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UBC Reports | June 1

UBC Reports | June 1

Jun 1, 2017

UBC’s Compost System

Discover how UBC’s compost system uses organic waste for campus landscaping, limits greenhouse gas emissions, and reduces what we send to the landfill year-round.

Jun 1, 2017

‘Birds heating up in quest for repeat

‘Birds heating up in quest for repeat

The UBC Thunderbirds men’s golf team made a huge charge up the leaderboard Wednesday at the Canadian University/College Championship.

Jun 1, 2017

Our kids should be protected from junk-food ads

Our kids should be protected from junk-food ads

Our kids should be protected from junk-food ads The Globe and Mail published an op-ed about junk food ads co-written by Tom Warshawski, a clinical professor of pediatrics at UBC. […]

Jun 1, 2017

Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide

Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide

Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those subsidies promoting overfishing.

Jun 1, 2017

Our kids should be protected from junk-food ads

The Globe and Mail published an op-ed about junk food ads co-written by Tom Warshawski, a clinical professor of pediatrics at UBC and chair of the Childhood Obesity Foundation. Warshawski and Mary Lewis, […]

Jun 1, 2017

Dark energy may lurk in the nothingness of space

Space reported on UBC physics research into dark energy. Study co-author Qingdi Wang, a UBC PhD candidate, said fluctuations create pressure that forces space to expand, which makes matter and […]

Jun 1, 2017

Workplace health and wellness tool kit built by men for men

Joan Bottorff, the director of UBC’s Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, was quoted in a CBC article about workplace health for men. She discussed how men have […]

Jun 1, 2017

Game-changing gifts leave mark on health system

The Globe and Mail reported on philanthropist Djavad Mowafaghian who gave a $15-million gift to UBC’s faculty of medicine. The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health opened in 2014.

Jun 1, 2017

Study among first to compare effects of cannabis on PTSD

The Georgia Straight reported on research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that examined how different strains of marijuana may affect patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder. Zach Walsh, a UBC psychology […]

Jun 1, 2017

Health Innovation For All Conference

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Jun 1, 2017

UBC writing fellowship supports emerging Indigenous writers

Quill and Quire highlighted a fellowship application at UBC’s creative writing program. Promising young Indigenous writers are encouraged to apply for the Geoffrey & Margaret Andrew Fellowship in Creative & […]

Jun 1, 2017

Canada 150: Julio Montaner’s AIDS research helped save lives

The Vancouver Sun named Julio Montaner, a UBC alumnus and AIDS researcher, to its list of 150 notable British Columbians. Montaner completed his postdoctoral work at UBC.

Jun 1, 2017

Telus Garden to host Vancouver’s first CANFAR Dinner fundraiser

UBC professor Hélène Côté, who researches HIV antiretroviral drugs, will be featured at a fundraiser to support the battle against HIV/AIDS, the Georgia Straight reported. The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research […]

Jun 1, 2017

Kelowna products go 1-2 at NAIA nationals

The Kelowna Capital News featured two UBC track athletes. UBC Thunderbirds John Gay and Sean Bergman competed at last weekend’s NAIA National Championships.

Jun 1, 2017