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UBC Reports | June 30

UBC Reports | June 30

Jun 30, 2017

Whistler Institute Orchestra performs Mahler

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Jun 30, 2017

Despite FDA rule, teens may struggle to get morning-after-pill

Reuters interviewed Regina-Maria Renner, a clinical assistant professor at UBC, for a story about the morning-after pill. Renner said it could make sense for women to go to a pharmacy […]

Jun 30, 2017

UBC amateur rocket team beats out Caltech and MIT

CBC Radio’s Early Edition reported on the UBC Rocket team which won the Spaceport America Cup, an international rocket-launching competition. Joren Jackson, the UBC Rocket team leader, discussed the team’s […]

Jun 30, 2017

Deadline for landlords to rent homes, avoid empty homes tax

Thomas Davidoff, a UBC economics professor, was quoted in a Vancouver Courier story about the empty homes tax. He told city council that the empty homes tax was “good and […]

Jun 30, 2017

The logic of Trump’s sexist attacks

The Atlantic cited a study by Jennifer Berdahl, a UBC Sauder School of Business professor, in a story about Trump’s sexist attacks. In a 2007 study, she found that the best […]

Jun 30, 2017

Yes, getting dirty can be a natural antidepressant

Reader’s Digest quoted Brett Finlay, a UBC microbiologist, about research that suggests dirt and its bacteria may help stave off depression. He said “there is pretty strong evidence that microbes […]

Jun 30, 2017

RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards include seven South Asians

Indo-Canadian Voice reported on Muhammad Morshed, a UBC professor, who was named to the RBC Top 25 Immigrants Awards of 2017. Morshed, a clinical professor in UBC’s department of pathology […]

Jun 30, 2017

Private schools’ role in offshore inspections raise questions

Wendy Poole,  a UBC professor of education studies, spoke to The Tyee about problems at B.C.-certified offshore schools. She said private schools’ interest in attracting international students leads to potential […]

Jun 30, 2017

Global fishing fleets waste ten per cent of catch

Smithsonian Magazine reported on UBC research that examined the amount of fish waste created by fishing fleets. Dirk Zeller, lead author of the study and senior research partner with UBC’s […]

Jun 30, 2017

Why do so many gay and bisexual men die from suicide?

Olivier Ferlatte, a postdoctoral research fellow of Men’s Health Research, at UBC, wrote an op-ed for The Conversation about rates of suicide among gay and bisexual men. Ferlatte wrote that […]

Jun 30, 2017

Two UBC hockey players get signed by KHL’s Kunlun Red Star

The Province reported on two UBC Thunderbirds hockey players who will play for the KHL’s HC Kunlun Red Star organization. Luke Lockhart and Derek Dun were signed to the team […]

Jun 30, 2017

Ontario gets it right with move to higher minimum wage

Craig Riddell, a UBC professor emeritus of economics, co-wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail about Ontario’s minimum wage increase. Riddell, Lars Osberg at Dalhousie University, Michal Rozworski at the […]

Jun 30, 2017

North Korea’s America-hating postage stamps

Quartz quoted Ross King, a UBC professor in the Asian studies department, about postage stamps that display anti-imperialist propaganda. King discussed past examples of propaganda that display cursing on a […]

Jun 30, 2017

Catron’s book asks if 36 questions make people fall in love?

The Globe and Mail featured a book by Mandy Len Catron, a UBC English lecturer. Catron’s new book, How to Fall in Love With Anyone, follows the theme of her popular New […]

Jun 30, 2017

Trebek, Messier and a brewing genius: 99 join the Order of Canada

The National Post highlighted the latest group of people who have been appointed to the Order of Canada, including a UBC alumna. Gloria Cranmer, the daughter of Kwakwaka’wakw chief Dan […]

Jun 30, 2017