UBC students going cross-Atlantic, robotically
The UBC SailBot team is planning on crossing the Atlantic Ocean with their autonomous sailboat. The venture comes on the heels of the team breaking a competition record in June when they became the first team to achieve a perfect score at the 2013 International Robotic Sailing Regatta in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Members are currently researching the feasibility of the goal, which includes the boat needing to make navigational decisions completely on its own, and using wind or solar power for the journey.
With files from The Ubyssey
“Don’t be that girl” parody ads posted on U of A campus
Parody posters of a successful anti-rape campaign in Edmonton that uses the slogan “Don’t be that guy” have popped up recently around the University of Alberta campus. The parody posters sport the slogan “Don’t be that girl,” and use the same images as the original campaign while changing the text to invert the original message.
One poster reads, “Just because you regret a one night stand, doesn’t mean it wasn’t consensual.” Lise Gotell, chair of the U of A’s department of women’s and gender studies, commented, “What’s been done to transform an anti-sexual-assault campaign into a rape-apologist campaign is just deeply offensive.”
With files from The Province
Canadian and Israeli universities to collaborate
A delegation of six Canadian university representatives — including SFU president Andrew Petter — has signed an agreement with the Association of University Heads of Israel to “facilitate, promote and support research collaboration and exchanges of faculty and students between both countries.”
The two countries already collaborate in energy, solar power, waste management and medicine sectors, and share research interests in a number of key areas, according to the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). Said Josef Klafter, president of Tel Aviv University: “This should be a catalyst for cooperation between Canadian and Israeli universities.”
With files from University Affairs
