LFS Today Nov 9, 2020

New LFS Today Header

We hope our new header image freshens up your daily dose of news and events in the Faculty! Many thanks to Michelle Hung, a work-learn student and communications assistant in the Dean’s Office, for designing the header. Michelle is a third-year in the FNH program.

Vote for the Most Creative Pumpkin!

If you haven’t already, today is your last day to vote in the LFS Most Creative Pumpkin contest! Please do not vote a second time if you already have.

Choose your three favourite pumpkins by entering 1, 2, or 3 next to their captions. Voting ends on Monday, November 9.
Click here to vote!

Here are the prizes:

• First place – Isman Cup Bragging Rights & Lunch Delivered via Door Dash
• Second and Third place – LFS Swag Bag mailed to you

Random Acts of Recognition

Congratulations to Random Acts of Recognition recipients:

Lia Maria Dragan for her unwavering support for graduate students. Lia is recognized as the go to person for grad students when they have questions about their graduate program. She is a key component of the success of each of our graduate students.

To nominate a faculty member, staff or graduate student that’s been doing an outstanding job or has gone above and beyond in some way, send an email to lfs.recognition@ubc.ca and tell us why this person should be recognized. We’ll send them a $6 Starbucks gift card and acknowledge their good work in LFS Today.

Book Launch: Deep Health

The book Deep Health: Using Artificial Intelligence to Live Longer and Healthier has just launched. Rickey Yada contributed to the book, sharing opportunities to use 3D printing to develop fully personalized foods.

Deep Health talks about how artificial intelligence is providing new insights for individuals who want to take control of their health and increase their longevity and health span. New sources of data, new apps, DNA tests, and smart technology all provide the fuel for artificial intelligence to customize diets, exercise regimes, medications, outlook, and more.

You can view the book on Amazon here.

Call for Proposals: 3M National Student Fellowship Award

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and 3M Canada are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2021 3M National Student Fellowship Award.

The 3M National Student Fellowship honours up to ten full-time diploma and undergraduate students at Canadian post-secondary institutions who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in their lives and at their post-secondary institution. These students embrace a vision of education that enhances their academic experience and beyond.

This award is the first in Canada to build community among visionary student leaders who demonstrate outstanding leadership and innovation through seeing current needs in higher education or society and implementing change. We believe it is their voices that will shape tomorrow’s future in post-secondary education.

You can view the revised call for nominations at https://www.stlhe.ca/awards/3m-national-student-fellowships/. The submission deadline is January 29, 2021.

An info session about the 2021 criteria and application process for this award will be held via Zoom on November 10 at 2pm EST. Click here for more info.

Call for Proposals: Climate Education Grants

Climate Education Grants provide up to $5,000 to UBC Vancouver faculty members to incorporate climate change content and teaching approaches into existing undergraduate and graduate courses.

Funds can be used for a wide range of curriculum development work, including hiring students or staff to develop new material, hosting workshop(s) to consult on course changes, developing resources for online delivery, and more.

Applications close Dec 18, 2020 (4pm PST) and funds will be dispersed in early February 2021. Find out more and apply today at www.sustain.ubc.ca/climate-education-grants