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Connected by Commitment: The 2014-2015 UBC Annual Report

Connected by Commitment: The 2014-2015 UBC Annual Report

All great achievements are the product of commitment. Explore how students, faculty, staff, and alumni are bringing UBC’s commitments to life.

Jul 23, 2015

UBC Reports | July 23

UBC Reports | July 23

Jul 23, 2015

Andrea Damascelli

Quantum physics

VIDEO: Dr. Andrea Damascelli is generating new knowledge about quantum materials and their exciting potential.

Jul 23, 2015

Chad Bush joins UBC men’s soccer

Chad Bush joins UBC men’s soccer

The UBC Thunderbirds men’s soccer program has landed a star goalkeeper as its latest recruit, as Chad Bush will join head coach Mike Mosher’s team starting this summer.

Jul 23, 2015

Health promotion must be a focus for postsecondary institutions

Health promotion must be a focus for postsecondary institutions

Health promotion must be a focus for postsecondary institutions UBC president Arvind Gupta and UBC Okanagan deputy vice-chancellor Deborah Buszard reflect on the post-secondary health charter. Read more…

Jul 23, 2015

UBC expert available for comment on court decision declaring Canada’s refugee policy unconstitutional

UBC law professor Efrat Arbel is available to comment on the Federal Court of Canada’s decision to strike down part of the country’s refugee policy as unconstitutional.

Jul 23, 2015

Aerobic exercise is as good for the older brain as it is for the body

Aerobic exercise is as good for the older brain as it is for the body

Break out the sweatbands and the oldies – 60 minutes of good old-fashioned aerobic exercise may be more potent than any pill to reduce older adults’ risk of cognitive decline due to mini-strokes, according to research by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and UBC.

Jul 23, 2015

The declining Canadian dollar: UBC experts available for comment

The declining Canadian dollar: UBC experts available for comment

UBC experts are available for commentary on the Canadian dollar, which has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade.

Jul 22, 2015

UBC Farm On Campus Farm Market

Jul 22, 2015

Screening in pregnancy key to eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission

Screening in pregnancy key to eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission

Canada has almost eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission, known as vertical transmission, in recent years.

Jul 22, 2015

Lindsey Richardson

HIV treatment has social and socioeconomic benefits, as well as improved health: study

New research shows that HIV treatment for illicit drug users improves their social and socioeconomic wellbeing as well as their health.

Jul 21, 2015

Why we live on Earth and not Venus

Why we live on Earth and not Venus

Compared to its celestial neighbours Venus and Mars, Earth is a pretty habitable place. So how did we get so lucky? A new study sheds light on the improbable evolutionary path that enabled Earth to sustain life.

Jul 21, 2015

One stop health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa

One stop health care model transforms HIV treatment in South Africa

Providing HIV care at local health clinics in South Africa has led to a massive increase in the number of people there receiving vital HIV treatment, according to UBC research.

Jul 21, 2015

What is HIV Treatment as Prevention?

What is HIV Treatment as Prevention?

As the 2015 International Aids Society Conference gets underway in Vancouver, B.C., researcher M-J Milloy outlines how Treatment as Prevention, a made-in-B.C. approach, has the potential to end the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Jul 20, 2015

UBC Reports | July 17

UBC Reports | July 17

Jul 17, 2015

8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention (IAS 2015)

Jul 17, 2015

Clean energy

Dr. Walter Mérida’s research is finding new, sustainable alternatives to combustion to satisfy our energy needs.

Jul 16, 2015

Thunderbirds athletes win multiple medals on Day 5 at Pan Am Games

Thunderbirds athletes win multiple medals on Day 5 at Pan Am Games

It was a multiple medal day for UBC at the Pan American Games in Toronto on Wednesday.

Jul 16, 2015

Why do we need a Liberal party?

Why do we need a Liberal party? With a united conservative party and the NDP moving towards the centre, the Liberal party no longer has a unique position in the […]

Jul 16, 2015

New partnerships could help ease Vancouver housing crunch: UBC study

New partnerships could help ease Vancouver housing crunch: UBC study

For hundreds of Vancouver families, an affordable rental suite in the city will be within reach in just two years’ time.

Jul 16, 2015