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Alumni donate $2 million to support UBC startups
Nov. 25, 2016

Alumni donate $2 million to support UBC startups

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.

LATEST NEWS

 

How Black Friday ads transform calm into chaos

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.

Researchers capture first glimpse of important, abundant ocean microbe

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.

National strategy needed to ease homelessness, housing supply: UBC expert

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.

OPINIONS

 

Justice delayed: the law of unintended consequences

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.

ATHLETICS

 

Stavros Katsantonis named First Team All-Canadian by U Sports

Stavros Katsantonis, dubbed "The Bakersfield Bandit", was a game changer in the defensive backfield for UBC.

ARTS AND CULTURE

 

UBC Contemporary Players at the Belkin

Join us for a concert in the Gallery inspired by the exhibition Julia Feyrer and Tamara Henderson: The Last Waves.

VIDEO

 

The W̱SÁNEĆ First Nation use eNunciate to help reclaim their language

UBC researchers created eNunciate, an innovative program that blends the best of linguistics and language teaching with ultrasound imaging.
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