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UBC students build real homes for pretend Pokemon

CBC highlighted a group of UBC architecture students who built homes for Pokemon as part of a school project. Bill Pechet, an instructor at UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape […]

Oct 3, 2016

The markets are afraid of Donald Trump

Work by Erik Snowberg, a UBC economist, was featured in a New York Times story on how Trump’s declining political fortunes drove stocks higher during the recent presidential debate. Snowberg, along […]

Oct 3, 2016

Canadians far from resolving niqab issue

Philip Resnick, a UBC political scientist emeritus, was quoted in a Vancouver Sun opinion column about how Canadians may view the debate over Muslim women covering themselves with niqabs. “At […]

Oct 3, 2016

Touchscreen gives medical students 3D view of human anatomy

The Vancouver Sun featured the new touchscreen technology used for the first time at UBC’s medical school to teach students. One main strength of the device is that is allows […]

Oct 3, 2016

We need to rethink housing for homeless with schizophrenia

The Vancouver Sun quoted UBC psychiatry professor and Vancouver councilor Kerry Jang for a story on housing for people with schizophrenia. A study from SFU found medication use did not improve […]

Oct 3, 2016

B.C. universities grease the skids for marketable innovation

The Vancouver Sun highlighted CDL-West, a new accelerator program operated by UBC’s Sauder School of Business. The program is Western Canada’s version of the Creative Destruction Lab based at University of Toronto’s […]

Oct 3, 2016

Teenage girls and growing pains feature in new reads

The Toronto Star featured the award-winning debut novel from UBC alumna Chelsea Bolan. The novel, called The Good Sister, won the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. Bolan received an […]

Oct 3, 2016

Strategies for winning the health game

Research by Yann Cornil, a professor of marketing at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, was featured in a U.S. News & World Report story on the connection between poor eating habits […]

Oct 3, 2016

Discussing the types of human pride

Jessica Tracy, a professor in UBC’s department of psychology, spoke to NBC’s New Day Northwest about her book Take Pride. She discussed the two types of pride that she has […]

Oct 3, 2016

World’s tallest wood building completed: 18 storeys

Business Standard featured UBC’s new student residence Brock Commons for an article on the advantages of building wood towers. The tower is the first mass wood, steel and concrete hybrid […]

Oct 3, 2016

First nations leaders use royal visit to talk reconciliation

Charles Menzies, a UBC anthropology professor was quoted in a Canadian Press story about discussions on indigenous reconciliation during the royal visit. He said many First Nations communities view the […]

Oct 3, 2016

Researchers find way to fight antibiotic-resistant bugs

News 1130 reported on a discovery by UBC scientists that has shown promise as a treatment for pus-filled lesions known as abscesses. UBC microbiologist Bob Hancock and his colleagues used […]

Oct 3, 2016

Trees survive the cold weather

CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks featured research by Sally Aitken, a professor at UBC’s Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences. She found that the lodgepole pine and the Interior spruce used […]

Oct 3, 2016

Rosetta spacecraft helped us ‘dig into our past’

Aaron Boley, the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy at UBC, spoke to CBC about comets after the space probe Rosetta gathered scientific data on the objects for the last time […]

Oct 3, 2016

Dhahan prize will go to Jarnail Singh

The Georgia Straight 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 […]

Oct 3, 2016

Discussing Brexit process timing

Kurt Huebner, the director of UBC’s Institute for European Studies, spoke to CTV News Channel about the timeline for the U.K.’s exit from the European Union. Britain’s prime minister recently announced that […]

Oct 3, 2016

Gareth Evans on the role of good international citizens

The Georgia Straight quoted Paul Evans, a professor at UBC’s Institute of Asian Research and Liu Institute For Global Issues, for a story on former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans. […]

Oct 3, 2016

Okanagan institutions provide the training business needs

Business in Vancouver featured the new Bachelor of Media Studies program at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The program has courses on new media and internet technology, and is comparable to a […]

Oct 3, 2016

Fitness apps more effective when personalized

Castanet featured research by Mary Jung, a professor at UBC Okanagan’s School of Health and Exercise Sciences. She found that people with access to personalized information in a fitness app used […]

Oct 3, 2016

Dear L.A., Vancouver has a few things to tell you

Kirk LaPointe, a UBC journalism professor, wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times about the housing affordability crisis in Vancouver. “Vancouver today is not the city we anticipated. It […]

Oct 3, 2016