Come and celebrate science at Woodward Library! Now in its second year, Science Literacy Week (September 21-27, 2015) is an event with 100 participating institutions from nearly 50 cities nation-wide.
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Monday – Friday 12 – 1 p.m. |
Science documentary film screenings Bring your lunch and watch a movie in the Sherrington Room.
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Thursday 3 – 4:30 p.m. |
Robots! 3D printing! Biological specimens! Drop by for some hands-on science with staff from the Beaty Museum, UBC Engineering Physics Project Lab, Open Robotics and UBC Rapid. |
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Everyday |
Discover science books with Great Reads Check out our display of Great Reads books that have inspired UBC Faculty. All books available to borrow! |
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Everyday |
Why do you love science? Tell us why you love science on the whiteboard in the main level of the library. |
You can also participate in events happening around campus and in the Vancouver area:
On-campus events
- Beaty Museum – Researchers Revealed and UBC Biodiversity Research tours
- TRIUMF – Global Physics Photowalk
- UBC Botanical Garden – A Walk in the Woods, Fall Fruit Tree Pest and Disease Control, Student Pack n’ Picnic
Off-campus events
- SFU Library – Use an Infrared spectrometer, Screening of Silence of the Labs, Starry Nights at the Trottier Observatory
- Stanley Park Ecological Society – Adaptation and Evolution in Stanley Park
- Vancouver Aquarium – Book Fair
- Vancouver Public Library – Dear Science: Digital Love Letters
UBC’s Science Literacy Week events appeared in the September 18 issue of University Affairs, “Science Literacy Week rolls out across Canada.”
*Cover image courtesy of UBC Public Affairs.