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UBC Faculty Research Awards

The Office of the Vice President Research and International has announced the 2012 UBCs Faculty Research Awards. Researchers were nominated by their peers and adjudicated by the Faculty Awards Committee, […]

Feb 7, 2013

Two professors named 3M National Teaching Fellows

Simon Ellis and Darren Dahl have been named 2013 3M National Teaching Fellows. The award is presented annually to 10 university teachers to recognize exceptional achievements in teaching and educational […]

Feb 7, 2013

Vol. 59 | No. 2

Feb 6, 2013

Same stories, dynamic new platform

Print edition of UBC Reports nears an end

Feb 6, 2013

Chantal Venturi discusses her work in geology with Charles Fipke at the opening of UBC’s Fipke Laboratory for Trace Element Research (FiLTER) on the Okanagan campus. UBC Photograph

Outtakes

Charles Fipke: It’s payback time (BScG Honours, 1970)

Feb 6, 2013

Prof. Alfred Hermida (left) and marketing instructor Paul Cubbon have brought together business and journalism in a new course. Mark Mushet Photograph

Social media: Where business and journalism intersect

A new UBC course connects two schools to prepare students for the real world

Feb 6, 2013 - by Bethan Williams

Zach Walsh wants research to help assess and harness marijuana's therapeutic potential.

Smoke signals: Medical marijuana in Canada

Research is helping to shape the therapeutic potential of pot

Feb 6, 2013 - by Zach Walsh

Assist Prof. Ilya Parkins makes an argument for the importance of fashion in understanding culture. Jody Jacob Photograph

Fashion is a feminist issue

UBC prof. studies style to shed light on wider issues in society

Feb 6, 2013 - by Jody Jacob

In their own words

In their own words

Students share what they value about meeting classmates from other cultures

Feb 6, 2013 - by Heather Amos

Kenyan Harsev Oshan is a third-year political science student and president of the Arts Undergraduate Society. Martin Dee Photograph

UBC’s global edge

International students are key to the university’s mandate

Feb 6, 2013 - by Heather Amos

UBC School of Community and Regional Planning student Katie O’Callaghan is a UBC-City of Vancouver Greenest City Scholar. Martin Dee Photograph

Idling on the job

Grad student helps the VPD to reduce squad car emissions

Feb 6, 2013 - by Salina Marshall

UBC English Prof. Mary Chapman found pioneering Chinese-American author Edith Eaton’s lost works -- one of the largest literary discoveries in 20 years. Martin Dee Photograph

Meet Mary Chapman, literary sleuth

UBC prof. uncovers lost works by Asian-American author, Edith Eaton

Feb 6, 2013 - by Basil Waugh

New tool helps towns assess resources needed for bioenergy plant

For B.C. communities considering investing in a bioenergy heating system, it can be expensive and time-consuming to weigh the pros and cons.

Feb 6, 2013

Blowing hot and cold: U.S. belief in climate change shifts with weather

A UBC study of American attitudes toward climate change finds that local weather – temperature, in particular – is a major influence on public and media opinions on the reality of global warming.

Feb 5, 2013

Body language can predict outcomes for recovering alcoholics

To predict whether a problem drinker will hit the bottle again, ignore what they say and watch their body language for displays of shame, a new UBC study finds.

Feb 4, 2013

UBC Reports – February 2013

UBC Reports | February 2013

Feb 1, 2013

Social Media and Health: The Good, the Bad and the Possible

The Peter Wall Institute presents a public forum on social media and health

Feb 1, 2013