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I am shocked and very concerned about yesterday’s assault on a student at Totem Park residence. Right now we are focused on supporting the victim and the victim’s family.
Oct 5, 2016
Hurricane Matthew has swept through Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba, and is expected to hit the eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Bahamas by the end of this week.
CBC reported that a woman is recovering in hospital after she was assaulted by a man she knew on UBC campus. Police said the suspect, who is now in custody, was […]
Scientific American quoted Mark Halpern, a UBC professor in the physics and astronomy department, for a story on dark energy, the force of space that makes the universe expand faster. Halpern discussed […]
The L.A. Times interviewed Guangyu Wang, the assistant dean at UBC’s Faculty of Forestry, for a story on the expansion of natural park areas in China. Tourism has eclipsed conservation goals at […]
Vice quoted Adam Lund, a doctor in UBC’s department of emergency medicine, for a story on the complications associated with preventing overdoses of certain powerful drugs. Lund said he aims […]
Quartz reported on UBC research that connected childhood trauma to early cellular aging. Lead author and UBC kinesiology professor Eli Puterman found that adults who experienced childhood stress seemed to have an […]
The Daily Mirror quoted UBC researcher Wilfred Jefferies who has helped to develop a new tool in the fight against cancer. Jefferies, a scientist at UBC’s Michael Smith Laboratories, explained how his […]
CBC quoted Jerilynn Prior, the director of UBC’s Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, for a story on an ad disguised as news. A marketing campaign by a drug company created […]
The Ottawa Citizen published an op-ed by Spencer McKay, a UBC political science PhD candidate, on the Canadian electoral reform process. The Liberal government promised to have a new system […]
The Globe and Mail interviewed David Green, a UBC economics professor, for a story on the factors that contributed to Trump’s success in American politics. North American factories had hired workers with low […]
The Province featured the UBC women’s soccer team after they defeated Thompson Rivers University 8-0 over the weekend. Jasmin Dhanda had four goals and two assists in the win. She leads […]
The Globe and Mail reported on the passing of prominent Vancouver architect and UBC alumnus Bing Thom. Leslie Van Duzer, a UBC professor of architecture who knew Thom, said he knew how […]
Global BC featured UBC basketball alumnus Jama Mahlalela who is now a member of the Toronto Raptors coaching staff. Mahlalela’s former coach, UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball coach Kevin Hanson, reflected on […]
Thomas Davidoff, a UBC economics professor, spoke to the Canadian Press about the recent trend of declining home sales in Vancouver. A report from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver showed a 32.6 […]
CBC interviewed Kevin Hanna, director for the Centre for Environmental Assessment Research at UBC’s Okanagan campus, about the 190 conditions for the Pacific Northwest LNG project. “There’s nothing in that […]
Business in Vancouver quoted Joven Narwal, a UBC law professor, for a story on the possibility that Canadian financial technology companies could be used to facilitate crimes like money laundering. The U.S. government recently […]
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A record 73 Interior Health research studies were approved over the past fiscal year and over half of them are being carried out at UBC, Castanet reported. A similar story appeared in […]
The Kelowna Capital News featured a study from UBC’s Okanagan campus that examined how children view teaching. Researchers in the education department surveyed 650 local kids in kindergarten to Grade […]
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