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Wired and tired: Shift work

Shift workers have a higher rate of injury and heart disease but also for cancer. Carolyn Gotay, director of the Centre for Excellence in Cancer Prevention at UBC, was interviewed […]

Sep 22, 2016

Wearable fitness trackers don’t help weight loss

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that wearable fitness devices like Fitbits don’t really help people lose weight. Mary Jung, a professor with the […]

Sep 22, 2016

The best university in the world is in Britain

The Daily Mirror reported on the Times Higher Education rankings of universities around the world. The University of Toronto landed at No. 22, down from No. 19 last year, UBC is […]

Sep 22, 2016

Discussing the Northern Gateway pipeline

Kevin Hanna, director for the UBC Centre for Environmental Assessment Research, discussed the Northern Gateway pipeline on CBC’s On the Coast. Recently, the Government of Canada announced it will not appeal a […]

Sep 22, 2016

The Kelmscott Chaucer at UBC

Gregory Mackie, a UBC English professor, was interviewed on CBC’s North by Northwest about the Kelmscott Chaucer. “It’s quite extraordinarily decorated,” Mackie said. “William Butler Yeats, the poet, actually called it the […]

Sep 22, 2016

Chip Wilson’s Kit and Ace cut head office staff

The Vancouver Sun reported on layoffs at Vancouver-based clothing company Kit and Ace and quoted Tim Silk, a marketing and behaviour sciences professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business. Silk said a concept like […]

Sep 22, 2016

Wood you live in a wooden skyscraper?

Science Magazine featured UBC’s new wooden student residence, Brock Commons, for an article on the recent emergence of tall wood buildings. The project and others like it represent huge advancements for […]

Sep 22, 2016

BC has lowest rate of solving violent crimes

News 1130 interviewed Benjamin Perrin, a UBC law professor who co-authored a report assessing the criminal justice systems of every Canadian province and territory. B.C. received a C+. “It’s a […]

Sep 22, 2016

To understand oceans’ microbes, follow function, not form

Science Daily featured UBC research that classified microorganisms by their biochemical function, instead of by their taxonomy. Researchers Stilianos Louca, Laura Parfrey and Michael Doebeli classified more than 30,000 different microbial species found […]

Sep 22, 2016

Chinese ‘Fox Hunt’ looms over Li’s visit to Ottawa

Paul Evans, a professor at UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, spoke to the Canadian Press for a story on China’s pursuit and harassment of so-called economic fugitives and other dissidents. […]

Sep 22, 2016

Expectations for the upcoming royal tour

Sarika Bose, a UBC lecturer in Victorian literature, was interviewed for a Canadian Press story published on CP 24 about the upcoming royal visit. Bose said the tour will centre on family, […]

Sep 22, 2016

High-tech shopping carts for the homeless

CTV News featured high-tech shopping carts designed by engineering students at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The students based the design on a shopping cart frame and relied on input from the RCMP, a community […]

Sep 22, 2016

Doggy de-stressing comes to UBC

The Doggy De-Stress event at UBC was featured on Breakfast Television. Fifteen therapy dogs visited students to help them deal with the stress of starting a new school year since […]

Sep 22, 2016

Inside the hidden lives of trees

Work by Suzanne Simard, a UBC forest ecologist was featured in a story in The Tyee. Simard coined the term “wood wide web” and drew attention to the brain-like function […]

Sep 22, 2016

New centre aims to open dialogue on residential schools

UBC is taking steps towards indigenous reconciliation with the $5.5-million Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, the Vancouver Courier reported. “A large interactive display system… will allow people to […]

Sep 22, 2016

NDP housing critic slams premier’s affordable rental announcement

A tax proposal by the Sauder School of Business was featured in a Vancouver Courier story on affordable housing in British Columbia. The proposed additional property tax would apply to […]

Sep 22, 2016

Activists offer unsanctioned services for drug users

The Georgia Straight cited UBC research on drug overdoses in the Downtown Eastside for a story on a newly opened unsanctioned site for intravenous drug users. UBC researchers have recorded a higher […]

Sep 22, 2016

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Sep 22, 2016

Dhahan Prize 2016 winners for the best Punjabi fiction

The Indo-Canadian Voice Online reported on the winner of the Dhahan Prize for Punjabi literature. Jarnail Singh won the first prize worth $25,000 and two $5,000 prizes will be awarded to […]

Sep 22, 2016