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Forest of clean fuel

On Dec. 15, the government will require at least five per cent of the gasoline used for transportation in Canada to be made of renewable content.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Heather Amos

Buchanan re-born

Over the past 50 years, thousands of students, faculty and staff have made the Buchanan complex the hub of everything “Arts.”

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Loren Plottel

Re-thinking the rickshaw

If you’ve been to parts of Asia or Africa, chances are a three-wheeled auto rickshaw got you from A to B. Cheap to drive and compact enough for a driver to whisk passengers through crowded streets, they are a vital mode of transportation for billions of people around the world everyday. But under their brightly painted exteriors, auto rickshaws have a dark side, a new UBC study has found.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Basil Waugh

Microscopes without borders

Anyone questioning the impact a single individual can have on the world should meet Olga Pena. The daughter of a housewife and dam builder, Pena led a team of UBC students on a “field trip” to Colombia this summer, where they inspired more than 1,000 students to take up beakers and microscopes as a means to combat poverty and neglected tropical diseases.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Brian Lin

Putting it in writing

Okanagan undergrad travels to remote village to help preserve Indigenous language

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Jody Jacob

Celebrate Learning

Vancouver campus profiles best practises.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Heather Amos

Turning patients into professors

A UBC project is helping future doctors, nurses, social workers and other health professionals learn from those they are being trained to serve.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Brian Lin

A safe port in a storm

When a friend introduced Serena Gibson to a joint UBC – BC Cancer Agency initiative to help her assess complementary therapies, Gibson says it was like finding a safe port in a storm.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Lorraine Chan

Researchers find evidence for complementary therapies

A joint UBC-BC Cancer Agency initiative called the Complementary Medicine Education and Outcomes Research Program (CAMEO) is contributing to a paradigm shift for patients and health professionals alike, according to Assoc. Prof. Lynda Balneaves.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Lorraine Chan

Staking your office territory

UBC prof studies the dynamics of territory and ownership at work.

Oct 7, 2010 - by By Jody Jacob

T cell discovery shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatment: UBC-CFRI study

A research team from the University of British Columbia and the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children’s Hospital has identified the role of a type of T cell in type 1 diabetes that may lead to new treatment options for young patients.

Oct 5, 2010

Making it cool for girls to study engineering, science and technology

Why aren’t more girls going into engineering, science and technology? Elizabeth Croft, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of British Columbia, has some ideas why not and what to do about it.

Oct 4, 2010

UBC, Max Planck formalize partnership among world’s top quantum physicists

The University of British Columbia today forged a formal partnership with the Max Planck Society, Germany’s foremost basic research institution and home to 32 Nobel prizes.

Oct 4, 2010

Loud grunts may give tennis players a competitive edge: Study

You’ve heard them at tennis matches – loud, emphatic grunts with each player’s stroke. A new study by University of British Columbia and University of Hawaii researchers suggest these grunts may […]

Oct 1, 2010

Benjamin Perrin: Sweden's fix: Jail the johns

If there’s any positive side effect of the Ontario decision, it might prompt Parliament to consider adopting the Swedish model, as the standing committee on the status of women recommended in 2007. Canada should commit to abolishing sexual exploitation.

Oct 1, 2010

On legalizing prostitution

Canada should commit to the abolition of sexual exploitation.

Oct 1, 2010 - by Benjamin Perrin

UBC athletes, coaches head to the Commonwealth Games

Students, staff and experts from the University of British Columbia are ready to comment on the 2010 Commonwealth Games that kick off in Delhi, India, on Sunday, Oct. 3

Oct 1, 2010