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is to foster sustainable futures through integrated research and learning about the linkages among human, technological and natural systems, and to support decision making from local to global scales
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AGENTS OF CHANGE
When: 22nd Jul 2019 6:30:pm
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AGENTS OF CHANGE | July 22 | 6:30PM | $10 | Drinks reception follows event What role should universities play on global issues like the climate crisis? Hear from UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono, and Janet Napolitano – UC President, and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. This event is...
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AGENTS OF CHANGE
When: 22nd Jul 2019 6:30:pm
Where:AGENTS OF CHANGE | July 22 | 6:30PM | $10 | Drinks reception follows event What role should universities play on global issues like the climate crisis? Hear from UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa Ono, and Janet Napolitano – UC President, and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. This event is...
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Jiaying Zhao promoted to Associate Professor
Posted on July 2, 2019 by mina phaisaltantiwongs
Congratulations to Dr. Jiaying Zhao who has been promoted to Associate Professor! What is psychology good for? How can psychology contribute to sustainability? To answer these questions, Dr. Zhao aims to use psychological principles to design behavioral solutions to address sustainability challenges. This approach offers insights on how cognitive mechanisms govern human behavior, and how […]
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Congratulations to the 2018/2019 Freda Pagani Award Winners
Posted on May 29, 2019 by mina phaisaltantiwongs
Congratulations to the 2018/2019 recipients of the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis and the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation! Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis Teddy Eyster Modeling dam removal in a mountain meadow with MODFLOW-NWT Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation Poushali Maji Access […]