LFS Today May 12, 2022

 News  

Last call: 2022 Summer Term 1 and 2 Final Exam Requests due tomorrow (May 13)

ALL SUMMER INSTRUCTORS: If you have not yet done so already, please complete the Examination Request Survey by 12:00pm tomorrow, May 13. Please refer to the May 4th edition of LFS Today <<insert hyperlink to May 4 LFS Today>> for more details.

Associate Dean Academic

Zhaoming Xu will be completing his term as Associate Dean, Academic on June 30, 2022.  We would like to thank him for his excellent service in this role over the past 3 years.  We especially appreciate the leadership he showed throughout the pandemic, guiding instructors and providing support through new health directives, changing policies and new teaching delivery methods. Always demonstrating hard work and dedication, Zhaoming has been an exemplary role model. We are also pleased to announce that Sandra Brown has agreed to take on this role as of July 2, 2022 to June 30, 2025.

Teaching Theory Thursday

“Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or an event.” – Heidi Hayes Jacobs

Are you looking to use a new technology in your class? Contact The Learning Centre to discuss.

Brought to you by The Learning Centre.

 Events  

May 13 – Lunch & Learn Session: Discussion on how to read Student Experience of Instruction

Our next session will be held on Friday, May 13th at noon. Cyprien Lomas and Judy Chan from the LFS Learning Centre will lead the discussion this week. 

Student experience of instruction results were made available this week to faculty members. SEIs can sometimes lead to added stress for instructors, especially when they are new to teaching. However when approached well, SEIs results can provide some valuable feedback that can help improve your course instruction.

Come join us for a drop-in session on how to read student feedback in a constructive way. Please feel free to bring along your own examples. To register for the session, please visit
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1.

Follow the Lunch & Learn Series on Twitter and the Lunch and Learn Series Webpage

May 14 – Public Symposium: Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Academia

UBC is hosting an inaugural Inter-Institutional Forum of the Scarborough National Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The symposium on May 14 is open to everyone.

The event, Community Making and Black Flourishing Through the Scarborough Charter, contributes to the ongoing work and commitments by SFU and UBC to combat anti-Black racism and promote Black flourishing at our institutions and in the wider community. The symposium also serves to illustrate to a national audience how the goals of the Scarborough Charter are being interpreted locally. The symposium includes four discussion panels of administrators, faculty, advisors, students, and community activists and is an opportunity to engage with others on pathways for action.

May 14, 2022
2:00–5:45 pm PDT
In-person at UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street
or
Virtually via Livestream
For event details: https://events.ubc.ca/towards-black-flourishing/

May 25 – Ethics in Environment & Democracy

Ethics in Environment & Democracy is the final installation of Ethics for UBC, a five-part speaker series that will explore the current landscape of ethics scholarship and education across the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses of our university.

In attending this interactive 75-min panel discussion, you will have the opportunity to learn about the current ethics-related endeavours taking place at UBC, pressing ethical issues that exist across a wide range of disciplines, and the ways in which you can become more involved.

This panel discussion will focus on ethics across a variety of disciplines, from animal welfare and ecophysiology, to democracy and ecofeminism.

Wed, May 25
4:00 – 5:15 PM

Learn more and register here.

 Deadlines  

May 31 – Additional Partnering Opportunities with PepsiCo, Clorox and Corteva

PepsiCo, Clorox and Corteva are looking for collaborations on six partnering opportunities below:

1. Characterizing plant proteins as they undergo extrusion
   • Funding: The proposal depended on the range of $100,000 or more annually for multi-year projects.
2. Biodegradable Coatings and Adhesives for Next Generation PHA films
   • Funding: $25K-$100K for a 6-month proof of connecting project with potential for follow-on funding for 1-3 years
3. Identifying alternate sources of potable water
   • Funding: $25,000 – $75,000 for a 6 month proof-of-concept.
4. Rapid acrylamide detection in drinking water
   • Funding: $25,000 – $50,000 is available for a 6 month proof-of-concept
5. Corteva: Building blocks for sustainable small molecule crop protection solutions
   • Researchers will receive $250 for each selected compound transferred and the potential to collaborate with Corteva on future projects.
6. ​Clorox: Alternative (non-quaternary ammonium) anti-microbial actives for cleaning and disinfection
   • Up to three finalists will receive a $10,000 prize for their proposal. Final ideas may have the opportunity to collaborate with the Clorox R&D group over 6-12 months to help develop their technology.

The deadline for all six calls is May 31. One-page proposals can be submitted online via the Halo application form which should take less than an hour to complete. If you have any questions, please reach out to James Wang at j.wang@ubc.ca.