UBC Reports | September 27

Water, water everywhere

UBC engineers are working with First Nations communities to improve access to clean water.

LATEST NEWS

UBC Law awards first-ever Allard Prize for International Integrity to Anna Hazare

UBC’s Faculty of Law at Allard Hall presented Anna Hazare, one of India’s most influential social activists, with the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity.

Recruitment, preparations in full swing at new UBC Vantage College

UBC Vantage College will welcome its first cohort of 300 International Program students in August 2014.

Ancient soils reveal clues to early life on Earth

Oxygen appeared in the atmosphere up to 700 million years earlier than we previously thought.

Pulp industry energy research gets $2.7M in funding

UBC's Pulp and Paper Centre has received $2.7 million to reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions of one of B.C.’s largest industries by 50 per cent before 2020.

FEATURE STORIES

A greener playing field

A conference at UBC will explore how sports promote environmental and social sustainability

EXPERT SPOTLIGHT

‘The chemistry must be respected’

As Breaking Bad sets to air its final episode on Sept. 29, UBC Chemistry Professor Michael Wolf talks about the hit show’s depiction of chemistry.

The disease of many faces

In honour of Arthritis Month, UBC’s Diane Lacaille discusses what’s being done for arthritis sufferers.

OPINIONS

Human nature and the moral economy

Human nature and the moral economy UBC doctoral student Eric Michael Johnson argues that economics is inextricably tied to moral behaviour, though few economists will say that. Read more…