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Teen fiction a turn-on for adults, too

With huge sales and successful movie franchises, Young Adult fiction couldn’t be hotter, says Prof. Judith Saltman.

Dec 5, 2012 - by Lorraine Chan

Creating new opportunities for international medical graduates

Two internationally trained doctors talk about what it takes to practise in B.C. The IMG program is growing to a proposed 58 spaces in 2017

Dec 5, 2012 - by Brian Lin

From human sacrifice to Santa Claus: the cultural evolution of religious beliefs

Prof. Edward Slingerland leads a global consortium of academics in the world’s largest study of the evolution of religion.

Dec 5, 2012 - by Basil Waugh

The economics of sex

Marina Adshade has turned an economics course into a successful blog and a soon-to-be published book. Her agent believes Hollywood will be calling soon.

Dec 5, 2012 - by Marina Adshade

A holiday survival guide

UBC expert tips on everything from family feuds to consumer chaos.

Dec 5, 2012 - by Heather Amos

Taking the pulse of the Mexican drug trade

Prof. Shaylih Muehlmann argues that decriminalization of drugs is the only way to stop the cycle of fear and poverty that rules Mexico.

Dec 5, 2012 - by Basil Waugh

Creating an oasis in the Downtown Eastside

UBC graduate Kim Villagante worked with the residents of the Oasis to create a community-building mural that would spruce up their inner city alley

Dec 5, 2012 - by Lorraine Chan

UBC’s new Vancouver School of Economics to educate global economic policy leaders

An expansion of Canada’s top-ranked economics department will create the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia, a new global centre for research and learning on the world’s most pressing economic issues.

Dec 5, 2012

Examiners tend to grade relative to work already seen: UBC research

How well you fare on a subjective evaluation – whether it’s of you treating a patient, auditioning for a play or even interviewing for a job – may depend largely on the person who was examined just before you. And the worse the person before you did, the better for you.

Dec 4, 2012

UBC research finds another culprit for obesity: Too much insulin

A serendipitous discovery by a researcher at the University of British Columbia could overturn widely accepted notions about healthy eating habits.

Dec 4, 2012

Alzheimer's researcher reveals a protein's dual destructiveness – and therapeutic potential

A scientist at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health has identified the molecule that controls a scissor-like protein responsible for the production of plaques – the telltale sign of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Dec 3, 2012

Between a rock and a hard place: leaders discuss UBC budget realities

Vice President Finance Pierre Ouillet, Vice President Human Resources Lisa Castle and Vice Provost Angela Redish discuss how UBC is looking out of the box to find budget relief.

Dec 2, 2012