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Why you should challenge yourself in retirement

U.S. News and World Report cited UBC research for a story on the need for retirees to challenge themselves. The research suggests that regular aerobic exercise could increase the size […]

Maternity leave: Great idea, but what about daddy?

The Hill featured UBC research for an article on the benefits of paternity leave for children, women, businesses, and men. Alyssa Croft, a UBC psychology PhD candidate, and her colleagues […]

VGH to get 16 new operating rooms in $102M upgrade

CBC reported on a $102-million upgrade at Vancouver General Hospital which will increase surgeries at B.C.’s largest hospital by 13 per cent, or 2,200 surgeries annually. The upgrades will be […]

Ian Mulgrew: Blame B.C. for medical wait lists, McGeer tells court

The Vancouver Sun highlighted testimony by Patrick McGeer, a UBC psychiatry professor emeritus and UBC alumnus. Speaking in B.C. Supreme Court at the constitutional challenge of the Medicare Protection Act, […]

Museum of Anthropology announces new Amazonian exhibition

UBC’s Museum of Anthropology has a new major exhibition called Amazonia: The Rights of Nature, the Georgia Straight reported. The exhibition will feature Amazonian basketry, textile, carvings, feather works, and ceramics […]

Salsa at the OSO

Castanet previewed a concert at the Okanagan Symphoy Orchestra by Christie Reside, an instructor at UBC’s School of Music. Reside is currently the principal flute of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Preview: Weekend UBC Okanagan Heat games

Castanet previewed the weekend schedule for several UBC Okanagan Heat teams. Saturday will be the final university game for Claire Elliott, Olivia Johnson, Emily Kanester, and Chloe Kennedy of the women’s basketball […]

Smarting Out Climate Change – African Style

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Discharge will come

The Winnipeg Sun interviewed Isabel Grant, professor at UBC’s Peter A. Alllard School of Law, about the case of a man who killed a passenger on a Greyhound bus. Grant […]

The 2017 Sonic Boom Music Festival is around the corner!

Broadway World featured Dorothy Chang, a professor at the UBC School of Music, who is the composer-in-residence for the Sonic Boom Festival 2017. Chang’s music is rooted in the Western art music tradition yet also […]