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UBC hockey’s Matt Hewitt gets call up to the Vancouver Canucks

UBC hockey’s Matt Hewitt gets call up to the Vancouver Canucks

The day started like any other for UBC goalie Matt Hewitt, until the Vancouver Canucks called.

Oct 20, 2016

When the zombie apocalypse rises, SPPH professors won’t be fazed

This Hallowe’en, researchers walk you through how to diagnose, model, and control a plague of the undead.

Oct 20, 2016

Vancouver School Board firing is both political and partisan

Vancouver School Board firing is both political and partisan

Vancouver School Board firing is both political and partisan Sandra Mathison, a UBC professor of education, wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail about the recent firing of the […]

Oct 20, 2016

People can ward off memory decline by doing this one simple thing

Time Magazine featured UBC research that found a regular low impact work-out could be associated with slight improvement in memory for seniors who already have memory and thinking problems. Teresa […]

Oct 20, 2016

Vancouver School Board firing is both political and partisan

Sandra Mathison, a UBC professor of education, wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail about the recent firing of the Vancouver School Board. “Even though firing a school board […]

Oct 20, 2016

How the Canucks came calling for a UBC TBirds goalie

Breakfast Television interviewed a UBC hockey goaltender who signed a one-day NHL contract when he suited up for the Vancouver Canucks as an emergency backup goalie. Matt Hewitt, a fourth-year […]

Oct 20, 2016

Science torpedoes show how Greenland is melting from below

Wired quoted Michele Koppes, a UBC glacial geomorphologist, in a story about improved data on the ice melting in Greenland’s sea water. Torpedo-like probes measured salinity and temperature in the sea […]

Oct 20, 2016

Teachers, unions ‘shocked’ at first move by new VSB trustee

The Vancouver Sun quoted Jason Ellis, a UBC professor of educational studies, about the firing of the Vancouver School Board. Ellis said it would have made more sense to fire the board […]

Oct 20, 2016

Can resource scarcity explain a history of human violence?

Smithsonian Magazine quoted Michael Blake, the head of UBC’s anthropology department, about a study that linked resource scarcity and human violence. Blake said the study’s sample size is not big enough […]

Oct 20, 2016

Housing conference to highlight changing definitions of home

The Vancouver Sun interviewed Nathanael Lauster, a UBC sociology professor, who will speak at an upcoming housing affordability summit. “Pretty much all across North America, you had these single-family homes […]

Oct 20, 2016

Alleged UBC sex-assault victim awaits closure

The Globe and Mail reported on the alleged sex assault case of a student at UBC’s Okanagan campus as the school works on new guidelines for dealing with such assaults. A hearing into […]

Oct 20, 2016

Trudeau Liberals mark one year in power

MSN published a Canadian Press story on the Liberal government’s popularity one year after the party came to power. The article reported that various opinion polls show support for the […]

Oct 20, 2016

Liberals stress diplomacy at Ottawa Arctic conference

Radio Canada quoted Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC, after he wrote an op-ed about Canada’s shift in foreign policy. “The new […]

Oct 20, 2016

Pre-natal genetic screening reduces need for amniocentesis

The Vancouver Sun highlighted research that found a non-invasive genetic test for pregnant women that could reduce the need for amniocentesis. Francois Rousseau of Université Laval and Sylvie Langlois at UBC’s department […]

Oct 20, 2016

‘Pole of reconciliation’ to be raised at UBC

Haida artist James Hart is carving the totem pole commemorating the lives of children sent to residential schools that will be raised at UBC, Vancouver Courier reported. The pole, which […]

Oct 20, 2016

Thinking about food and drink helps cut portion size

Metro News featured UBC research that linked portion size and thinking about food. Researchers at UBC’s Sauder School of Business found that people who thought about how their food would […]

Oct 20, 2016

Trump, Napoleon III show up in book about development

The Georgia Straight featured a book co-written by Ira Nadel, a UBC English professor and Herb Auerbach, who teaches real-estate development at Simon Fraser University. The book, called Placemakers: Emperors, […]

Oct 20, 2016

How green energy has hurt First Nations in the north

Vice featured UBC psychology research from 2008 for a story on the damage effects of green energy in the north. “First Nations communities that succeed in taking steps to preserve […]

Oct 20, 2016

BC NDP vows $10-a-day childcare

The Tyee interviewed Paul Kershaw, a UBC professor in the school of population and public health, after NDP leader John Horgan said that if his party wins the next provincial election, it […]

Oct 20, 2016

Discussing creepy clowns

Roundhouse Radio interviewed Stephen Heatley, the head of UBC’s theatre and film department, about the phenomenon of creepy clowns and how clowns have been viewed differently over time. “Clowns have […]

Oct 20, 2016