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Forbes featured UBC’s wooden student residence tower called Brock Commons, which will be home to more than 400 students beginning next fall. The hybrid structure has a concrete core for sturdiness and […]
Dec 7, 2016
The Daily Mail quoted Thomas Schneider, a UBC professor of Egyptology and Near Eastern studies, who has challenged a theory that Hebrew was the first alphabet. “As part of Douglas […]
Isabeau Iqbal, an educational developer at UBC’s centre for teaching, learning and technology, wrote an op-ed for University Affairs on the varied methods for successful writing in response to a […]
Quartz featured research from UBC that argues there is no clear line of consciousness between dreaming and deep sleep. “There’s complicated experiential or conscious activity that occurs throughout the night […]
Research by Youwen Zhou, a professor in UBC’s department of dermatology and skin science, was featured on UPI. More than 2,000 patients at two dermatology clinics, one in Canada and […]
Huffington Post published an article by a Canadian philosophy professor discussing an open letter from writer Joseph Boyden and other literary figures criticizing UBC’s handling of the Steven Galloway case.
Nylon Magazine interviewed Lori Brotto, a psychologist and UBC professor of gynecology, for an article on remaining mentally present during sex. “[Sex] requires concentration and attentional mechanisms, and so unless women […]
Astronomy Magazine featured work by Brett Gladman, a UBC professor in the department of physics and astronomy, for an article on natural satellites in the solar system. In 1997, Gladman […]
A Times Colonist article on the misuse of antipsychotic drugs mentioned a UBC study. The UBC research examined health records of more than 900,000 B.C. children, and found that kids […]
Work by Joerg Bohlmann, a professor at UBC’s Michael Smith Laboratories, was mentioned in a Digital Journal story on biotechnology’s role in the fragrance industry. Bohlmann used yeasts to produce […]
The Georgia Straight reported on research by UBC Sauder School of Business professor Sandra Robinson and her colleague Peter Frost on toxic handlers, or individuals who resolve conflict in workplaces. […]
Bill Sheel, a UBC professor of kinesiology, was quoted in an Ask Men article on the efficacy of elevation masks which restricts your ability to breathe during exercise. Sheel, a leading researcher on […]
The Toronto Star published a Bloomberg article quoting David Ley, a UBC geographer, about the increasing number of Chinese home buyers in Seattle following Vancouver’s adoption of a foreign buyers […]
The Tyee interviewed Wade Davis, a UBC anthropologist, about his changing opinion on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Davis said he was happy to see the commitment Trudeau made in signing […]
The Canadian Press interviewed Steve Morgan, a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health, after a panel charged with examining access to prescription drugs across Canada is recommending […]
Kelowna Now quoted Paul Gabias, a psychology professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus, for an article about the increasing use of smartphones in the minutes before we go to sleep. “Sleep is important […]
Jens Monrad, a Danish culture and language lecturer at UBC, spoke to the Toronto Star about a Danish philosophy called hygge. The aim of hygge is to create an atmosphere that […]
Business in Vancouver featured two UBC alumni on their list of 40 under age 40. Kim Lucas, the director of sales at Stemcell Technologies, graduated from UBC with a bachelor’s […]
Tom Davidoff, a UBC Sauder School of Business professor, spoke to Richmond News for an article about the slow recovery of foreign home buyers in Richmond. Davidoff said that the pre-tax downturn […]
The Province featured UBC Thunderbirds hockey forward Mathea Fischer. Fischer left her home in Norway at age 16 for a two-year stint at the Ontario Hockey Academy before she was […]
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