Farewell to Dr. Jungyeul Park
In June 2025, the MDS Computational Linguistics program is saying goodbye to our lecturer Dr. Jungyeul Park. Jungyeul joined the MDS-CL program in 2021 with a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Université Paris Diderot (Paris VII). Over the past four years Jungyeul has played many roles: he taught LING 242: “Computational Tools for Linguistic Analysis”, […]
Jess Tse wins the Edna Dharmaratne Award
We are excited to announce that this year’s winner of the Edna Dharmaratne Award (https://linguistics.ubc.ca/undergraduate/funding/the-edna-dharmaratne-award-in-linguistics) is Jess Tse, a 3rd-year student in Speech Sciences. The award is intended to recognize a student who not only has a good academic record but also has a commitment of volunteerism and service to others. Jess started volunteering well […]
Recent graduate Chelsea featured in UBC news article
Featured in the UBC news, Chelsea, our recent graduate, shares why they chose to study at UBC arts. Here’s more: https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/3-domestic-students-share-why-they-chose-to-study-at-ubc-arts/ Thanks, Chelsea!
Edna Dharmaratne Award goes to Nandita Pisharody Suresh
This year’s winner of the Edna Dharmaratne Award is Nandita Pisharody Suresh, a second-year major in Speech Sciences. The award committee was unanimously impressed with Nandita’s long-standing commitment to community, which includes volunteering to help with literacy skills both here in Vancouver and in her hometown of Gabarone, Botswana. Nandita has also been involved with […]
Chelsea Jang wins the Edna Dharmaratne Award
Chelsea Jang has been honored with the Edna Dharmaratne Award in Linguistics (2021) in recognition of her volunteerism and service. Chelsea is a third-year Speech Sciences Major, with a Minor in Special Education, and also the current SALSA Undergrad Rep. Congrats Chelsea! The Dharmaratne Award is named after the linguistics department’s former head administrator, who […]
Library site highlights syntax class Wikipedia projects
The UBC library website has a posted an extensive discussion of Wikipedia authorship class projects in Rose-Marie Déchaine’s undergraduate syntax course LING 300.
Hannah Green and Roger Lo receive TA teaching award
Hannah Green and Roger Lo have been recognized for outstanding undergraduate teaching with this year’s department Excellence in Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award.
New course on the languages of Africa
The department is offering a new survey course, LING 308: Languages of Africa. Students will study African languages and cultures from the ground up, including through inquisitive exploration in language projects.
Two students win Edna Dharmaratne Award
Two students have been honored with the Edna Dharmaratne Award: Nicole Ebbutt, an undergrad in speech sciences, and Ife Adebara, a Ph.D. student in linguistics. Congratulations to both!
Nigel Howard offers ASL classes
Adjunct linguistics professor Nigel Howard, who has become a local celebrity providing American Sign Language interpretation at provincial COVID-19 briefings, will be teaching courses in ASL this fall.