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February 19, 2025On First and Last Words -- a conversation with author Michael Erard
When linguist and author Michael Erard stumbled upon some yellowing bones in the puckerbrush on his berry-picking excursion one day in 2022, it took him a moment to recognize and reconcile with the sight of death. Several weeks later, authorities divulged the identity of the dead person -- a…
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February 12, 2025
CLOSED: Call for Applications: Graduate Student seat on Language Sciences Institute Steering Committee
CLOSED.The Language Sciences Institute is welcoming applications from a new or returning graduate student to join our Steering Committee from March 15, 2025 - March 31, 2026. OpportunitiesRepresent UBC graduate student interests and perspectives in meetings of the LangSci Steering CommitteeCo…
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January 28, 2025
Call for Abstracts: Grad Student & Postdoc Research Day '25
Hey graduate students and postdoctoral fellows: we want your abstracts! Language Sciences Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Research Day is coming up on May 16, 2025 (Friday) at UBC Vancouver, and we want your abstracts! It is a platform for you to share your research with like-minded…
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January 17, 2025Language Sciences announces Dr. Carla Hudson Kam as Interim Co-director
Language Sciences welcomes Dr. Carla Hudson Kam as Interim Co-director.
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November 21, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #3: Dr. Vered Shwartz on AI biases -- causes and solutions
*The article belongs to the monthly LangSci Meets AI series, where our members discuss their research on AI's development in their respective fields. Together, these conversations trace the contours of a landscape rapidly evolving, constantly rerouting our social fabrics. In this third feature, Dr…
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October 23, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #2: Dr. Garrett Nicolai on the nuances in AI and LLM
Dr. Garrett Nicolai on common misunderstandings about AI, the biases they have, and his new project.
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October 15, 2024Congratulations Dr. Anusha Kassan for being the primary editor of the freshly launched "Beyond Translation"
"Beyond Translation", a seminal collection jointly edited by Dr. Anusha Kassan, was published. The book looks at Child Language Brokering in immigrant families.
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October 8, 2024
Dr. Ron Darvin on Generative AI and Learning
1.Tell us about your research interest(s) and how they are related to AI.My primary research interest lies in understanding the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on the digital literacies of multilingual youth in Canada, particularly with regard to issues of equity and diversity. The phenomenal rise…
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October 8, 2024LangSci Meets AI Series #1: Dr. Ron Darvin on Generative AI and Learning
The LangSci Meets AI series features members' research on AI's development in their respective fields.
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September 26, 2024
Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary: Join us and share your stories!
Language Sciences is entering its 10th year; 10 innovative, eventful, and collaborative years. We would love to feature your stories at our anniversary celebration~ From a small, humble initiative to becoming one of the four GREx institutes in UBC, Language Sciences is inspired by the great…