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CNN reported on a new study out of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay which estimated that 75 per cent of air pollution-related deaths in India comes in its rural […]
Jan 15, 2018
Julian Dierkes, a professor at UBC’s school of public policy and global affairs wrote about growing corruption in Mongolia in an op-ed for East Asia Forum. “For observers and Mongolian […]
UBC neuroethics professor Peter Reiner was interviewed for a CBC story on smartphone addiction. “The first thing you can do, is not take that phone into the bedroom and keep […]
A CNBC story on noted financial advisor Suze Orman discussed whether more money will make people happier. The story quoted UBC psychology professor Elizabeth Dunn, who researches money and happiness. […]
Cristie Ford of UBC’s centre for business law was interviewed for a CBC story about a Vancouver cryptocurrency exchange that’s seeing an avalanche of clients. Experts say the cryptocurrency sector […]
Teen Vogue reported on UBC research involving 160 lesbian and bisexual girls across the U.S., which indicated that the girls aren’t receiving sufficient information on sexual health and safe sex. […]
Huffington Post highlighted Santa Monica’s search for a way to more accurately measure its citizens’ well-being. The article mentioned John Helliwell, a UBC economist and editor of the United Nations […]
UBC botany professor Jonathan Page was interviewed on CBC’s The Current (audio). Page believes government should encourage outdoor growing to reduce the environmental impact of growing marijuana. “The illicit market […]
UBC psychologist Paul Hewitt was interviewed for a CBC story on a new U.K. study on perfectionism that involved 41,641 post-secondary students from Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. Hewitt […]
A shortage of student housing near UBC’s Okanagan campus has led to a housing boom in that area of Kelowna, reports Global News. On-campus housing can accommodate just 1,676 of […]
The late Walter Gage, a UBC alumnus and former professor and UBC president was the focus of a Vancouver Sun article. A book about Gage’s life, The Age of Walter […]
A pilot study on mindfulness at UBC was the focus of a new Vancouver Sun story. The study aims to compare strategies for dealing with the loss of sexual function […]
UBC law professor Erez Aloni was interviewed in a Metro story on discrimination against rideshare passengers. Aloni said ridehail drivers don’t get a free pass to discriminate based on race, […]
A UBC professor has been temporarily barred from supervising students, researchers and volunteers by the province’s College of Psychologists, reports the Globe and Mail. Similar stories appeared on CBC, Global, […]
Three UBC professors say government should address both demand and supply to effectively improve affordability in Vancouver. In a Globe and Mail op-ed, Thomas Davidoff and Tsur Somerville, with UBC’s […]
The Globe and Mail reported that more than 10 writers have removed their names from a letter that called for due process for author Steven Galloway, the former chair of creative writing […]
A Globe and Mail story on caring for people with dementia quoted Roger Wong, executive associate dean at UBC’s faculty of medicine and a clinical professor of geriatric medicine. Wong […]
Lindsey Richardson, a research scientist with the B.C. Centre on Substance Use and assistant sociology professor, and Jenna Van Draanen, a UBC postdoctoral fellow, wrote an op-ed for The Conversation.
Jan 12, 2018
Melanie Mark, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training is encouraging more public engagement for the Prevent Sexual Violence campaign.
Elizabeth Wolkovich, a UBC zoologist, spoke to BBC about how rising temperatures in wine regions have forced growers abroad to set up vineyards in new, cooler areas.
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