Posts from the ‘Cool Stuff’ category

UBC Admin has a Blog!

Over the past two months a group of students and courageous administrators have been working to develop a new way of communicating to students what is…

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And I will be grateful…

I’m attending the SCARP Symposium today. And one of the required readings (I’ve never been to a conference that had assigned readings!) is a manifesto written…

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ATTENTION: Dream Job Available!

Building on the renewed success of the 2009 TEDx Terry Talks in October, we are looking to hire two students to work on the planning of…

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Could a blue whale meet an oak tree? (one of the many questions that came up at Terry Tales)

Warning. Attending Terry Tales is hazardous to your health. At least that’s been my experience. I walk out of each session in such an absentminded happy…

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Climate Change: From as Many Angles as You Can Imagine (March 11/12, Liu Centre for Global Issues)

Rebekah says: Hey Terry Readers! Take a moment and think about the title of this latest climate action conference: No Other World (NOW!). By now we’ve…

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I love this.

That is all…. Cheap Pop Song from Rhett Dashwood on Vimeo.

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You know that whole “but I don’t have any stories” conversation we’ve been having? After the Olympics, that just won’t fly anymore.

Terry readers! Hope you’re doing well and enjoying the weather and the cherry blossoms and whatever it is you have planned for Reading Break. In fact,…

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Our Torch to Bear

By Matt Whiteman On the evening of February 11th, just before the Olympic torch arrived on UBC campus, I met with our university’s president, Stephen J.…

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Next Time A City Wants to Plan Public Transit, They Should Just Ask the Slime Molds (Or How Terry Tales Makes You Smarter)

Oh Terry readers! No happiness is complete without sharing it with you, and I am most definitely in a wonderful mood. It is days after our…

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What role does Sport play in your life?

The Olympics are coming to Vancouver… and whether you’re excited about the Games or not, there are going to be lots and lots of great events…

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