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David Strangway, UBC president for 12 years, dead at 82

Former UBC president David Strangway died at age 82, CBC reported. UBC president Santa Ono made the announcement public in a statement on the university’s website. Strangway worked to build partnerships in […]

Dec 14, 2016

The mistakes we make when giving to charity

The Wall Street Journal featured research that explored our biases when it comes to how we value various ways of giving to charity. Ashley Whillans, a UBC social psychology PhD […]

Dec 14, 2016

Vancouver tax pushes Chinese to Seattle

China Daily published a Bloomberg article quoting David Ley, a UBC geographer, about the increasing number of Chinese home buyers in Seattle following the implementation of Vancouver’s foreign buyers tax. […]

Dec 14, 2016

In Canada, case spurs concern over misconduct secrecy

Science Magazine reported on scholarly misconduct including falsification of data at UBC in 2014. A UBC spokesperson said privacy laws prevent the school from disclosing personal information about the researcher involved […]

Dec 14, 2016

Thirteen per cent of festival deaths caused by alcohol, drugs

Researchers at UBC and the University of Victoria found that alcohol and drugs were a factor in 13 per cent of all reported music festival deaths between 1999 and 2014, […]

Dec 14, 2016

B.C. NDP leader vows to fight Ottawa on Trans Mountain pipeline

Joel Bakan, a constitutional law professor at UBC, spoke to the Globe and Mail after B.C. NDP leader John Horgan said the federal government may be forced to use the […]

Dec 14, 2016

New program lets scientists get involved in federal policy-making

The Globe and Mail interviewed Sally Otto, a UBC biology professor and MacArthur fellow, for an article about a program that allows scientists to be involved in making policy. Otto […]

Dec 14, 2016

UBC study maps cardiac arrest across Metro Vancouver

CBC’s Early Edition featured UBC research that found how you survive a cardiac arrest can be influenced by where it happens. Lead researcher David Barbic, a professor in the department […]

Dec 14, 2016

Home prices jumped in Vancouver: Where are all the cranes?

The Globe and Mail published a Bloomberg story on the Vancouver housing market and quoted Thomas Davidoff, a UBC Sauder School of Business professor. There are very few homes listed […]

Dec 14, 2016

Discussing seasonal affective disorder

Raymond Lam, a UBC psychiatrist, discussed seasonal affective disorder on Roundhouse Radio. He said latitude is more influential on our mood than weather conditions since shorter day length is likely […]

Dec 14, 2016

The economic strength of the Okanagan

Radio Canada reported on the new multimillion-dollar teaching and learning centre scheduled to be built at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Julien Picault, a UBCO professor of economics, said he has seen […]

Dec 14, 2016

Project addressing domestic violence receives millions in funding

The Public Health Agency of Canada is allocating just over $3-million dollars to a team of researchers to deliver a program to help women who have experienced domestic violence, AM […]

Dec 14, 2016

Make every vote count

Castanet reported on a demonstration in Kelowna led by electoral reform advocates in favour of proportional representation. Wayne Broughton, a UBCO mathematics professor and member of democratic reform advocacy group […]

Dec 14, 2016

Make Vancouver the world’s slowest city: A manifesto

Patrick Condon, the chair of the master of urban design program at UBC’s school of architecture and landscape architecture, co-wrote an op-ed for The Tyee offering an alternative to Vancouver’s […]

Dec 14, 2016

Kelowna lawyer appointed as provincial court judge

Castanet reported on the appointment of seven new provincial court judges including UBC alumna Cathaline Heinrichs. Heinrichs, who received a bachelor of law from UBC in 1992 and specialized in […]

Dec 14, 2016

Next economy: Tech capitalism’s impossible dream

The Tyee published an op-ed on digital platforms by Justin Ritchie, a PhD candidate at UBC’s institute for resources, environment and sustainability. Ritchie and author Doug Rushkoff discussed how technological […]

Dec 14, 2016

Alumni UBC Achievement Awards 2017 Nominations

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Dec 14, 2016