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Boluwaji Ogunyemi, a chief dermatology resident at UBC, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times about the societal expectations about what it means to be a black man. Ogunyemi wrote about […]
Feb 1, 2017
One in 12 Canadians aged 55 and older skipped prescriptions due to cost in 2014, the second-highest rate among comparable countries, new UBC research has found.
A UBC education professor talks about the need for black history in the school curriculum and the month’s significance.
The New York Times mentioned UBC in an article about the impact of Trump’s travel ban on research, scientist recruitment and the free exchange of scientific ideas. UBC established a […]
CBC interviewed Roger Wong, the executive associate dean for education in UBC’s faculty of medicine, and Kate Smolina, a postdoctoral fellow at UBC’s school of population and public health, about […]
Daily Express (U.K.) featured UBC research that found one in five adults have snooped through the Facebook account of a friend, romantic partner or family member using the person’s own […]
Science Daily highlighted research by Shahria Alam, an engineering professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus, on a variety of bridge types and national design requirements. Alam said the findings showed bridges are […]
Xinhua highlighted UBC research that found a link between vitamin A deficiency early in childhood development and Alzheimer’s later in life. Weihong Song, the Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer’s disease […]
CBC’s Early Edition featured an interview with Thomas Davidoff, a UBC economist, after Premier Clark announced a foreign home buyer’s tax exemption for international citizens who working and paying taxes […]
UPI featured UBC research that found seniors from 11 high-income countries were not filling doctor’s prescriptions because of the cost. Steve Morgan, the study senior author and a professor at UBC’s […]
The Canadian Press cited UBC research on mother-child units in jails that allowed children to bond with their mothers in safe and supportive environments. The 2015 study also found that these units promoted […]
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The Province featured fourth-year UBC basketball player Luka Zaharijevic. Zaharijevic, who majors in environmental design and sustainability, is averaging 14 minutes, six points and four rebounds per game. The story […]
CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks featured a segment with Christa Van Laerhoven, a post-doctoral researcher from UBC’s department of physics and astronomy. She explained how temperature and surface gravity impact […]
Richard Hamelin, a UBC forestry professor, spoke to the Vancouver Sun about handheld genomic tools that will help defend forests across the country from foreign, invasive species. Hamelin said new devices can take […]
The Vancouver Sun mentioned Adam Jones, a UBC political scientist, in an op-ed about men and boys being added to the missing and murdered indigenous women inquiry. Jones has been providing […]
Canadian Architect reported on the International LafargeHolcim Awards. UBC’s school of architecture and landscape architecture will host the North American jury for the competition and architecture professor Ray Cole will […]
Efrat Abel, a UBC law professor, was interviewed on Corus Radio’s Charles Adler Tonight about Trump’s travel ban. She explained why the ban means the United States cannot be considered a safe […]
The Georgia Straight reported on 12 new food businesses that will open around the U Boulevard area on UBC campus. Seven of the businesses will be on the street level […]
Taylor Owen, a UBC professor of digital media and global affairs, co-wrote an op-ed published in the Toronto Star about the need to reform the CBC for the digital era. Owen […]
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