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January 3, 2024CALL FOR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
The deadline to apply is Friday, February 23, 2024. OverviewThe Language Sciences Institute is looking for a steering committee member (or members) to serve as a lead (or co-leads) for the research challenge area Reimagining Public Discourse.Per our Global Research Excellence Institute…
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December 20, 2023Language Sciences bids farewell to Coordinator Ella Fund-Reznicek
It is with great gratitude and nostalgia that Language Sciences bids farewell to Coordinator Ella Fund-Reznicek. As of January 1st, 2024, Ella will be joining the Office of the Dean of Arts as Arts Research Centre Administrator, providing high-level support to the various research centres across…
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December 19, 2023Language Sciences Welcomes New Communications Specialist
Language Sciences is pleased to welcome Mona Chu as the institute's new Communications Specialist. Prior to joining Language Sciences Institute, Mona has a decade of experience in journalism and communications in the cultural field. As a communications consultant, she customized…
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December 19, 2023Dr. Raymond Ng Named top Academic Data Leader by CDO
Dr. Raymond Ng, a professor in the UBC Computer Science Department, has been named a top Academic Data Leader.The honour comes from Chief Data Officer (CDO) Magazine for the second year in a row. The list names the world's leading experts and visionaries who “inspire the…
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December 5, 2023
Call for Papers: CASCA 2024
The semi-centennial conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society/La Société Canadienne d'Anthropologie (CASCA) and the inaugural meeting will be held on May 15-18 at the Okanagan Campus of the University of British Columbia, located on unceded Syilx Nation Territory. Click here for the…
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December 5, 2023Call for Adjudicators: Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC 2024)
MURC is looking for adjudicators! Apply now!
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November 21, 2023Member Spotlight: Walter Sena
Walter Sena is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia. His goal is to engage in research that utilizes content analysis of speech to help identify cognitive decline in elderly populations and thought disorders in vulnerable patients. Sena is also…
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November 2, 2023Timing of Perioral Muscle Suppression in Smiled Speech: Best Student Presentation Award at AWC
Congratulations to Yadong Liu, a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics and member of Language Sciences at UBC, for earning the Best Student Presentation Award at this year's Acoustics Week in Canada (AWC) in Montreal, Quebec, held from Oct 3 to Oct 6. This year’s AWC set the record for…
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November 2, 2023LLED Faculty Members Recognized As World's Top 2% Most-Cited Linguists
Congratulations to faculty members of Language & Literacy Education Dr. Ron Darvin, Dr. Ryuko Kubtoa, Dr. Patsy Duff, and Dr. Bonny Norton on being the world’s top 2% most-cited linguists and top 400 world linguists, according to Stanford’s List of the World’s…
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September 27, 2023UBC Computer Science researchers receive Outstanding Paper Award for advanced solution to abusive language detection
This article was developed by UBC Computer Science and has been re-posted by Language Sciences.