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Canada could lead the fight for life in a post-antibiotic world

Canada could lead the fight for life in a post-antibiotic world Bob Hancock, a UBC professor of microbiology and immunology, co-wrote an op-ed for The Conversation about a “post-antibiotic world.” […]

Jul 19, 2017

Four track and field alumni to compete at World Championships

Four track and field alumni to compete at World Championships

Four UBC Thunderbirds track and field alumni have been chosen to represent Canada at the upcoming IAAF World Championships.

Jul 19, 2017

The Thing with Feathers

From ‘snarge’ to unidentified museum artifacts, forensic ornithologist Ildiko Szabo investigates bird mysteries big and small.

Jul 19, 2017

Opinion: Talent for growth, Canada’s window of opportunity

Alejandro Adem, a Canada Research Chair in algebraic topology and UBC mathematics professor, wrote an op-ed for the Vancouver Sun about Canada’s opportunities in science and innovation. He wrote that […]

Jul 19, 2017

Mental health burden of wildfires weighs on vulnerable populations

Various UBC experts weighed in on the impacts of forest fires in B.C. Steven Taylor, a professor of psychiatry, told Metro News decades of research show human beings are very […]

Jul 19, 2017

Horgan becomes premier today

Several UBC experts weighed in after John Horgan officially became the new premier of B.C. Harry Nelson, a UBC forestry professor, told News 1130 there is nothing in the NDP […]

Jul 19, 2017

Grandmother power in Canada’s global aid

BBC mentioned work by UBC engineering students in a story about a Canadian organization called Grand Challenges Canada. The students developed a drill cover for low-cost bone surgery with the […]

Jul 19, 2017

Listings up, sales down: Regina home prices could drop

Thomas Davidoff, a UBC business professor, was interviewed for a CBC Saskatchewan story about the housing market in Regina. He said low sales and high listings means there an excess […]

Jul 19, 2017

Metro Vancouver issues air quality advisory due to wildfires

The Georgia Straight cited an essay by UBC researchers Michael Brauer and Chris Carlsten about the far-reaching health effects of poor air quality. In the essay called “Clearing the Air” […]

Jul 19, 2017

Canada could lead the fight for life in a post-antibiotic world

Bob Hancock, a UBC professor of microbiology and immunology, co-wrote an op-ed for The Conversation about a “post-antibiotic world.” Hancock and Gerry Wright, a professor of biochemistry and biomedical sciences […]

Jul 19, 2017

B.C. events open on-ramp to epic transportation plan

Yves Tiberghien, the director of UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, was quoted in a Business in Vancouver article about China’s primary foreign policy initiative. Tiberghien noted the spike in visibility […]

Jul 19, 2017

Drugs: What’s race got to do with it?

CBC Radio interviewed Henry Yu, a UBC historian, about how the opium trade was used to portray the Chinese community as an outside threat. He said “that became one of […]

Jul 19, 2017

Construction Corner: Consumer demand driving interest in wood technology

The Journal of Commerce mentioned the wood tower building on UBC campus in a story about wood technology. Brock Commons will house 404 students in 272 studio apartments and 33 […]

Jul 19, 2017