What is lurking in your pool?

PhD student Roberta Dyck, from UBC’s Okanagan campus, investigates what all those chemicals could be doing to swimmers.

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Facing cancer

In the second installment of a series on animal research, UBC’s Martin Kirk talks about his cancer experience, and how it was affected by technologies that depended on the use of animals.

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UBC swims for Canada

UBC is sending eight members of its swim team to the London 2012 Games, including a 19-year-old from Oakville Ontario who wasn’t supposed to make the team.

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What to expect at London 2012

Games expert Rob VanWynsberghe, who led the 2010 Olympic Games Impact study, answers our questions.

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Not your backyard badminton

Toby Ng will apply lessons learned in a UBC statistics class when he competes in mixed doubles.

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A javelin’s throw away from the Olympics

If this is what it means to throw like a girl, the line of boys waiting to take lessons from javelin thrower Liz Gleadle will stretch for miles.

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Hula power

Hawaiin Candace Galla is studying how indigenous languages can be revitalized through dance.

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UBC’s Olympians and Paralympians

There are 17 confirmed student athletes with their eyes on the prize in London.

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UBC Olympic and Paralympic history

Student athletes have won 64 Olympic medals and 55 Paralympic medals

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Being different: a new camp assists kids with unique learning needs

A new UBC summer camp assists children with different learning needs.

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Keen on worker safety

A Global Academics Internship is helping student Gabriela de la Paz, from Mexico, gain confidence

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In the News

Highlights of UBC media coverage in June 2012

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