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Pat Churchland fights for supremacy of the brain
The Vancouver Sun blogs about Dr. Patricia S. Churchland's Thursday, January 26, 2012 lecture at the Peter Wall Institute, part of the Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Colloquium Series "Practical Wisdom” organised by Prof. Max Cameron, UBC Political Science.
CBC Radio 1 IDEAS Broadcast
On Friday, January 20th, tune in to the broadcast of the Wall Exchange Fall 2011 talk by Derek Gregory, on "The Everywhere War" on CBC Radio 1 'IDEAS'
Learn MoreWall Exploratory Workshop Fall 2011 Awards
We are pleased to announce that two Exploratory Workshops were awarded in the 2011 Fall Competition:
An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on the Arctic Ocean
Principal Investigator: Philippe D. Tortell, Associate Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences & Botany
to be held May 2-4, 2012
Artefacts of Encounter: Cross-Cultural Exchange in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective
Principal Investigator: Neil Safier, Associate Professor, History
expected to be held April 11-14, 2013
Webcast available
Watch the webcast for the Wall Distinguished Scholar in Residence Public Talk co-sponsored with Green College "Aristotle’s Ethics and Obedience to Authority", Talk by Sylvia Berrymann, UBC Philosophy, held on Thursday, September 29, 2011
Learn MoreThe Consul General of France in Vancouver
The Consul General of France, Evelyne Decorps, and the scientific attaché of the Consulate General of France in Vancouver, Didier Marty-Dessus, were special guests at a dinner in honour of Prof. Alain Berthoz, Honorary Professor at the Collège de France, Paris, Founding Director of the Laboratory of Physiology of Perception and Action (LPPA) of CNRS and 2011 Returning Wall Distinguished Visiting Professor
Learn MoreAppointment of new Director, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Janis Sarra to the position of Director of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, effective January 1, 2012.
Professor Dianne Newell, the Institute’s current Director, will end her appointment on December 31, 2011.
Dr. Sarra is a professor in the UBC Faculty of Law.
The Georgia Straight Magazine
Read the feature articles in the Georgia Straight Magazine on our Wall Exchange Fall downtown speaker:
UBC professor Derek Gregory questions "surgical" drone strikes
(September 22, 2011)
The Georgia Straight presents Dr. Derek Gregory's analysis of "The Everywhere War"
(September 9, 2011)
CBC Radio 1 IDEAS Broadcast
Tune in to the broadcast of the Wall Exchange Spring 2011 talk by J. Craig Venter, on "Synthetic Life" on CBC Radio 1 'IDEAS'
Learn MoreDistinguished Scholars in Residence Appointed
We are pleased to announce the 2012-2013 Distinguished Scholars in Residence. The scholars will begin their 12 month appointment on April 1, 2012.
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