Blame it on chemo brain

Cancer patients sometimes experience forgetfulness when taking anti-cancer drugs. Prof. Kristin Campbell thinks exercise might help.

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Creatures great and small

The first of a series on animals in research looks at four basic science studies. Upcoming articles will address animals in medical research, and how animal research is governed.

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Growing growers at UBC Farm

Jared Singh is one of 10 students in the Sustainable Agriculture Practicum Program. He is learning about topics from natural pest control to food safety.

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UBC gets personal

Every new Vancouver campus undergraduate student will be assigned their own go-to enrolment specialist for the duration of their studies.

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Forestry: the new high-tech frontier

Prof. Sally Aitken is learning how trees adapt to local climatic conditions by studying their genes.

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Nursing students learn from African colleagues

Working with colleagues in Zambia and Ghana, nursing students from UBC's Okanagan campus often find what they experience changes their understanding of what it means to be a nurse.

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Uncertain times on the ‘roof of the world’

Tibet scholar Tsering Shakya discusses the challenges facing his homeland

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All in the family: passing it on to the next generation

Family dynamics can be tough. They are even tougher when running a business. The Sauder School of Business established the Business Families Centre to help.

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Mysteries of unconsciousness

UBC researchers are using novel tools like the Ouija board as a window into our “second intelligence.”

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Starting small, aiming big

How would you use $30,000 to make a difference? Trevor Hirsche is using the special funding from the International Service Learning Program to work with a community in Bolivia.

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IN THE NEWS

Highlights of media coverage in May 2012. Compiled by Gudrun Jonsdottir.

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In their own words: Letters

Convenors of a recent Green College interdisciplinary speaker series question the use of animals in research.

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