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The Province featured Mason Bourcier, an upcoming UBC basketball player. Kevin Hanson, the head coach of the UBC men’s basketball team, was also quoted in the article.
Jun 19, 2017
Launette Rieb, an addictions expert and clinical professor in UBC’s faculty of medicine, was quoted in a CBC story on the new policy that allows liquor to be sold in […]
Breakfast Television reported on a team of UBC engineering students who are preparing for a rocket competition in New Mexico. The goal at the Spaceport America Cup is to reach […]
A Vancouver Sun op-ed cited a report on the Site C dam project that was co-authored by Karen Bakker, the Canada Research Chair in political ecology and director of UBC’s […]
Research by Steven Morgan, a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health, was cited in a Vancouver Sun op-ed. The study found that Canada had the second-highest medication […]
Metro News featured UBC students who will host a free summer camp for children from refugee families. The East Vancouver Newcomer Camp will offer basic English lessons and organized activities […]
Time Magazine reported on a study from UBC’s Okanagan campus that examined the connection between exercise and body image. Researchers from the School of Health and Exercise Sciences found that […]
Yann Cornil, a professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, was interviewed for a Vancouver Magazine story about a study that examined the effect of marketing labels on perceived […]
David Hardisty, a professor at the UBC Sauder School of Business, spoke to BC Business about the impact of the real estate market on B.C. residents. He said a group […]
UBC research was mentioned in a Daily Mail article on antioxidants in organic food. The UBC research looked at the cost of organic food and said shoppers who buy organic […]
MSN published a story about researchers from Michigan State and UBC that analyzed how money contributes to happiness. The study found that while money does not add happiness, it reduces sadness.
Kelowna Daily Courier highlighted a psychology study at UBC’s Okanagan campus that examines increasing happiness and well-being. “Enduring Happiness and Continued Self-Enhancement” is a randomized clinical trial.
Kelowna Now reported on the 18-storey Brock Commons residence on UBC campus. The wood building will save 2,432 metric tonnes of C02 compared to traditional structural materials, and will be […]
CBC quoted Judith Myers, a UBC zoology professor emerita, about the abundance of caterpillars across Canada. She said the current infestation “is typical of these cycles that are anywhere between […]
Radio Canada highlighted UBC research that found a connection between exercise and benefits for those with dementia. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, the director of UBC’s Aging, Mobility and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab and […]
Daily Hive highlighted the Joy of Feeding annual fundraising event that takes place June 24 at UBC. Thirteen home chefs from different cultures will serve their favourite recipes at the […]
Evan Wood, a UBC medicine professor, Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine, and the director of the B.C. Centre on Substance Use, wrote an op-ed for the Vancouver Sun […]
Cindy Blackstock, a UBC alumna and First Nations child welfare advocate, received an honorary degree from the University of Winnipeg, CBC reported. She holds a bachelor of arts in psychology from […]
The Ottawa Citizen quoted Jonathan Page, a UBC botany professor, about the future of marijuana legalization. Page, who runs a cannabis-testing lab, speculated that cannabis-infused drinks may be allowed first. […]
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