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UBC Reports | October 30

UBC Reports | October 30

Oct 30, 2015

What counts as a “success” in language revitalization?

Leanne Hinton specializes in endangered languages and is an advocate and practicing trainer in the field of language revitalization.

Oct 30, 2015

Veteran players lead UBC into Regina in search of two wins

Veteran players lead UBC into Regina in search of two wins

The No. 8-ranked UBC women’s volleyball team will make their way out to the Prairies this weekend to face the Regina Cougars.

Oct 30, 2015

The great Liberal comeback

The great Liberal comeback

The great Liberal comeback Young people probably played a big part in the Liberals’ success at the polls, writes Spencer McKay, a PhD student in political science at UBC, in […]

Oct 30, 2015

Jill Abramson in conversation with CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti: “Gender Inequality in the Workplace and Media”

Oct 30, 2015

China’s one-child policy comes to an end: UBC experts available for comment

UBC experts are available for commentary on the end of China’s one-child policy.

Oct 29, 2015

Margolese prize winner advocates for sustainable landscape design

Margolese prize winner advocates for sustainable landscape design

Landscape architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander — this year’s winner of the prestigious Margolese Prize — could easily rest on her laurels.

Oct 29, 2015

Photo gallery: Check out that ‘stache!

Photo gallery: Check out that ‘stache!

Crumb catcher, soup strainer, chin whiskers, chops – whatever you call the moustaches and beards that sprout up during the month of November, you can be sure that someone at UBC has sported the style.

Oct 29, 2015

Opioid overdoses linked to higher prescription rates in B.C.

Opioid overdoses linked to higher prescription rates in B.C.

Strong painkillers known as prescription opioids appear to be overprescribed in some regions of B.C., resulting in higher rates of overdose and death, according to a new study from UBC.

Oct 28, 2015

Harry Potter and the rain city exhibition

Oct 28, 2015

Genetic variation explains why potential autism treatment doesn’t always work

Genetic variation explains why potential autism treatment doesn’t always work

A newly identified genetic variation may explain why a promising autism treatment therapy — oxytocin nasal spray — doesn’t work for everyone.

Oct 27, 2015

UBC named top Canadian university in sustainability

UBC named top Canadian university in sustainability

UBC’s Vancouver campus has earned the highest rating among Canadian universities for sustainability.

Oct 27, 2015

Great Trek Run, Relay & Walk – Fri Oct 30

Oct 27, 2015

Only four per cent of the ocean is protected: UBC research

Only four per cent of the ocean is protected: UBC research

Despite global efforts to increase the area of the ocean that is protected, only four per cent of it lies within marine protected areas, according to a UBC study.

Oct 26, 2015

Life is a Cross-Disciplinary Adventure

Oct 26, 2015

UBC Reports | October 23

UBC Reports | October 23

Oct 23, 2015

New giant tortoise species found in Galápagos Islands

New giant tortoise species found in Galápagos Islands

An international team of scientists has discovered there are actually two species of giant tortoises living on Santa Cruz Island in the centre of the Galápagos Archipelago.

Oct 23, 2015

When Halloween costumes cross the line

When Halloween costumes cross the line

Halloween is a time when children and adults alike get to dress up and let loose.

Oct 23, 2015

Who owns the ocean? Equity and conservation in the global ocean commons

Oct 23, 2015

Water worries

We often hear about the possibility of future water wars as populations can’t survive without adequate and safe supplies of fresh water.

Oct 22, 2015