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UNBC Maintains Top-Three Spot in Maclean’s for 4th Year in a Row
UNBC was ranked among the top universities in Canada in its category forthe fourth year running.  According to Maclean’s Magazine’s 2011 AnnualUniversity Rankings, UNBC ranks number three just behind twouniversities that are each more than 150 years older.

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UNBC Student Wins Top Cancer Research Award
A student from UNBC won the top studentship from the BC Cancer Agency was able to conduct cancer research at theUniversity over the summer. It was the first time the top award had ever gone to astudent from northern BC.

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Canada West Says “Yes” to UNBC

The Canada West Universities Athletics Association voted in favourof the University of Northern British Columbia’s applicationfor full membership. 

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UNBC's Bio-plant Proves Emissions from Bioenergy can be on par with Natural Gas
Third-party testing of the new UNBC Bioenergy Plant demonstratedthat the facility has among the lowest emissions of any bioenergy plantin North America, and even lower than natural gas.