Posts from the ‘Cool Stuff’ category

Why I Skate 4 Kenya

This summer, Sauder Africa Initiative team member Leslie Robertson (MBA 2009) and alum Rob Foxall (BCom 2010) traveled to Kenya with a mission to Longboard (Skateboard)…

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Make Bananas, Not Bombs

A friend of mine posted an interesting fact to Facebook today. Turns out that bananas give off a relatively high level of radiation compared to other…

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Listen. Learn. Be Inspired. TEDx Terry talks 2010

For the second year the Terry Project will be collaborating with TED to offer a TEDx event. Registration is now open for TEDx Terry talks which will be held on October 2nd, 2010 at the Life Science Institute. Here, eight student speakers will be given a high profile platform to communicate their ideas, passions and desires to an audience of 350 UBC peers.

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K’NAAN – This week at UBC

Our very own Elysa Hogg talks about hosting K’NAAN on Friday at UBC. There’s still lots of tickets available, so tell your friends! Details here.

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Awesome Event Alert! : Legitimacy and Legality in International Law

Greetings Terry lovers! The event below looks wonderfully interesting; do check it out if you have a chance. Professor Toope always has interesting things to say,…

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Live blogging the NE subarctic Pacific Ocean – Part 1

Tomorrow morning, your trusted Terry-ites Jody and I will be heading off on a 16 day field expedition to the NE subarctic Pacific Ocean. I’ve decided…

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To look at Times is to gaze into the void.

—Here’s my first Terry* Blog post!— I’m a wordy. I consider my Roget’s Thesaurus a close personal friend. I wait for the perfect opportunity to use…

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(2009) What Synthetic Biology Can Do For You: Eric Ma

Name: Eric Ma Talk Title: “What Synthetic Biology Can Do For You” Notes: Faculty of Science, Integrated Sciences in Biochemistry, Cancer Biology andMicrobiology, 4th year Topic:Synthetic…

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Awesome Event Alert! The Fate of Urdu: Muslims, Language Politics, and Colonial Hyderabad

Because this is a crazy interesting topic, you should attend. When: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 4-6PM Where: Asian Centre Who: Kavita Datla, Mt. Holyoke College What:…

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ONE DOLLAR, FIVE MINUTES, BIG IMPACT!

Tiffany says: “Have you ever thought about what $1 can do? Get a cookie from Blue Chip? Here’s a chance to do a social experiment to…

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