| LFS Virtual Townhall – Today All faculty and staff are invited to today’s LFS Virtual Townhall from 1:00-2:00pm. Agenda: Updates on UBC initiatives related to COVID-19 Brief Roundtable Updates – Associate Deans and Directors Questions & Answers To submit questions in advance or during the Townhall, please use Slido: Go to the website www.slido.com; Enter event code LFS17 to post a question or vote for an existing one. If you need the Zoom meeting link, contact Eric at eric.skalij@ubc.ca. LC Lunch & Learn Office Hours: Zoom Pro-Tips 2: Polls Friday, October 2, 2020 at Noon. This week we will continue exploring the features of Zoom with a deep dive into polling and other general pro-tips. We will look into setting up polls, polling reports and different ways in which polls can be used to increase student engagement. Bring your stories and experiences with polls on Zoom and share any difficulties you may have run into to collectively find a solution. The key takeaways for the session are: Learn how to enable polling in your Zoom settings Learn how to create polls Learn how to generate polling reports Learn different ways of engaging students with polls To register for the session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1 Wellness Wednesday Your Mental Health Tip of the Week: Keep a to-do list and celebrate every task with a checkmark or a strikethrough. Computing Resource Allocations at UBC From https://arc.ubc.ca/ubc-arc-sockeye. UBC Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is taking applications for priority allocation of compute and storage resources for research from September 28 – October 16, 2020. Priority Allocations provides access to reserved CPU and GPU resources, and up to 50 TB of storage and up to 50 TB of scratch. Applications for Priority Allocations will happen twice per year and will be reviewed by Faculty members from the DRI Resources Allocation Committee. Priority is given to Faculty members who are: New to UBC (within five or fewer years) Early-career researchers Have research data that has to be hosted on-site or cannot be accommodated by any other existing computational resources (e.g. Compute Canada) Researchers who have current allocations will not be impacted by the changes in resource allocation. Faculty members can ask for a Standard Allocation at any time. The Standard Allocation provides shared access to all available GPU and CPU and includes up to 5 TB of project space for immediate computing. Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis. http://flex.redcap.ubc.ca/surveys/?s=7MKJT898LK Contact the Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca if you have any questions. FNH Graduate Seminar – Today Wednesday, September 30, 2020 – 4:00 p.m. (livestream) FOOD Speaker 1: Lanxin Mo Supervisor: John Frostad Proposal Seminar Topic: Understanding the swelling behavior of individual starch granules using ParCS Chair: Tom Brenner Speaker 2: Marlen Petersen Supervisor: Xiaonan Lu Open-Topic Seminar Topic: Application of 222 nm-krypton-chlorine excilamp to disinfect food microbiological contamination Chair: Yuritzel Moreno Zoom Info for FOOD: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61135797717?pwd=aHgyVXFTVlRFQnE3eG5NcGwvME1PZz09 Meeting ID: 611 3579 7717 Passcode: 108777 HUNU No presentation this week. Please check the FNH Graduate Seminar Series webpage for general information and for the full schedule. Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) Seminar Series Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020 Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm More info. Speaker: Anthony Persaud, IRES PhD candidate Topic: Counter-Institutionalizing First Nation-Crown relations in British Columbia Speaker: Ilana Judah, IRES MSc student Topic: Adaptive Mitigation: A framework for assessing interactions between climate adaptation and mitigation approaches in urban multifamily buildings Join Zoom Meeting https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62294988130?pwd=LzBmYzRublBIa2hXYnRCVU9OVGMzUT09 Meeting ID: 622 9498 8130 Passcode: 047681 |