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In-person support better than texting for stressed people: Study

CBC highlighted psychology research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that examined ways to help a friend who is stressed. Susan Holtzman, a psychology professor, found that in-person support is more beneficial than support over […]

May 16, 2017

Universe expansion could be driven by quantum vacuum energy

International Business Times highlighted UBC research about the rate at which the universe is expanding. Qingdi Wang, a physics and astronomy PhD candidate, his peer Zhen Zhu, and William Unruh, […]

May 16, 2017

You’ll think you’re drunker if you know cocktail has energy drink

Cosmopolitan U.K. featured research from the UBC Sauder School of Business that examines the effect of energy drink marketing. Researchers found that young men who knew that their drink contained an energy drink […]

May 16, 2017

B.C. voters don’t want Liberal government: Poll

The Vancouver Sun spoke with Maxwell Cameron, a UBC political science professor, about how voters are unsure about their decision. He said this ambivalence could be attributed to the uncertain […]

May 16, 2017

With B.C. politics on standby, are rules too lax?

Metro News quoted Gerald Baier, a UBC political scientist, in a story about B.C. politics. He said without the meeting of the Legislative Assembly, B.C. can’t draw additional funds, so it […]

May 16, 2017

Canadian Arctic residents fear way of life is melting away

Public Radio International quoted Kathryn Harrison, a UBC professor of political science, in a story about the effects of climate change in Canada’s Arctic. Harrison addressed a potential carbon pricing […]

May 16, 2017

Asian cultures new and old reflected in Traces of Words

The Georgia Straight highlighted the Traces of Words exhibition at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. Fuyubi Nakamura, MOA’s curator of Asia, discussed how many Asian written cultures originate in oral traditions.

May 16, 2017

B.C. Place should be grateful U2 fans were mostly old, sober

Elisabeth Zoffmann, a UBC clinical psychiatry professor, was quoted in a Georgia Straight article about the factors that may contribute to riots. Zoffman theorized that the prefrontal cortex “may cease […]

May 16, 2017

Stampeders add a handful of defenders ahead of rookie-camp

The Calgary Herald reported on a UBC Thunderbirds football player who was added to the 2017 rookie-camp roster for the Calgary Stampeders. Linebacker Riley Jones played 34 games over five […]

May 16, 2017

Cultural differences matter in hearing loss

The Vancouver Courier cited a study from UBC audiology alumnus Benson Hsu. The 2006 thesis analyzed how Chinese and Western seniors may have differing attitudes and beliefs about hearing loss […]

May 16, 2017

Elvira Madigan: Jonathan Biss plays Mozart

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May 16, 2017

B.C. election leaves provincial Asia strategy in doubt

Yves Tiberghien, director of the Institute of Asian Research at UBC, spoke to Business in Vancouver about the future of B.C.’s Asia-Pacific trade plans under the new government. He said more than […]

May 16, 2017

Opportunities for B.C. in the world’s fastest growing economy

Roundhouse Radio featured an interview with Kevin Milligan, a UBC economics professor. Milligan discussed the politics of taxation post-B.C. election.

May 16, 2017

Time for ‘alliance’ with NDP and Green Party ousting Clark

24 Hours Vancouver cited a political analysis of the B.C. election by Kevin Milligan, a UBC economist. Milligan found the current count of 43 BC Liberal MLAs, 41 BC NDP and three […]

May 16, 2017

Indigenous writers urge communities to reclaim own voices

CBC spoke to Daniel Justice, a UBC professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous literature and expressive culture, about Indigenous writers. He said many Indigenous writers who are saying crucial things still don’t have […]

May 16, 2017

Can you become happier?

The Kelowna Capital News reported on UBC psychology professors who are opening a clinical trial to a new group of Okanagan residents. The trial was set up by Lesley Lutes […]

May 16, 2017

Ecosystems: The importance of habitat connectivity

Radio Canada featured a UBC study on preserving ecosystems. Patrick Thompson, a UBC zoology post-doctoral fellow and lead study author, has found that to help preserve existing ecosystems as the […]

May 16, 2017

If Libs and Greens ally, ‘it will be about power and ego:’ Activists

David Moscrop, a UBC political scientist, spoke to The Tyee for a story about the possible situation if the Liberal and Green parties ally in B.C. He believes Christy Clark […]

May 16, 2017

Bill Nelems: Thoracic surgeon made medical history

The Globe and Mail remembered surgeon and former UBC faculty member Bill Nelems who died following cardiac failure on Mar 31. UBC nursing instructors Jessica Barker and Muriel Kranabetter shared their […]

May 16, 2017