LFS Today July 6, 2021

By imelda cheung on July 6, 2021

Welcome New Faculty!

We’d like to welcome a number of new faculty as of July 1. All were previously appointed in LFS and have now been appointed to the following new roles:

  • Andrea Frommel, Assistant Professor (tenure track) and Chair in Sustainable Aquaculture in the Applied Biology Program  
  • John Dupuis, Lecturer in the Food Nutrition and Health Program
  • Elizabeth Novak, Lecturer in the Food Nutrition and Health Program
  • Duff Roberts, joint Lecturer with LFS (Food Nutrition and Health Program) and Forestry (Department of Forestry and Conservation Sciences)

Congratulations and welcome!

 

July 5 LFS Townhall Recording Available

Thank you to everyone who participated in yesterday’s townhall. In case you missed it, you can view the full recording here.

 

Tech Tip Tuesday by LFS Learning Centre

Classrooms & Learning Spaces
UBC’s Learning Spaces website has information on classroom and learning space equipment, furniture, capacity and amenities that you can use for your lectures. You can utilize this information to plan your lecture delivery and other needs for the upcoming term.

Macmillan Learning Spaces: https://learningspaces.ubc.ca/buildings/macmillan-mcml

FNH Learning Spaces: https://learningspaces.ubc.ca/buildings/food-nutrition-and-health-fnh

Finding classrooms in other buildings: https://learningspaces.ubc.ca/find-space

If you need help understanding the information provided on the website, please contact the LFS Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca.

 

This Week’s Podcast Club

The LFS Podcast Club is back after a brief hiatus and meets this Thursday, July 8th at 1pm.

These are Adrian’s picks:

Please contact Duncan (duncan.mchugh@ubc.ca) for a Zoom link. More info here: https://lc.landfood.ubc.ca/workshops/lfs-podcast-club/

 

Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships & Faculty Research Awards

We are happy to advise that nominations are now open for the annual UBC Faculty Research Awards and for the Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship (KARF). These awards acknowledge research excellence across all disciplines at UBC.

Recognition at the university level can lead to increased opportunity at a national and international level. We also strongly encourage you to consider equity, diversity and inclusion principles in your nominations.

Submission process for 2021:

  • Submit a Notice of Intent by August 6 (not requested for the KARF)
  • Final submissions for all awards must be made online by October 15

For full details, please visit https://research.ubc.ca/support-resources/awards-applications-nominations/internal-faculty-awards-deadlines.

The Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship is offered in partnership between the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation and the Offices of the Provost and Vice President, Academic on the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.

If you have questions about the nomination process, please email research.prizes@ubc.ca.

Gail Murphy
Vice-President, Research and Innovation

Andrew Szeri
Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver

Ananya Mukherjee Reed
Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan

 

UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA)

The UBC Collaborative Research Mobility Awards (CRMA) program provides up to $5000 to support new or existing research partnerships between UBC researchers in the Okanagan and Vancouver. Faculty members from all disciplines are invited to apply. Funding may be used to cover travel and accommodation costs associated with meetings, accessing specialized equipment, or other partnership activities.
 
The application deadline is August 5, 2021 with additional application rounds every three months as public health orders allow.
 
Further details on this program are available at https://research.ubc.ca/vpri-competitions-initiatives/collaborative-research-mobility-awards/ubc-vancouver-okanagan

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