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UBC Reports | June 17

UBC Reports | June 17

Jun 16, 2016

Curtis Taylor and Alex Webb drafted into MLB on historic day for UBC Baseball

Curtis Taylor and Alex Webb drafted into MLB on historic day for UBC Baseball

UBC Thunderbird pitchers Curtis Taylor and Alex Webb have been drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Entry Draft.

Jun 16, 2016

UBC’s first Asian Canadian and Japanese Graduate

The ACAM Centennial Alumni Project looks back on the UBC’s past 100 years to uncover the unknown histories of its Asian Canadian communities.

Jun 16, 2016

Canada’s China strategy is in desperate need of repair

Canada’s China strategy is in desperate need of repair

Canada’s China strategy is in desperate need of repair The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by Yves Tiberghien, the director of UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, on the topic […]

Jun 16, 2016

UBC’s new president Santa Ono

Incoming UBC president Santa Ono talked about his hopes for the university on Global Morning News. “One of the roles of the president of an institution…is to be a role […]

Jun 16, 2016

Inside the role of an NBA player development coach

Vice featured UBC alumnus Jama Mahlalela who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors. During the NBA regular season, the 35-year-old Mahlalela works on game planning, scouting, […]

Jun 16, 2016

UBC freshmen will balance the demands of sports and school

The Province featured UBC athletes who will also be studying engineering while competing for the Thunderbirds. Head track and field and cross-country coach Laurier Primeau signed 39 athletes and 12 of […]

Jun 16, 2016

West Vancouver flooding could be sign of worse to come

CBC News reported on the recent West Vancouver flooding and interviewed Hans Schreier, UBC professor emeritus of land and water systems. “Two years ago we had a similar type of […]

Jun 16, 2016

Can genetically engineered mice combat Lyme disease?

Tick-borne disease has been rising over the past few decades and mice are seen as the main reservoir for the bacteria that cause Lyme and other diseases. NPR interviewed UBC infectious disease professor Jan […]

Jun 16, 2016

Raising the retirement age for people who want to work

Bloomberg reported on the growing trend of Americans who retire while they still have years of good health in their future. A study on retirement age compared to health co-authored […]

Jun 16, 2016

Vaccine will spell the end of cervical cancer

A story in the Vancouver Sun on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine featured an interview with Dr. Gina Ogilvie, a UBC professor and research chair in global control of HPV-related […]

Jun 16, 2016

Mongolia wearily faces elections

World Politics Review published an op-ed by Julian Dierkes, UBC professor at the Institute of Asian Research, on the political climate in Mongolia. Dierkes wrote that Mongolians have few reasons […]

Jun 16, 2016

Ono faces tough issues as UBC president

The Vancouver Sun published an editorial on the road ahead for UBC’s new president. “Ono’s background and his positive comments to the media this week suggest UBC has found the […]

Jun 16, 2016

Australian ‘besotted’ with the idea of going off grid

Domain News mentioned a film by a UBC doctoral student in a story on living off the grid amid rising home prices in Australia. UBC doctoral student Jonathan Taggart co-created […]

Jun 16, 2016

One-fifth of population risks malnutrition as fish stocks decline

Motherboard interviewed William Cheung of UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, for a story on the impact of declining fish stocks. Nineteen per cent of the global population is […]

Jun 16, 2016

Young voter turnout made dramatic gains last October

The Toronto Star quoted David Moscrop, a UBC political science PhD candidate, for a story on the high voter turnout in the last Canadian federal election. “I’m surprised so many […]

Jun 16, 2016

Over three-quarters of world’s refugees are not fleeing Syria

The Georgia Straight featured a video series called Seeking Refuge created by UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues. The first video in the series includes an interview with UBC geography […]

Jun 16, 2016

Why some coral reefs thrive as others die off

CBC News reported on a study involving UBC research that found coral reefs in remote locations may sometimes be worse off than those close to human fishing communities. Rashid Sumaila, […]

Jun 16, 2016

Canada’s China strategy is in desperate need of repair

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed by Yves Tiberghien, the director of UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, on the topic of Canadian-Chinese relations. “Canada cannot box itself in and […]

Jun 16, 2016

New opioid rules a concern to people with chronic pain

Brian Cairns, a UBC pharmaceutical sciences professor, wrote a letter published in the Vancouver Sun about the new legal standards for prescribing opioid painkillers. “The vast majority of [chronic non-caner […]

Jun 16, 2016