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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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(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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Don’t Wait – INNOVATE

Want to hear about how INNOVATION is changing our world, and our future? The Integrated Sciences Students Association is presenting INNOVATE: an integrative conference discussing innovation…

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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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(2009) Major Angst: Camille Israel

Name: Camille Israel Talk Title: “Major Angst” Notes: Faculty of Arts, Department of Anthropology, 4th year Topic:Sometime during her first year at UBC, Camille started collecting…

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(2009) Sharing Wonder: Jennifer Kaban

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…

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Saying hello to Carl Zimmer

Carl is currently in Vancouver, and he was gracious enough to come out for drinks with us last night. This was after a great talk he…

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Cool Event: Miloon Kothari and the Right to Adequate Housing: Global Issues, Local Action

This sounds like an evening filled with much awesomeness. So excited to hear him speak! The Dr. Richard B. Splane Lecture presents Miloon Kothari, former UN…

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Carl Zimmer: NYT science writer and bestselling author is giving a talk at UBC

Carl is giving a free talk courtesy of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum (along with a number of partners including Terry), on November 18th, at 7pm. The…

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(2009) Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak: Jennifer Gardy

Name: Jennifer Gardy Talk Title: “Public Health in the 21st Century: the Open-Source Outbreak” Notes: UBC Alumni (Faculty of Science, 2000). Topic: Dr. Jennifer Gardy, an…

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