Thanks to two $1-million contributions from alumni Greg Peet and Glenn Walsh, University of British Columbia ventures now have access to additional early-stage seed capital to help build their businesses.
New research in the Journal of Consumer Research co-authored by Darren Dahl, professor in the UBC Sauder School of Business, finds that aggressive behaviour is primed the moment customers are first exposed to retail ads.
A rare microbe that was once thought to be insignificant has turned out to be one of the most abundant single-celled hunters in the ocean, and a team of researchers led by UBC have captured the first glimpse of these elusive predators.
In this Q&A, Penny Gurstein, affordable housing expert and the director of UBC’s school of community and regional planning, talks about the serious housing issues that a national strategy could address.
Benjamin Perrin, a UBC law professor, wrote an op-ed for The Globe and Mail about a Supreme Court decision that may now allow an accused murderer to have charges stayed due to unreasonable delay.