Since the halcyon days of the early 80s' PC revolution, the number of
females studying computer science has declined steeply. This summer, a
band of dedicated UBC student volunteers is partnering with software giant
SAP to reverse the trend.
UBC scholars discuss the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square
crackdown and what remains of the struggle for greater democratic and
human rights in China.
UBC researchers have discovered that so-called 'sticky synapses' in the
brain can impair new learning by excessively hard-wiring old memories and
inhibiting our ability to adapt to our changing environment.
The recent military takeover in Thailand was the "most social-media savvy
coup in the country's history," says UBC political scientist Aim Sinpeng
in the Washington Post.
A look at the diverse ways urban Aboriginal youth are asserting their
identity and affirming their relationship to both urban spaces and
ancestral territories.
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