World, meet the Okanagan
More students from around the world are experiencing Canadian living at UBC’s Okanagan campus.
New tool measures sustainability of sports events
UBC is pioneering a concept of the university as a living laboratory for sustainability, where academic and operational sectors collaborate to address pressing global sustainability challenges.
Engineering students “travel” the world to embrace ambiguity
If you think a trek from the Bus Loop to class is arduous, try traveling halfway around the world. That’s what students in the Applied Science 263: Technology and Development course do every week—metaphorically speaking, that is.
The deliciousness investigators
Their homework: chocolates filled with honey caramel peanuts and galangal pecan praline. Learning doesn’t get more delicious than this.
Grey’s Anatomy: UBC edition
It’s a normal day on the wards for residents and MD students at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH), until paramedics rush a patient with chest pains into the emergency room.
Learning out of the box
Classes, homework and exams don’t have to be the only part of your university experience. UBC students in Vancouver or Kelowna can also learn through work, while volunteering, on a different continent or by getting involved in a community project.
Back to school and in the cloud
Big ideas at UBC are transcending geographic boundaries and connecting people at megabyte speed.
Sustainability learning by osmosis
If you are a student in Vancouver, check your class schedule. You may be among the first students to study in North America’s greenest building this fall.