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The Canada 150 Research Chairs Program invests $117.6 million to enhance Canada’s reputation as a global centre for science, research and innovation excellence.
Jun 29, 2017
Some of the thousands of students on UBC’s Point Grey campus are being replaced with nearly 10-thousand school age campers this summer.
Ocean conservation needs a Hippocratic oath –do no harm The Guardian published an op-ed about the need for a code of conduct for marine conservation co-written by Nathan Bennett, a […]
As Canadians get ready to don their best red and white and wave their Maple leaf flags for Canada’s 150th birthday, UBC experts are available to comment on all things Canada.
Plants From Sea To Sky Tuesday, July 4 to Friday, July 7 2017 UBC The 2017 CSPB/SCBV Annual Meeting will take place at UBC, a joint meeting between the Canadian […]
BBC mentioned UBC physics and astronomy professor Mark Halpern in a story about various artistic, technological and research contributions made by Canadians. Also mentioned was the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment […]
The Washington Post interviewed Mandy Len Catron, a UBC creative writing instructor, about her new book, “How to Fall in Love With Anyone.” The New York Times also published an op-ed by […]
Judy Illes, a UBC neurology professor, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s Early Edition about the implications of brain mapping. She discussed how neuroimaging can help predict the future behaviour of […]
Global reported on a researcher at UBC’s Okanagan campus who calculated the possibility of time travel. Ben Tippet, a mathematics and physics instructor, believes we can use curvature and space time to […]
UBC Rocket won first place in their category at the Spaceport America Cup, which saw more than 100 colleges and universities in competition to launch student-designed rockets. This was the […]
Adam Ford, a biologist at UBC’s Okanagan campus, spoke to News 1130 after a close encounter between a coyote and a young girl in Surrey. Ford said coyotes are very […]
The Vancouver Sun reported on a UBC study that found Internet video teleconferencing is becoming a more popular way for B.C. patients to get a doctor’s opinion. Study co-author Patricia […]
The Vancouver Sun mentioned a donation from Microsoft to UBC and the University of Washington in a story about the technology industries in Vancouver and Seattle.
The Vancouver Sun reported on an upcoming orchestral performance in Whistler. UBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Jonathan Girard, will be working as assistant conductor as the Whistler Institute Orchestra performs Mahler. […]
Metro News mentioned Thomas Davidoff, a UBC economist, in a story about the Vancouver vacancy tax. Davidoff supports the tax and said the condo-rich, cash poor argument could be solved […]
CFAX Radio featured an interview with Sarika Bose, a Victorian literature lecturer in UBC’s English department and royal watcher. She discussed the heavy burden the Royal Family carries.
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Michael Law, the Canada Research Chair in Access to Medicines and a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health, was quoted in a Globe and Mail article about […]
The Georgia Straight named Muhammad Morshed to its list of Top 25 Immigrants of 2017. Morshed, a clinical professor in UBC’s department of pathology and laboratory medicine, is also a […]
The Guardian published an op-ed about the need for a code of conduct for marine conservation co-written by Nathan Bennett, a postdoctoral fellow at UBC, the University of Washington, and […]
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