O.K. This looks interesting. Tomorrow (Friday) on January 29 from noon to about 1:00pm, Liz Ferris from the Student Environment Centre will run a discussion session on Copenhagen (she was there!). Learn what the outcomes were, and where we can go from here. Bring lots of questions!
Anyway, it’s in SUB 42U (North side in [...]
“Punkin Chunkin, for Christ’s sake,” added Bunting, referring to the popular program in which contestants launch oversized pumpkins into the air using catapults. “What more do you people want?”
also:
“People liked that the particle accelerators were really huge, but apparently the show didn’t have enough smashing to hold their interest,” said a former employee [...]
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs and the Situating Science Cluster for the Humanist and Social Studies of Science (Jeez, that’s a mouthful – CCEPA.CA & SITUSCI.CA) present a national five-part series of presentations exploring the ethical questions that emerge as we examine our TRUST IN THE NEW SCIENCES.
Terry friends, it’s here!! Terry Tales, our long awaited storytelling project, is finally, finally here! You may remember it described at TEDx Terry Tales 2009 as a chance to continue the wonderful conversations that happen at events like Sir Ken or TEDx Terry talks 2009, and to share your awesomeness with [...]
Terry lovers, this Friday (Jan 22nd) a fundraiser to support Haiti Relief is being organised from 2-4 PM in the Freddy Wood Theatre, with all funds raised going toward MSF (Doctors Without Borders) and their efforts in Haiti. An incredible list of speakers, a very very important cause, and an opportunity to learn and show [...]
Terry lovers, it is finally here! Africa Awareness Week 2010 is finally here and it looks beyond wonderful. Not that we should think about the beautiful continent for just one week, but it is an awesome opportunity to learn from amazing individuals and to celebrate, and then to take that energy and continuing learning for [...]
(2009) Sharing Wonder: Jennifer Kaban
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Name: Jennifer Kaban
Talk Title: “Sharing Wonder”
Notes: Unclassified Student
Topic: Jennifer believes that the most precious gift we can give each other is a sense of wonder. And she believes that the best way to achieve this is to share the world of science with non-scientists. She [...]
Do you kind of wish Pokemon cards had REAL creatures not FAKE creatures?
If so, you should join this facebook group.
Here’s part of what started this group: a friend of mine passed on this “letter to Santa:”
It quite nicely demonstrates an issue with advocates of biodiversity – that is, what can we do to get kids engaged with the wonderful creatures that are [...]
As the latest in our Terry obsession with Science-Inspired Music, check out Jim Bumgardner’s “Wheel of Stars”
Image: European Space Agency/Hubble
To make this, I downloaded public data from Hipparcos, a satellite launched by the European Space Agency in 1989 that accurately measured over a hundred thousand stars. The data I [...]
Are you interested in getting involved to make UBC a better place to learn? The TAG Living Lab is a group of students and support from TAG who bring the equity and diversity issues to a faculty audience. They practice and learn about diversity issues Thursdays 2:30-5:30 throughout the term, beginning January 21st. During these [...]
Wow. I’m so impressed by the Liu Centre. They’re constantly organising amazing events! Details below about a showcase happening soon.
Join us for a showcase of the Liu Institute’s Global Issues research, followed by discussion and a reception. Professors Benjamin Perrin, Natasha Affolder, and Erin Baines will briefly present their ongoing projects and discuss the [...]
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GLOBAL ISSUES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
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Lets Swap Terry* Holiday Tales
Terry readers! Hope you had a fabulous holiday where you rested and relaxed, had some delightful adventures, and became ready for a brand new semester and year. (2010! Doesn’t that have the loveliest ring to it?) Before we jump into wonderful new conversations together, I’m so curious: what did you do over the holidays? Did [...]
(Note: We have a winner – the magic number was comment 2096 and that happens to be Hilary. Congrats!)
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O.K. so after paying a somewhat pricey fee, I’ll be going to attend TEDactive this February. This isn’t actually the TED conference, but rather a networking opportunity where you get to [...]
Happy new year Terry folk! I hope you all had a restful and wonderful holiday season.
I moved back into residence this past weekend, and in the spirit of the new decade, I’ve been wanting to shake things up a bit and give our generic student apartment a new year’s [...]
This is a great TED talk by Clay Shirky, who takes about how social media is transforming the way that we consume and create information about international events.
One of the most amazing things is the way twitter is transforming news coverage. Shirky notes that the BBC first learned about the earthquake through [...]
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