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Pieteke MacMahon rehearses with an iPhone Piano app developed by members of UBC’s Laptop Orchestra. Photo: Martin Dee
April 10, 2014

The new pulse of digital music

Music is supposed to make you move, but UBC's Laptop Orchestra takes it to a whole other level.

LATEST NEWS

 

Yeast provides genetic clues on drug response

Why do people respond differently to the same drug? Researchers are bringing us a step closer to predicting how a drug will affect us.

EXPERT SPOTLIGHT

 

Being put to the test

UBC experts offer tips on preparing your brain and body for exam season.
 

Tiny bugs, big health threat

World Health Day highlights the continuing risks from vector-borne diseases.

OPINIONS

 

Redback rising: How China's renminbi is becoming a global currency

The Chinese renminbi is the next global currency, say two academics, including a UBC graduate student, in a Financial Post op-ed.

ATHLETICS

 

Five Thunderbirds nominated for Commonwealth Games team

Five current and former UBC swimmers have been nominated to represent Canada this summer at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

EVENTS

 

The Spaces Between: Contemporary Art from Havana

After a successful three-month exhibition at the Belkin Art Gallery,The Spaces Between: Contemporary Art from Havana will close on Sunday, April 13.

VIDEO

 

UBC's Bonny Norton on the African Storybook Project

Bonny Norton discusses a project that promotes mother tongue literacy in sub-Saharan Africa through the use of technology.
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