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UBC Reports | August 20
Aug 20, 2015
CFL and NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon spent Wednesday at Thunderbird Training Camp.
Canada absent on climate change China and the U.S. have both recently announced ambitious targets to combat climate change, but Canada still has no meaningful plan to reduce carbon emissions, […]
Having a baby at home can save thousands of dollars over a hospital birth and is just as safe for low-risk births, according to a new UBC study.
UBC and the provincial government have launched a new pediatric training site on Vancouver Island, marking the first time doctors in UBC’s Pediatric Residency Program can train at a site outside of Vancouver.
Aug 19, 2015
UBC’s Sauder School of Business Prediction Markets are up and running with traders already speculating on who will win Canada’s federal election this October.
Aug 18, 2015
In almost every grocery store you’ll find two apples sold for very different prices. One’s organic, one’s not. What makes a product truly organic? And is it really worth paying extra for?
The allegations of breaches of academic freedom in a recent blog post are serious and UBC has the processes to appropriately address such allegations.
Aug 17, 2015
UBC scientists have created unusually intelligent mice by causing a mutation to a single gene.
Lecture: To the music itself! August 27, 2015 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Coach House, Green College, UBC This talk takes up these questions by returning to the category of […]
Aug 14, 2015
UBC Reports | August 13
Aug 13, 2015
Health Canada decides kids are important UBC Okanagan biology professor Blythe Nilson applauds Health Canada’s upgrade to the labeling of nosodes, or homeopathic products. Read more…
How can the information sector develop guidelines for Indigenous materials?
The FINA World Swimming Championships wrapping up this weekend in Kazan, Russia.
New UBC research into brain cancer suggests treatments should target the cells around a tumor to stop it from spreading.
Aug 12, 2015
Armed with iPhones, dozens of first and second-year students walk into the forest at UBC. The students are on a scientific quest to better understand the ground beneath them; learning about soil by playing a mobile game.
Aug 11, 2015
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