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Alumni Spotlight – Congratulations to the Home Economics Class of 1970!
Alumni Spotlight – Congratulations to the Home Economics Class of 1970! To celebrate the 50 year milestone of their class, alumnae Pamela Byers and Adrianne Dale share a few highlights from their time at UBC and also their top-tips to current and newly graduated students. Pam Byers, BHE 1970 What is your favourite memory of […]
Deans Message for LFS Community Connects: December 2020
Dean Rickey Yada looks back on an unusual year in this message to the LFS community.
UBC Alum Harold Steves to Retire From Civic Politics
Harold Steves will be retiring this year as Richmond’s longest-serving City Councillor.
Supporting Students During COVID-19
Some quick pivots took place in the summer as we prepared for online teaching and learning.
New Dietetics Crowd Fundraiser
Dietetics students often travel to remote communities during their practicum. To help them, we’ve established Dietetics Rural and Indigenous Communities Placement Fund.
Wine Centre Poised for Growth
Wine Centre Poised for Growth Jacques-Olivier Pesme Simone Castellarin The Wine Research Centre has expanded to Kelowna campus! The Centre is now a dual campus initiative as it sets down roots at UBC Okanagan, in the heart of B.C.’s wine region. It is led jointly by Land and Food Systems and UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of […]
Building a Resilient Food System Starts with the Soil
Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes (SAL) Lab published a paper this summer that measured soil organic carbon in the Fraser Valley from 1984 to 2018, reporting that 61% of the farms, soil organic carbon was in decline. Results proposes the next step of the research, which is to evaluate which specific methods are contributing this decline, and working with farmers to find solutions.
New Faculty Profile: Lindsay Cuff
New Faculty Profile: Lindsay Cuff Lindsay Cuff is enjoying her return to Vancouver. “It’s like a homecoming for me. I love the smell of the forest after it rains and the salty air fills me with joy.” She joins UBC as an Assistant Professor of Teaching with a joint appointment in LFS and Forestry. She […]
New Faculty Profile: Thorsten Knipfer
New Faculty Profile: Thorsten Knipfer Thorsten Knipfer joined the Faculty’s Applied Biology program in September 2020 as an Assistant Professor in Plant Physiology. Originally from Bavaria, Germany, Knipfer completed his MSc at the University of Bayreuth, where he studied the water relations of roots in corn plants. He thenreceived his PhD from University College Dublin […]