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  • UBC researchers awarded M Wall Fellowships to advance human and ecosystem health
    University News

    UBC researchers awarded $1M Wall Fellowships to advance human and ecosystem health

    Five years of support will help UBC researchers tackle two emerging environmental challenges.

Most Recent Stories

  • Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster
    The Conversation

    Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster

    By Drs. Sara Shneiderman and Amy Leigh Johnson.

  • How UBC expanded student health and wellbeing to meet growing demand
    University News

    How UBC expanded student health and wellbeing to meet growing demand

    Learn about UBC’s proactive and holistic approach to meeting students’ changing health and wellbeing needs.

  • Thanks, Trump: Why Canada may become the European Union’s first ever ‘associate member’
    The Conversation

    Thanks, Trump: Why Canada may become the European Union’s first ever ‘associate member’

    By Stewart Prest, department of political science.

  • From counting sheep to forty winks: three tips to get your kids back on a healthy sleep schedule
    Health & Medicine

    From counting sheep to forty winks: three tips to get your kids back on a healthy sleep schedule

    UBC pediatric neurologist Dr. James Lee explains why your kids need a good night’s sleep — and how to help them get it.

  • Divided We Fall: New book explores polarization, citizenship and Canada’s democratic future
    Society & Culture

    Divided We Fall: New book explores polarization, citizenship and Canada’s democratic future

    As democratic tensions rise globally, a UBC political scientist examines why Canada may be better positioned to resist deep division and what citizens can do to help strengthen democratic life.

Explore

  • Opinion: The real threat of AI is that we can no longer separate our digital and analogue lives

    The Globe and Mail
  • A blood test that detects brain injury could soon help intimate partner violence survivors

    The Globe and Mail
  • UBC prof reacts to Canada and Germany’s grant for LawZero to develop safer AI

    CBC On The Coast
  • ‘I miss the chatbots’ – EU plans put problematic AI use in focus

    RTE

News Tips & Story Ideas

  • Snakes in an egg all coil in the same direction. Scientists think they’ve learned why.

  • Insect submariners survive the depths without imploding

  • New deep diamond and barium minerals named after UBC researchers

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UBC EXPERTS ON TOPICAL ISSUES

Associate EU membership
AI safety
War in Iran

Climate & Environment

  • Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake

    Study confirms permanent loss of Canada’s last Arctic epishelf lake

  • Science at the edge of the ice

    Science at the edge of the ice

  • Farewell black spruce? How climate change and pests are reshaping North America’s forests

    Farewell black spruce? How climate change and pests are reshaping North America’s forests

  • New UBC tool helps cities plant trees where they’re needed most

    New UBC tool helps cities plant trees where they’re needed most

Health & Medicine

  • UBC scientists uncover why some Huntington disease patients decline years earlier

    UBC scientists uncover why some Huntington disease patients decline years earlier

  • M gift to UBC is the largest ever to a Canadian school of nursing

    $40M gift to UBC is the largest ever to a Canadian school of nursing

  • Starting kindergarten? Expert tips for a smooth school transition

    Starting kindergarten? Expert tips for a smooth school transition

  • Researchers discover the eye’s hidden cleanup system

    Researchers discover the eye’s hidden cleanup system

Science & Technology

  • UBC-developed ‘wood foam’ enters production as Indigenous-led pilot plant opens in Vancouver

    UBC-developed ‘wood foam’ enters production as Indigenous-led pilot plant opens in Vancouver

  • UBC seaweed-derived coating keeps strawberries fresher than a fridge

    UBC seaweed-derived coating keeps strawberries fresher than a fridge

  • Simple changes to fishing gear and handling can greatly improve survival of released coho salmon

    Simple changes to fishing gear and handling can greatly improve survival of released coho salmon

  • UBC and Hornby Island partner to train next generation of coastal scientists

    UBC and Hornby Island partner to train next generation of coastal scientists

Society & Culture

  • Only known woolly dog pelt returns close to home and for the first time to Canada

    Only known woolly dog pelt returns close to home and for the first time to Canada

  • How male leaders should address sexist remarks before it costs their organization, according to UBC Sauder study

    How male leaders should address sexist remarks before it costs their organization, according to UBC Sauder study

  • How camera-equipped homing pigeons could improve robotic vision in flight

    How camera-equipped homing pigeons could improve robotic vision in flight

  • New tool maps public land with potential for hundreds of thousands of affordable homes in B.C.

    New tool maps public land with potential for hundreds of thousands of affordable homes in B.C.

University News

  • How UBC supports students with specific dietary needs and cultural food preferences

    How UBC supports students with specific dietary needs and cultural food preferences

  • UBC and Langara College formalize partnership to strengthen student pathways and success

    UBC and Langara College formalize partnership to strengthen student pathways and success

  • UBC welcomes nine world-leading researchers through Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada program (Phase 1)

    UBC welcomes nine world-leading researchers through Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada program (Phase 1)

  • Construction underway on new location for UBC Learning Exchange

    Construction underway on new location for UBC Learning Exchange

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