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UBC Farm receives $2M from founders of Nature’s Path Foods

UBC Farm receives $2M from founders of Nature’s Path Foods

One of the last working farms near the city of Vancouver has received a $2 million donation from the co-founders of Nature’s Path Foods.

Sep 17, 2015

A Dark Stillness: What the Night Can Teach Us

Sep 17, 2015

UBC Centennial Lectures: Living with Global China

Sep 17, 2015

In search of the first light: How the 30m telescope will revolutionize astronomy

Sep 16, 2015

Christmas in September: Why it’s already holiday season at the mall

Christmas in September: Why it’s already holiday season at the mall

Shoppers have probably noticed Christmas displays going up in stores already and are likely wondering: is it too soon?

Sep 15, 2015

Blackbird, Fly

Sep 15, 2015

Guilt helps sell self-improvement products, new UBC Sauder School study finds

Guilt helps sell self-improvement products, new UBC Sauder School study finds

Guilt can be a powerful tool for motivating self-improvement, according to a new study from UBC’s Sauder School of Business.

Sep 14, 2015

UBC Recreation Free Week

Sep 14, 2015

UBC Reports | September 11

UBC Reports | September 11

Sep 11, 2015

Energy giant Petronas faced ‘catastrophic’ safety issues

An internal audit of Petronas, the Malaysian-owned energy company with proposed LNG operations in B.C., found potentially “catastrophic” problems in its oil and gas platforms off the Malaysian coast. Petronas […]

Sep 11, 2015

Symposium: Contemporary Buddhist philosophy

 

Sep 11, 2015

UBC international student builds school, fosters hope in African hometown

UBC international student builds school, fosters hope in African hometown

Joash Gambarage didn’t put on his first pair of shoes until his Grade 7 graduation ceremony.

Sep 10, 2015 - by Glenn Drexhage

DTES residents dying at more than eight times the national average: UBC study

DTES residents dying at more than eight times the national average: UBC study

Marginalized residents of Vancouver’s DTES are dying at more than eight times the national average, and treatable conditions are the greatest risk factors for mortality, UBC researchers have found.

Sep 10, 2015

UBC Homecoming Football Game

Sep 10, 2015

UBC experts available to comment on mental health and suicide prevention

UBC experts available to comment on mental health and suicide prevention

September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. The following experts are available to comment on a variety of issues regarding suicide, depression and prevention among adults and youth.

Sep 9, 2015

“Go for it”, says UBC’s oldest student

“Go for it”, says UBC’s oldest student

Like many new first-year UBC students Bernadette Chong commutes to campus by bus, is worried about making it to classes on time and is nervous about exams.

Sep 9, 2015

‘The status quo isn’t good enough’: UBC launches Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

‘The status quo isn’t good enough’: UBC launches Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs

A new professional program at UBC will train students to address the pressing issues of the 21st century, including human rights, climate change, poverty, security and risk.

Sep 9, 2015

UBC AMS First Week

Sep 9, 2015

Metal-eating microbes in African lake could solve mystery of the planet’s iron deposits

Metal-eating microbes in African lake could solve mystery of the planet’s iron deposits

An isolated, iron-rich bay in the heart of East Africa is offering scientists a rare glimpse back into Earth’s primitive marine environment, and supports theories that tiny microbes created some of the world’s largest ore deposits billions of years ago.

Sep 9, 2015

UBC Reports | September 8

UBC Reports | September 8

Sep 8, 2015