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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

UBC Finance Receives Sustainable Purchasing Award from International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories

UBC joined a number of leading research university in receiving the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Award after demonstrating an improvement in sustainable procurement practices.
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Monday, January 20, 2020

UBC celebrates the official opening of the Undergraduate Life Sciences Teaching Laboratories

Students from British Columbia and around the world can now study for careers in the life sciences, such as genetics, health care, conservation and ecology,…
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Friday, January 17, 2020

Bryan Antenor and Marcos Kwong join Financial Operations management team

The Financial Operations team is pleased to welcome Bryan Antenor as the department’s new Customer Support Manager, and Marcos Kwong as the Manager of Procurement…
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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Snow or sun, you are appreciated

The VPFO does a lot, snow or sun, to keep UBC working. Despite yesterday’s challenges of travelling to campus, working remotely, or by just by…
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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Changes to Print Services at UBC

Xerox is currently UBC’s preferred supplier of printing services, but the university’s master service agreement with this vendor is due to expire in March 2020.…
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Saving Energy During UBC’s Seasonal Shutdown

This past December, departments, building operators and energy managers across UBC joined together to reduce the university’s environmental footprint over the winter holiday by participating…
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Monday, January 13, 2020

UBC ready for snow

It’s five o’clock in the morning, snow has been falling for a few hours in Vancouver and slowly accumulating on the roads across the city.…
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Friday, January 10, 2020

Update: Next Steps Following Climate Emergency Declaration and Commitment to Divestment

The climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our time and UBC wants to ensure that our community and the public is…
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Monday, January 6, 2020

Get to know: Ryan Huffman, Senior Project Manager with Project Services, Infrastructure Development

Ryan came to UBC because he used to get bored easily. Almost 7 years later, he's discovered a job that brings him constant innovation, excitement,…
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Monday, January 6, 2020

Doug Cheung joins Treasury team in the position of Director, Treasury

Doug will be overseeing cash management together with the strategic long-term modelling and will also be involved in strategic initiatives such as the GBE (Government…
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