Benoit-Antoine Bacon @ubcprez
President and Vice-Chancellor, The University of British Columbia president.ubc.ca British Columbia Joined June 2016-
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Internationally renowned evolutionary biologist Dr. Dolph Schluter has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (@aaas) fellows, among the most distinct honours within the scientific community. @UBCBiodiversity @ZoologyUBC science.ubc.ca/news/ubc-evolu…
seed2STEM is an innovative UBC summer research program helping to improve representation of Indigenous students in #STEM. Discover some of the program’s early impacts and what past participants are saying. bit.ly/3W5JMcz #STEMEducation #MedEd
Every day, 40+ @UBC research groups are exploring sustainable solutions for the planet. From wildfires to next-gen batteries, sustainability has been core to our mission for over 25 years. This #EarthDay, let's act decisively. Read more: bit.ly/49Ijgcl @policy_mag
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (@ubcirshdc) is hosting an open house on Apr. 15. The Centre supports Residential School Survivors, their descendants and families in accessing and researching Residential School records. More: bit.ly/3J9NiKY
#UBC is recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2024! Learn more: bit.ly/4d0b3mE #GreenEmployers #TopEmployers2024
In this week's #EABOfficeHours #podcast episode, @UBC President Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon talks openly about his own healing journey and shares advice on how to make #MentalHealth and #wellness central to the university mission. Listen Now: bit.ly/3xKQIRW #HigherEd
UBC launches Wall Fellowships & Wall Research Awards focusing initially on research across all disciplines relating to sustainability in BC. Almost $4M available annually for faculty and graduate student projects, enabled by the Peter Wall Legacy Fund. bit.ly/3TRY65v
Where the wild bees are—and aren’t—impacts food supply, according to a new study. 🐝 In this Q&A, @ubcforestry landscape ecologist Dr. Matthew Mitchell delves into the study's findings and proposes ways the public can contribute to protecting wild bees: bit.ly/3VKuIR7
What does safe, inclusive and gender affirming trans health care look like? We spoke with UBC postdoctoral fellow Dr. A.J. Lowik, whose research is shedding light on the experiences of trans people accessing reproductive care in B.C. bit.ly/3vt2Wy2
(1/2) Today @lisabeare and @BrendaBaileyBC announced #UBC researchers have been awarded more than $47 million for 21 research projects through the latest BC Knowledge Development Fund. We are grateful for this investment in research infrastructure for UBC faculty and students.
(1/2) Today @lisabeare and @BrendaBaileyBC announced #UBC researchers have been awarded more than $47 million for 21 research projects through the latest BC Knowledge Development Fund. We are grateful for this investment in research infrastructure for UBC faculty and students.
Get to know Dr. Bhushan Gopaluni, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President of Faculty Planning at UBC Vancouver: bit.ly/3xek3E4
What can we do to help make our food systems more sustainable? UBC researchers share small steps that can make a big collective impact: bit.ly/3TvNWIT #Sustainability #FoodSystems @ubcLFS @sustainUBC @campusubc @ubcforestry
Are you on campus tomorrow? Don't miss our in-person #UBCGivingDay celebration from 11-1. We’ll have games, giveaways and more! Find us in front of the UBC Bookstore (Vancouver campus) or the University Centre (Okanagan campus). bit.ly/4auNwIk
Congratulations to this year's honorary degree recipients! These 13 extraordinary individuals are icons in their fields, have made transformative impacts, and are an inspiration to our students, faculty and communities. Learn more: bit.ly/3TYed2C
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16K Followers 588 Following Ranked among the world's top medical schools. 🇨🇦 Sharing the latest from our faculty, students and staff in research, education and healthcare innovation.Mark Mac Lean @marktmaclean
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5K Followers 876 Following Grateful Alumnus of the University of Cincinnati (College of Law). Go Bearcats!Stuart Gilchrist @StewieGilchrist
2K Followers 1K Following Aerospace Engineer. University of Cincinnati alumni. Bearcats, Reds, Nuggets, Chelsea FC and FCC. I cover recruiting for @BearcatsBlog. Requiescat In Pace DadJustin H @Captain_Cincy
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97K Followers 4K Following #UBC is a global centre for research and teaching, ranked among the top public universities in the world. Forward happens here.BearcatJournal.com @BearcatJournal
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16K Followers 588 Following Ranked among the world's top medical schools. 🇨🇦 Sharing the latest from our faculty, students and staff in research, education and healthcare innovation.Mark Mac Lean @marktmaclean
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10K Followers 3K Following Mom, Neuroscientist, Scientific Truth Advocate. CAMH, Treliving Family Chair, U Toronto, Pres OSSD, Ed FIN, Women's Health Cluster She/her #BlackLivesMatterUBC Okanagan @ubcokanagan
6K Followers 220 Following Discover a world of limitless possibilities and endless combinations. UBC Okanagan invites you to do it all.VCH Research Institut.. @VCHResearch
8K Followers 2K Following Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute — innovative research with direct health benefits and economic impact.Terry Nelson @tnel33
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6K Followers 697 Following Janet Austin is the 30th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia and the representative of the Crown in the province. Tweets by the LG and staff.Jeffrey Biegel @JeffreyBiegel
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1.0M Followers 1K Following The Leaders and Best. 2023 National Champions. #GoBlueErin McAleenan @emcaleenan
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922 Followers 443 Following Cincinnati Bearcats Tailgating & Fan Community. Celebrating our 10th Season in 2024! #TheDenS10Aaron W. Johnson @aaronwmjohnson
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101K Followers 1K Following The NEA is an independent federal government agency that supports artistic excellence, creativity & innovation for the benefit of individuals & communities.Sphinx Organization @SphinxOrg
5K Followers 689 Following Sphinx transforms lives through the power of diversity in the arts.Aaron Dworkin @aaronpdworkin
2K Followers 2K Following Poetjournalist, Host of Arts Engines, Founder of Sphinx Org, Professor at UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance, MacArthur Fellow, Member of Nat. Council on ArtsHassan Ahmad @hassahmad9
574 Followers 446 Following Law prof @AllardLaw #bizhumanrights, #LPE, litigation, int'l /transnat'l law, colonial history, TWAILJae (Jaewook) Lee @jaewook_jae
540 Followers 569 Following 🇺🇸🇰🇷 | PhD student @uwcse @makeabilitylab | @NSF Fellow | #HCI #AR #AI #a11y | Prev @meta @nasa @cmuhcii @illinoiscsAllen School @uwcse
10K Followers 3K Following The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering educates tomorrow's innovators while developing solutions to humanity's greatest challenges.Brett Hilton @brettjhilton
1K Followers 1K Following Assistant Prof @UBC: @UBCcps, @ICORD_SCI, @DMCBrainHealth. Spinal cord injury, axon regeneration, neuroplasticity, multidisciplinary neuroscience research.Yujie Tao @tao_yujie
2K Followers 2K Following cs phd student @stanford, previously: @unc, @uchicago, @microsoft. human computer interaction, sensory augmentationPedro Lopes @plopesresearch
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1.4M Followers 0 Following A universe of atoms, an atom in the universe. Tribute to the great explainer. Tweets about Science and Wisdom. Portrait by L.V Patten.Alexandre Devaux @AlexandreDevaux
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13K Followers 156 Following Associate Professor in EECS at MIT, trying to understand the science of intelligence.Michael Bronstein @mmbronstein
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78K Followers 435 Following Diffusion Models; Large World Model; UniSim; TRPO; SAC; Ring Attention; MAML; HER; Domain Randomization; Decision Transformer; LLM as Zero-Shot Planners; RFM-1Eric Jang @ericjang11
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67K Followers 264 Following Distinguished Scientist at Google Research. Computational Imaging, Machine Learning, and Vision. Tweets = personal opinions. May change or disappear over time.Michael Black @Michael_J_Black
59K Followers 643 Following Director, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (@MPI_IS). Chief Scientist @meshcapade. Building 3D digital humans using vision, graphics, and learning.ICER: UBC Okanagan @ICER_UBCO
730 Followers 1K Following The Institute for Community Engaged Research @UBC works for knowledge creation & exchange re equality, equity & justice locally, nationally & internationally.Lou Corpuz-Bosshart @loubosshart
955 Followers 1K Following Media relations @ubcnews (engineering, applied science, forestry, planning, architecture, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences). Coffee is my cardio. 🇵🇭 🍁 🇨🇦Dr. Colin Rowell @colin_rowell
228 Followers 173 Following @UBCeoas Postdoc | Atmospheric physics, volcanic and wildfire hazards | Interactions with water, climate | Teach climate, systems thinkingDmitri Petrov 💔 @PetrovADmitri
15K Followers 4K Following Evolutionary Biologist at Stanford. Rapid Evolution, Adaptation, and Genomics. Open Science advocate.Barnini Bhattacharyya @barnini_b
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177 Followers 6 Following Associate Researcher & Adjunct Professor @UBC || consultant at Maiwald ConsultingBill Wong, OTD, OTR/L @BillWongOT
16K Followers 17K Following OTR/L, OTD, 3x TEDx Talker, TEDx organizer, #actuallyautistic, OTA/OT program adjunct faculty, AOTA Autism CoP Co-FacilitatorSameer Ratti, OT @CalltheOT
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516K Followers 4K Following The official home of College Football on FOX 🙌Internationally renowned evolutionary biologist Dr. Dolph Schluter has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (@aaas) fellows, among the most distinct honours within the scientific community. @UBCBiodiversity @ZoologyUBC science.ubc.ca/news/ubc-evolu…
seed2STEM is an innovative UBC summer research program helping to improve representation of Indigenous students in #STEM. Discover some of the program’s early impacts and what past participants are saying. bit.ly/3W5JMcz #STEMEducation #MedEd
#UBC is recognized as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers in 2024! Learn more: bit.ly/4d0b3mE #GreenEmployers #TopEmployers2024
In this week's #EABOfficeHours #podcast episode, @UBC President Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon talks openly about his own healing journey and shares advice on how to make #MentalHealth and #wellness central to the university mission. Listen Now: bit.ly/3xKQIRW #HigherEd
(2/2) The projects funded will support critical work in renewable bioproducts, Indigenous archaeology and biomedical innovation in areas such as diabetes treatment and RNA vaccines, and much more. Congratulations to all the recipients!
(1/2) Today @lisabeare and @BrendaBaileyBC announced #UBC researchers have been awarded more than $47 million for 21 research projects through the latest BC Knowledge Development Fund. We are grateful for this investment in research infrastructure for UBC faculty and students.
Through the #BCKDF, we continue to invest in research to ensure our province leads in innovative solutions & cutting-edge research to improve the lives of all British Columbians. 🎓 5 Post-Secondary Institutions 👩🏻🔬 25 Research Projects 💲 $52M in Funding news.gov.bc.ca/30603
As part of UBCO's inaugural Mayan language exchange, Indigenous UBC students reclaim the words they lost: bit.ly/3T9Ej2v
Get to know Dr. Marie Tarrant, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Development at UBC Okanagan: bit.ly/3STRDXs
Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with #UBC Applied Science Equity, Diversity, Inclusion + Indigeneity. Explore our virtual museum at apsc.ubc.ca/black-history-… to critically engage with our province's history and engage with our display in the Kaiser atrium, throughout February.
Can your breath be used to detect #LungCancer? In the first laboratory of its kind in North America, @UBCmedicine’s Dr. Renelle Myers is harnessing the power of breath in the hopes of saving more lives, sooner. 🫁 bit.ly/3OEbfxn
From collecting donations to holding education nights, @ubcokanagan's nursing students connect with the community to better understand their needs: bit.ly/41S71aF
This week at #UBC! 💙💛 Visit events.ubc.ca to learn more.
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the downing of flight PS752. Tragically all those onboard lost their lives, including four members of the UBC community. Attend a memorial event and learn about supports for the community: bit.ly/3NU7Vha
Congratulations to the #UBC community members recently appointed to the Order of Canada. Thank you for your outstanding commitment and positive impact on the country. Learn more: bit.ly/48hDJEZ
.@ubcforestry to launch Centre for Wildfire Coexistence – thanks to $5M donation from the Koerner family. This initiative aims to advance research and collaboration for wildfire coexistence through proactive management and eco-cultural restoration. More: bit.ly/3GIuyRu
UBC is leading the way in social and environmental impact. The recently released QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2024 places UBC fourth overall globally and first in Canada for social impact: bit.ly/3GCe2CO
We were honoured to welcome @UBCprez Prof. Benoit-Antoine Bacon to @SBQMI_UBC to meet our students, staff, researchers and leadership team. Thank you, President Bacon, for your generous time meeting members of @UBC's quantum science community! @AlannahHallas @LAIRUBC @jamesday76
Learn more about how these discoveries came together in the @NobelPrize backgrounder, and congratulations to Drs. Pieter Cullis, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman on this incredible collaboration! 👏 nobelprize.org/prizes/medicin… 3/3
Dr. Cullis' discoveries converged with those of Drs. Karikó and Weissman to bring us today's lifesaving mRNA vaccines. And now, his work is powering a new generation of gene therapies that promise to transform how we treat a range of diseases like cancer, the flu and more. 2/3