@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isReferencedBy "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1210082"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "University Publications"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-07-20"@en, "1990-01-25"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ubcreports/items/1.0118680/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ vr 1922 1990 Photo courtesy UBC Archives Photo by David Gray History repeated itself at UBC when about 3 £00 students, staff and faculty kicked off the university's 75th anniversary celebrations by recreating an historic campus photograph. The original (left) was taken during the Great Trek of 1922 to draw attention to demands for completion ofthe Point Grey campus. Researchers Tiedje. Frvzuk win By GAVIN WILSON UBC researchers have claimed two of the four Steacie Memorial Fellowships for 1990-91, an award considered to be one ofthe country's highest honors for science and engineering. Thomas Tiedje, Physics and Electrical Engineering, and Michael Fryzuk, Chemistry, were presented with the fellowship by William Wine- gard, Minister of State for Science and Technology, at a ceremony in Ottawa Jan. 16. The fellowships are given annually to recognize outstanding achievements by scientists and engineers who are still at a relatively early stage in their careers. The winners are selected by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council from top researchers nominated by universities across Canada. Inside NEW DEAN: The Board of Governors is expected to confirm the appointment of Dr. Martin HoHenberg as the new Dean of Medicine. Page 2. EARTHQUAKE TESTING: CtvA Engineering Professor Peter Byrne has developed a cheaper method of studying the effects of earthquakes. Page 4. EATING CLINICS: Outreach nurse Margaret Johnston and student Jennifer Wing are organizing Healthy Eat- ingdlnksfor students. Page ft TietQe Established in 1963, the fellowships are awarded in memory of Edgar Steacie, former president of the National Research Council and a Canadian research pioneer. Prior to this presentation, only the University of Toronto had earned two fellowships in any given year. Science Dean Barry McBride praised the fellowship winners for their outstanding achievement. "Once again it shows how strong the sciences are at UBC," he said. "This kind of recognition for our faculty is a credit to the individuals, to their departments and to the university." For the recipients, whose full salary is paid for one year under the fellowship, it means an opportunity to work fulltime on their research projects and to secure additional research funding from NSERC. Tiedje, who last year was honored with the Canadian Association of Physicists Herzberg Medal, has made outstanding contributions to the physics of semiconductors. He played a key role in obtaining UBC's Molecular Beam Epitaxy machine and with colleagues is involved in Scanning Tunnelling microscopy. With his Steacie Fellowship, Tiedje plans to focus on the frontier technologies needed for the next generation of electronic devices for computers and communications systems. Fryzuk is an inorganic chemist whose research has led to a better understanding of the fundamental principles controlling the structure and reactions of or- ganometallic compounds. In 1984, he was awarded a prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, one of only two in Canada that year. With his Steacie Fellowship, Fryzuk plans to investigate models for the absorption of hydrogen into metal lattices and to develop new procedures for the preparation of novel polymers. Also winning Steacie Fellowships this year are John Smol, a limnologist at Queen's University, and Hector Levesque, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto. Fryzuk UBC has key role in research on neutrino By GAVIN WILSON UBC is playing a key role in Canada's newest major scientific research project, the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. The $61-million detector, to be located more than two kilometres underground near Sudbury, Ont., was given the green light by the federal government Jan. 4. The observatory, essentially an enormous pool of heavy water surrounded by special sensors, will be built in a cavern as large as a 10-storey building in the deepest section of INCO's Creighton mine. See RESEARCHERS on Page 2 Poet Livesay heads the list of 28 honorary degree winners By JO MOSS Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay is one of 28 distinguished people who will receive honorary degrees from the University of Britisl^Qalumbiain 1990. Degree recipients were approved by Senate at its Jan. 17 meeting. Dates of conferring the honorary degrees have not been set, but some will be awarded at UBC's two graduation ceremonies: Spring Congregation on May 29,30,31 and June 1, and special Fall Congregation Nov. 29, or at the Fall ceremony which welcomes new and returning students, Sept. 27. Degree recipients are scholars, artists, public servants, prominent persons in the community or the professions and others. "What they have in common are their significant contributions to society—locally, nationally, or globally," said UBC President David Strangway. "UBC's honorary degrees recognize these distinguished achievements or outstanding contributions." In addition to being one of Canada's greatest writers, Dorothy Livesay has had a lifelong concern for women's rights and the identity of women artists. Honorary degrees will also be conferred on: Rosalie Abella, human rights activist; Simon Baker, an ambassador of Native culture; Jack Bell, businessman and humanitarian; Helen Belkin, alumnus and life-long supporter of UBC; Sam Black, outstanding Canadian artist; Pat Carney, former federal member of Parliament; Caleb Chan and Tom Chan, brothers, businessmen and philanthropists; Rose Charlie, activist for social justice for Native peoples; Phyllis Chelsea, who singlehandedly revitalized her Native community; Ursula Franklin, pioneer in physical metallurgy; Arthur Hara, Chair of Mitsubishi Canada Ltd; Myer Horowitz, outstanding Canadian educator; Asa Johal, long-time advocate for the development of ethnic culture and education; Stephen Lewis, former Canadian ambassador to the United Polanyi Nations; Tong Louie, a leader in Vancouver's business community; Allan McEacfr ern, B.C.'s Chief Justice; Beverley McLachlin, Supreme Court Justice; J. Fraser Mustard, President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research; Frank Patterson, internationally recognized surgeon; Howard Petch, President of the University of Victoria; Margaret Prang, outstanding teacher, scholar and administrator, John Polanyi, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry; William Sauder, businessman and long-time university supporter; Jack Webster, journalist and broadcaster, William White, former UBC Vice-President and supporter; and Maurice Young, major contributor to business, education and athletics in B.C. Slash trucked to incinerator Responding to complaints by local residents about slash burning at the Hampton Place development site, a senior university administrator says the remaining slash will be trucked elsewhere for disposal by high-temperature incineration. Bruce Gellatly, vice-president, administration and finance, said stumps and slash will be trucked along Wesbrook Mall to the extreme south end of campus where it will be incinerated in a pit using an air blowing combustion burner that eliminates smoke and odors. The move is in response to complaints made after slash bums on the Thanksgiving weekend threw a pall of smoke over neighborhoods close to the See BURNING on Page 3 UBC REPORTS Jan. 25.1990 Board to vote on new Medicine dean BY CONNIE FTLLETTI UBC's Board of Governors is expected to confirm today the appointment of anatomist Dr. Martin Hollen- berg as the new dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The appointment is effective from July, 1990 to June, 1996. Dr. Hollenberg, 55, replaces Dr. William Webber, who has served as dean of UBC's Faculty of Medicine for the past 13 years. "I am delighted that Dr. Hollenberg will be returning to the University of British Columbia," Dean Webber said. "As departmental colleagues in the early 70s, we worked closely in areas of teaching and research. Since then he has had a distinguished academic career, both as an administrator and scholar. He brings to the deanship of the Faculty of Medicine at UBC an outstanding background and great enthusiasm." Currently the Associate Dean of Research in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto, Dr. Hollenberg was a professor in UBC's Department of Anatomy between 1971 and 1975, as well as an honorary professor in the Department of Ophthalmology. Prior to his first appointment at UBC, Dr. Hollenberg was an anatomy instructor at Wayne State University and also spent several years at the University of Western Ontario in both the Department of Anatomy and the Department of Ophthalmology. After leav- Webber ing UBC in 1975, Dr. Hollenberg joined the University of Calgary as professor and head of Morphological Science. He then returned to the University of Western Ontario in 1978 where he served as the Dean of Medicine until 1985. "I couldn't be more delighted to be coming back to UBC, this time as Dean of Medicine," said Dr. Hollenberg. "I view this as a great challenge and a great opportunity since there is a superb foundation to build on, excellent teaching hospitals and a dynamic faculty and student body. The future looks very bright indeed to me and, I'm sure that with imagination and hard work, there will be very little that we will not be able to accomplish together in the years ahead." Dr. Hollenberg is a member of several provincial and national organizations including the Medical Research Council of Canada (MRC), the Re search Policy Committee of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario and the National Cancer Institute of Canada. He is also on the Executive of the MRC and chairs its Standing Committee on Research and Personnel Funding. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, chairman of the Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine and a member of the Council of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges. UBC President David Strangway said, "We are extremely fortunate to have a teacher, researcher and healthcare professional the calibre of Dr. Hollenberg joining our Faculty of Medicine." In 1987, Dr. Hollenberg was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wayne State University. His areas of research are retinal regeneration and high resolution scanning electron microscopy. Dr. Hollenberg received both his BSc and MD from the University of Manitoba in 1958. He received his MSc and PhD in Anatomy from Wayne State University in 1964 and 1965 respectively, and was awarded the FRCPC from the Royal College of Canada in 1980. Researchers to test detectors Coptinued from Page 1 It will probe the secrets of the neutrino, a sub-atomic particle that is one of the fundamental building blocks of nature. Thought to be the most abundant particle in the universe, the neutrino is produced in enormous quantities at the centre of stars, including our sun, yet it is extremely difficult to observe. UBC Physicist Christopher Waltham and his team of researchers are designing and testing the light-sensitive detectors that will be used to track the elusive particle. They are working in collaboration with the departments of Chemistry, Microbiology and Metals and Materials Engineering. Also involved are Vancouver high- tech companies TTR Systems and Corona Vacuum Coaters. "The impact of this project on both particle physics and astrophysics will be enormous," said Waltham. "It's one of the most interesting pieces of physics going