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Researcher reveals the math of time travel and says it is possible

Various media outlets featured research by Ben Tippett, a mathematics and physics instructor at UBC’s Okanagan campus, about the mathematics for a viable time machine. Tippett created a formula that […]

Apr 28, 2017

Coal caught in U.S.-Canada lumber trade war sends stocks sliding

Bloomberg interviewed Ilan B. Vertinsky, a UBC international business studies professor, for a story about the involvement of coal in the lumber trade war between the U.S. and Canada. Vertinsky said Canada […]

Apr 28, 2017

A third of global fishing is unreported, UBC researchers find

Research by Dirk Zeller, a senior scientist and executive director for the Sea Around Us project at UBC, was featured in a CBC story. Zeller said 50 per cent more fish […]

Apr 28, 2017

Analyzing the body language from the leaders’ debate

Zachary Witkower, a UBC psychology master’s candidate and body language expert, was interviewed on Global about the leaders’ debate. He explained some of the emotions conveyed by Christy Clark, John […]

Apr 28, 2017

How North Korea’s political ideology became a de-facto religion

The Huffington Post quoted Donald Baker, a professor in UBC’s department of Asian studies, in a story about “juche,” a political philosophy in North Korea. Baker said the unconditional loyalty […]

Apr 28, 2017

Blame California for high lettuce and cauliflower prices

News 1130 quoted James Vercammen, a UBC professor of food economics, about recently inflated high prices of cauliflower and lettuce. He said the record cold and wet weather in California makes it […]

Apr 28, 2017

Not just a boys’ club: Women hooking into fishing industry

VOA featured research by Sarah Harper, a PhD candidate at UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, about women’s contributions to the fishing industry in Mexico, Peru, Senegal, South Africa and […]

Apr 28, 2017

Metrotown neighbourhood already high-density, census shows

Research by Craig Jones, a UBC geography researcher, was highlighted in a Burnaby Now story on density in a Metrotown neighbourhood. Jones was surprised when he found the Maywood area […]

Apr 28, 2017

B.C. to remain ‘wild west’ of campaign finance if Liberals win: Experts

The Canadian Press interviewed Maxwell Cameron, a UBC political scientist, about election campaign finance laws in B.C. He said the incumbent B.C. Liberals have shown little interest in reforming political […]

Apr 28, 2017

Choirs from Little Flower Academy: Stand Together

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Apr 28, 2017

U.S. child poverty a disgrace. Experts embrace plan to cut it

Vox cited research by Kevin Milligan, a UBC economist, in an article about child poverty in the United States. Milligan and Mark Stabile from the University of Toronto found that […]

Apr 28, 2017

Five months after Stewart quits ‘critical’ Asia trade post, job still vacant

Keith Head, a professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, spoke to The Tyee about B.C.’s vacant job of trade commissioner to Asia after former MLA Ben Stewart resigned. Head said that over […]

Apr 28, 2017