Conference of the Universities Art Association of Canada

Conference offers the opportunity for graduate students to share their work on a national stage and help transform the discipline of art history

Ariane Brun del Re (photo credit: Vincent Kember)

Banting Postdoctoral Fellow working with UBCO

Ariane Brun del Re is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow working with Dr. Francis Langevin at UBC Okanagan.

UBC Okanagan students launch virtual exhibition

UBC Okanagan students launch virtual exhibition

This year’s exhibition, titled Any Moment, was scheduled to open to the public in an on-campus reception in mid-April. However, as Visual Arts Professor Myron Campbell explains, the art will now be shared as a virtual exhibition.

UBC experts: International Women’s Day

UBC experts: International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day, a day set aside to mark the achievements of women, is Sunday, March 8.

Lottery-styled art gala evening coming to UBCO

Lottery-styled art gala evening coming to UBCO

As a special fundraising event, UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) organizes a gala evening where good luck plays a part in who takes home which piece of art.

Make-believe zombie apocalypse puts UBC professors to the test

Make-believe zombie apocalypse puts UBC professors to the test

For many, the question of who to bring along in order to rebuild human civilization during a zombie apocalypse has gone unanswered for too long. Now, six UBC Okanagan professors, all from different fields of expertise, aim to settle the issue once and for all—or at least until next year—as they prepare for the second annual Life Raft Debate.