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UBC’s Jessica Hanson’s home-court advantage deeper than most

The Province featured UBC Thunderbirds basketball player Jessica Hanson. The article also highlighted Jerret Smith, a TBirds hockey player and Luka Zaharijevic, a TBirds basketball player. The story also appeared […]

Nov 29, 2017

Never get caught in rain with umbrella rental scheme

Lonely Planet mentioned UmbraCity, an umbrella-sharing project at UBC. The venture, founded by UBC students, is expanding into Vancouver.

Nov 29, 2017

The bear necessities

Castanet reported on a study from UBC’s Okanagan campus that examined grizzly bear interaction with public highways. Adam Ford, Canada Research Chair in Wildlife Restoration Ecology at UBCO, and Montana […]

Nov 29, 2017

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf

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Nov 29, 2017

New art installation at UBC only visible when it rains

Daily Hive reported on “rain-activated” art created by Tiffany Quon, a UBC engineering student. The rain grafitti uses water-repelling and eco-friendly paint that only shows up when it’s wet.

Nov 29, 2017

Alternatives to Site C dam will create more jobs: UBC analysis

DeSmog Canada reported on a UBC analysis that found alternatives to the Site C dam will create more jobs. “By 2054, the B.C. Utilities Commission alternative portfolio will have created three times […]

Nov 29, 2017

Universities as real-estate developers

University Affairs mentioned UBC in a story about universities as real-estate developers. The article reported the school’s first residential project in 1984 generated an $81-million profit for the university.

Nov 29, 2017