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FYI - any high school students interested in taking a course this summer at UBC - our Continuing Studies is offering this course for high school students (15-18yrs old). Deadline to apply - July 15.

FGL11. Urban Design and Cities - Aug 1-12, 2016

Using Vancouver as an urban laboratory, learn the fundamentals of sustainable urban design, meet with working professionals, and apply what you learn to an existing neighbourhood through an integrated planning session (charrette). Urban design focuses on neighbourhoods, districts and entire cities, and unites all built environment professions, including urban planning, landscape architecture, architecture, civil and municipal engineering.

This is an excellent course for students thinking about a future career in any of these professions, as well as land and real estate development or community and regional planning.

Instructor: Kari Dow (MLA, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design, University of British Columbia) is an affiliate in the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. A planner and urban designer, Kari has worked in both the private and public sector and remains actively involved in academia where she teaches, researches and presents her work on sustainable city building. Kari specializes in complex, action-oriented projects that successfully integrate planning and design at the site, district and neighbourhood scale.

Check out the admission information here:

Future Global Leaders - UBC Summer High School Program | UBC Continuing Studies This University of British Columbia (UBC) summer program for teens focuses on specific academic and professional subjects and gives 15- to 18-year-old high school students the opportunity to explore subjects related to their future career goals. In this summer pre-university camp at UBC's Vancouver…

THIS SATURDAY:

UBC ENGINEERING OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2015, 10AM - 4PM

Curious about engineering? Explore all your program options at the annual Engineering Open House.

Talk to academic advisors, professors and current students, and take part of cool demonstrations, fascinating lab tours and informative presentations. For more information and to RSVP, visit www.engineering.ubc.ca/openhouse

www.engineering.ubc.ca/openhouse There’ll be cool demonstrations, fascinating lab tours, informative presentations. Talk to advisors, professors and current students about all your options. RSVP & sign up for a lab tour: www.engineering.ubc.ca/openhouse.

Have you heard the great news?

Have you heard the great news??!! WE ARE EXTENDING THE CONTEST UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST! Spread the word around and keep those posts coming!!

3 EASY WAYS TO ENTER:
1) Through facebook: Post onto our page using

2) Through Instagram: Caption your post with

3) Through Twitter: Tweet us with

** each entry = a ballot in the draw to win 1 of 3 $75 pre-paid visas

You've heard that engineering is challenging? And engineers don't have time for fun? Let Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC student, Marc Apduhan, tell you how he manages leadership, fun, co-op, and academics!

Want to win a $75 pre-paid visa? This year, eng•cite is launching their first Social Media Giveaway from August 10-24 with three visa gift cards up for grabs. All you have to do it post about what inspires you about engineering using - you don't even have to be in engineering.

Help us create a movement that will raise the profile of engineering across all social media platforms. Check out the following graphics for more information.

** The contest is open to all, with the only condition that they are able to pick up the prize at the UBC Vancouver Campus by late September

Are you considering engineering, but don't think you look like an engineer? Think again!

Women Challenge Gender Stereotypes With #ILookLikeAnEngineer After an engineer from California posted a photo of herself with the hashtag, women descended on social media to contribute their photos and badass skills.

Meet Ada! UBC SailBots fully autonomous sailboat set to cross the Atlantic Ocean later this month!
Learn more at http://ubctransat.com/

Meet the Dean of The University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Applied Science, Dr. Marc Parlange. "...he is indeed an extremely accomplished individual, but he’s also just a really nice guy!"

Continuing our series of getting familiar with the engineering community, let’s meet the Dean!
Dr. Marc Parlange here is our Dean in the Faculty of Applied Science and concurrently a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Griffith University in Australia and earned both his Masters of Science in Agricultural Engineering and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University. Prior to assuming his position at UBC in 2013, Dr. Parlange served as Dean in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and held faculty appointments at UC Davis and Johns Hopkins University. His specializations lie in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrotechnical Engineering, where his research and contributions have led him to be a renowned name in his field. Don’t be intimidated by him though – he is indeed an extremely accomplished individual, but he’s also just a really nice guy! Give him a hello when you see him and introduce yourself. He’s chill.

To contact Dean Parlange, you can e-mail him at [email protected].

For most students, today (June 1) is the last day to accept your offer of admission to . Congratulations to all those that have already accepted their offer of admission! Here's what you can look forward to on Imagine Day.