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UBC experts available on U.S. election

UBC experts available on U.S. election

UBC experts are available to comment on the U.S. election, including campaign rhetoric, public opinion polling and voter behaviour, and the evolution of the U.S. party system.

Nov 8, 2016

Trump’s political success was a triumph of style over substance: UBC research

Trump’s political success was a triumph of style over substance: UBC research

Style, not substance, accounts for Donald Trump’s U.S. Republican presidential nomination, according to a psychological analysis from the University of British Columbia.

Nov 8, 2016

Battle over Washington state’s proposed carbon tax gets weird

The Washington Post interviewed Werner Antweiler, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, for a story on the proposed carbon tax in Washington state. “The beauty of a carbon […]

Nov 8, 2016

Why you should listen to music when you do HIIT workouts

Sports Illustrated featured UBC research on the benefits of listening to music while performing high-intensity interval training, or HIIT. “There has been a lot of discussion in the exercise and […]

Nov 8, 2016

Experts call for national opioid strategy as overdose deaths rise

Mark Tyndall, a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health, co-authored a report that urged Ottawa to create a comprehensive national strategy to curb rampant overprescribing of opioids, the […]

Nov 8, 2016

Local innovation aims to make mining cleaner

Scott Dunbar, head of the NBK institute of mining engineering at UBC, was interviewed for a Vancouver Sun story about local mining initiatives. He said demonstrating a chemical process in the […]

Nov 8, 2016

American MBA students drawn to Canada’s diversity

The Globe and Mail featured UBC’s Sauder School of Business in an article about Canadian MBA programs that reach out to foreign students. “More than 50 per cent of our […]

Nov 8, 2016

Why Canada has the second-highest medication costs in the world

Steve Morgan, a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health, was quoted in a National Post story about the high cost of medication in Canada. Morgan said the […]

Nov 8, 2016

UBC downs Vikes to repeat as women’s field hockey champions

The UBC Thunderbirds women’s field hockey team defeated the University of Victoria Vikes to win the national championship, the Times Colonist reported. The TBirds won 2-1 (2-0 in the shootout) […]

Nov 8, 2016