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UBC Reports | February 17
Feb 17, 2017
Various media outlets reported on UBC research that provides insight into the nerve tissue of whales. Margo Lillie, a UBC zoology researcher, explained how waviness in nerves helps the cetaceans […]
CBC reported on UBC researchers that are examining how Viagra could treat a rare condition among pregnant women called early intrauterine growth restriction. Kenneth Lim, division head for the maternal-fetal […]
Marie-Louise Bird, a post doctoral research fellow in the UBC’s physical therapy department, spoke to Men’s Health about ways to support your spine during exercise. Bird said Pilates helps the […]
The Vancouver Sun highlighted research that aims to understand how Canadians use cannabis. M-J Milloy, the study lead and a UBC medicine professor, said the study aims to generate detailed evidence […]
The Province published an op-ed about the number of international students at UBC following the Times Higher Education ranking that named the university as one of most globally connected in […]
Metro News reported on a share-economy app called Quupe that is receiving support from the social innovator hub S3i associated with the UBC Sauder School of Business. People list and rent goods […]
News 1130 mentioned UBC in a story about university and college texts that are now accessible online for students. UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria are all […]
Irish Examiner quoted Rosemary Basson, the director of UBC’s sexual medicine program, in an article about discussing sex in a relationship. She said she believes sexual desire is not a […]
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Shernaz Bamji, a professor in UBC’s department of cellular and physiological sciences, was interviewed on CBC’s The Current about why some people could be genetically more susceptible to addiction. Bamji […]
Castanet highlighted the winners of an invention competition at UBC’s Okanagan campus. UBCO students Jaren Larsen and Pablo Doskoch were among the winners for their idea called Refresh, a social enterprise that helps […]
Various media outlets reported on a request for proposal submitted by BC Transit for construction of a new transit exchange at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Stories appeared on Castanet, Kelowna Now and […]
Castanet highlighted an upcoming symposium that aims to protect B.C.’s 34 endangered First Nation languages. Jeannette Armstrong, Canada Research Chair in indigenous philosophy and professor of Indigenous studies at UBC’s Okanagan campus, […]
The Kelowna Daily Courier featured a study from UBC’s Okanagan campus that examines how interval weight-training can lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes complications. Jonathan Little, a professor in the school […]
The Globe and Mail quoted Charles Ungerleider, a UBC education professor emeritus, for a story about the hiring spree of teachers and support staff after class size and composition clauses were restored in B.C. […]
The Kelowna Daily Courier reported on an upcoming concert at the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra featuring Christie Reside, an instructor at UBC’s School of Music. Reside is currently the principal flute of […]
University of British Columbia microbiologists have found a yeast in the gut of new babies in Ecuador that appears to be a strong predictor that they will develop asthma in childhood.
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