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A total solar eclipse over the United States on August 21 has people excited. Here in the Lower Mainland, we’ll see 87 per cent of the sun obscured by the moon.
Aug 16, 2017
A new app created by UBC researchers to help detect concussions in hockey players will be used by the British Columbia Hockey League, CBC reported. The HeadCheck app was designed […]
Elizabeth Dunn and Jiaying Zhao, two UBC psychologists, were quoted in a Business Insider article about the connection between wealth and how people perceive wealth. Dunn who heads the Social […]
U.S News & World Report mentioned a UBC program for first-year international students. Jump Start is a two-week program for all first-year international students at the university.
CBC quoted Hadi Dowlatabadi, a Canada Research Chair at UBC’s Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, after the city of Vancouver staged a challenge related to passive homes. Speaking about […]
Jaymie Matthews, a UBC astrophysicist, was interviewed for a CTV story about the upcoming solar eclipse. He said there is no way to look at the sun safely without protection […]
Marcus Davis, a UBC football player, was profiled in The Province. The 5-foot-9, 185-pound receiver will be playing in his draft-eligible season with the UBC Thunderbirds. The story also appeared […]
Times Higher Education reported on the ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities 2017. UBC moved up three places from last year from 34th to 31st. Harvard took the top spot […]
Michelle Stack, a UBC education professor, wrote an op-ed for The Conversation about the role of education in fighting racism following the terrorist attack in Charlottesville. She wrote that “unlearning […]
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Cristie Ford, a professor and director of the Centre for Business Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC, was quoted in an article in Canadian Lawyer about […]
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