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Francesco Trebbi, a UBC professor of economics, was quoted in a BBC story about financial rule changes in the United States including the Dodd-Frank Act, which was introduced after the […]
Jun 9, 2017
M.V. Ramana, a professor at UBC’s Liu Institute for Global Issues, spoke to Bloomberg about India’s push to expand India’s nuclear power station. Ramana said while targets for increasing nuclear power […]
UBC’s Okanagan campus is receiving $1.4 million in federal funding to research irrigation and its effect on greenhouse gas emissions, CBC reported. The school is one of the beneficiaries of […]
Business Insider cited a study by John Helliwell, a UBC economist and the co-author of the UN World Happiness Report. Helliwell found evidence that the most crucial factor for a lasting, happy relationship was […]
Mongabay reported on a UBC study about the role marine reserves can play in counteracting climate change. Daniel Pauly, one of the paper’s authors and the principal investigator with the […]
The Vancouver Sun profiled a book called Farm Workers in Western Canada: Injustices and Activism. Shirley A. McDonald, an English lecturer at UBC’s Okanagan campus, and Bob Barnetson from Athabasca University, […]
Cathy Tagnak Rexford, a UBC alumna, was named to The Writer’s Circle, Broadway World reported. Rexford earned an MFA from UBC.
The Canadian Press interviewed Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC, about Chinese investments in Canadian oilsands. He said the Liberals are being […]
Mary Ann Murphy, a professor of aging and sociology at UBC’s Okanagan campus, was interviewed for a Globe and Mail article about neighbourhoods that are welcoming for older adults. She […]
Roundhouse Radio interviewed Kevin Milligan, a UBC economics professor, about the latest platforms of the B.C. NDP and Green parties. Milligan analyzed the taxation and economics platform of the Green […]
A Globe and Mail op-ed about the recently released 2018 QS World University Rankings mentioned UBC, which dropped six places from last year’s rankings to number 51. The article argued that […]
ESPN Women reported on a UBC softball player who became the first female to play in the men’s collegiate West Coast League. She is also a member of the Canadian […]
The North Shore News mentioned UBC in a story about wooden skyscrapers. When it is completed, UBC’s 18-storey Brock Commons will be the world’s tallest wood-framed building.
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