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Three UBC programs receive NSERC PromoScience funding

Three UBC-led projects received $51,400 in funding from NSERC’s PromoScience program. The three projects were part of a $3.6 million investment announced March 18 to introduce young Canadians to careers in […]

Mar 19, 2015

UBC members named finalists for 2015 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

Members from the UBC community are among the 71 finalists in YWCA Metro Vancouver’s 32nd Annual Women of Distinction Awards. The awards honour extraordinary women leaders, businesses and organizations that […]

Mar 19, 2015

Seniors Young and Sidhu lead the ‘Birds to CIS bronze

Seniors Young and Sidhu lead the ‘Birds to CIS bronze

The UBC Thunderbirds finished the 2014-15 season on high note, defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies to take the bronze medal Sunday morning in Quebec City.

Mar 19, 2015

UBC Reports | March 19

UBC Reports | March 19

Mar 19, 2015

Quick community response leads to arrest

UBC would like to acknowledge the caring actions of the UBC community that alerted them to an incident near Totem Park Residence before 1:00 AM Wednesday morning.

Mar 19, 2015

UBC This Week – 19-Mar-2015

  Recent UBC Media Releases Mar 19  Stem cells show promise for reversing Type 2 diabetes Mar 19  UBC and Indian government commit nearly $2 million to support new science […]

Mar 19, 2015

Expert available to comment on connection between Vanuatu and MOA

Expert available to comment on connection between Vanuatu and MOA

Carol Mayer, head of the curatorial department at the MOA, is available to speak about the connection between Vanuatu and MOA.

Mar 19, 2015

Theatre at UBC Presents: Triumph of Love

Mar 19, 2015

Stem cells show promise for reversing Type 2 diabetes

Stem cells show promise for reversing Type 2 diabetes

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and Janssen Research & Development LLC have shown for the first time that Type 2 diabetes can be effectively treated with a combination of specially-cultured stem cells and conventional diabetes drugs.

Mar 19, 2015

UBC and Indian government commit nearly $2 million to support new science and engineering scholarships

UBC and Indian government commit nearly $2 million to support new science and engineering scholarships

The Indian government has committed $1.92 million to support PhD students in science and engineering research programs at the University of British Columbia.

Mar 19, 2015

UBC expert says policies needed now on driverless cars

UBC expert says policies needed now on driverless cars

Children today may no longer need to learn how to drive when they grow up, if some of the world’s leading automotive and technology companies have their way.

Mar 18, 2015

A loss for us all: the destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage

A loss for us all: the destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage

The recent destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) shocked the world. Archaeologists at UBC and Simon Fraser University have also condemned the actions.

Mar 18, 2015

New Faces of Local Food: UBC Reads Sustainability presents Douglas Gayeton

Mar 18, 2015

More drinking-water advisories for B.C. than any other province

B.C. has more drinking water advisories than other provinces partly because many of its 3,000 water systems are in remote communities with limited resources, says UBC engineer Madjid Mohseni who […]

Mar 17, 2015

Brain Awareness Week: Distinguished Neuroethics Lecture

Mar 17, 2015

Next stop: happiness

Next stop: happiness

A UBC psychologist says there’s more at stake in the Metro Vancouver transit referendum than shorter commute times and climate change. The way you vote could also impact your happiness level.

Mar 17, 2015

Universal public drug coverage would save Canada billions

Universal public drug coverage would save Canada billions

Canada could save $7.3 billion annually with universal public coverage of medically necessary prescription drugs.

Mar 16, 2015

Intercultural Fluency, Diversity, and International Peoples at UBC

Mar 16, 2015

A Tangle of Trouble: Boys, Men and Masculinities

Mar 13, 2015

World Food Programme photo exhibition: The Importance of Nutrition

A photo exhibition of the World Food Programme (WFP) titled “The Importance of Nutrition” shows how increasing access to healthy and nutritious food saves lives. This exhibition is part of […]

Mar 12, 2015