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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
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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.
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 […]
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.
UBC’s summary of animals involved in research at the university in 2016 is now available.
Nov 28, 2017
The New York Daily News reported on UBC research that found the amount of close and comforting contact infants receive from their caregivers impacts children at the molecular level. Michael Kobor, a […]
The Conversation published an op-ed by John Paul Catungal, an instructor in critical race and ethnic studies at UBC’s Social Justice Institute, about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s planned formal apology on behalf […]
Global quoted two UBC law professors in a story about the reversal of a B.C. Supreme Court decision that raised questions about a judge’s ability to do his job. Erez […]
Research by Saeid Allahdadian, a UBC post-doctoral researcher, was featured on CKNW’s Jon McComb show. Allahdadian analyzed public messages posted to Twitter and found they hold enough location data to […]
The Vancouver Sun reported on UBC’s Blue & Gold Campaign for Students, a fundraising campaign that aims to raise $100 million over three years to give promising students access to […]
Various media outlets interviewed Sarika Bose, a UBC lecturer in Victorian literature and an expert on the Royal Family, after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement. Bose spoke […]
Max Cameron, director of the centre for democratic institutions at UBC, was quoted in a Vancouver Sun article about electoral reform. Cameron, one of the academic advisers recruited by the […]
Metro News interviewed Bonnie Henry, a professor in UBC’s school of population of public health, in a story about Canada’s opioid crisis. Henry believes it would be helpful to have […]
Two UBC academics spoke to the local media about the national housing strategy. Penny Gurstein, the director of UBC’s school of community and regional planning, was interviewed on Roundhouse Radio about the […]
Newsweek featured a new technique developed by UBC researchers that can identify unwanted animal products in ground beef. The technology uses a laser-equipped spectrometer that captures energy signals from meat […]
Business in Vancouver mentioned four programs associated with UBC in an article about innovative projects to watch in B.C. The B.C. Aboriginal Doors program is led by the Centre for […]
New York Magazine highlighted UBC researchers who observed whales rubbing themselves on rocks to exfoliate in Canada’s Arctic. “We could clearly see these whales clustered around these boulders taking turns […]
Ann Stone, a UBC Sauder School of Business lecturer, was quoted in a Business in Vancouver article about the new casino in downtown Vancouver. She explained that the first weeks […]
The Kelowna Capital News reported on the latest results from the UBC Okanagan Heat women’s volleyball squad. The UBCO Heat share the conference lead with UBC and Calgary.
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