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Green College Leading Scholars' Series

Global Challenges, Local Impacts (Part 1): From Bugs to Buildings: Parallels in Resilience and Adaptation

  • Carlos Molina Hutt, Civil Engineering; Omar Swei, Civil Engineering; Michelle Tseng, Botany and Zoology
    Coach House, Green College, UBC
    Thursday, January 23, 5-6:30 pm, with reception to follow
    in the series
    Green College Leading Scholars
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  • Keeping with the theme of the 2018-2020 Leading Scholars cohort "Challenging Differences", Professors Molina, Swei, and Tseng will delve into the similarities, differences, challenges, and pitfalls of the concepts of resilience and adaptation. The Leading Scholars will discuss these concepts as they pertain to engineering vs. biological sciences, and facilitate dialogue on the common beliefs and misconceptions surrounding these terms.
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January 23, 2020
9:00 am to 10:30 am

Coach House

6201 Cecil Green Park Rd

Speakers

Carlos Molina Hutt, Civil Engineering; Omar Swei, Civil Engineering; Michelle Tseng, Botany and Zoology
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We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).

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