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Here’s how to protect Canadian democracy in 2018

Stewart Prest, a UBC political science professor and Chris Tenove, a UBC postdoctoral research fellow, are calling on all Canadians to “resolve to be bolder and braver this year.”

The impacts of climate change on marine systems

The impacts of climate change on marine systems

Wall Scholar Chris Harley shows how mussels and sea stars interact as an example of how climate change is impacting marine life on the coast of British Columbia.

These companies were named the 10 best places to work in B.C.

UBC was listed second in a ranking of the 10 best places to work in the province, the Vancouver Sun reported. The list came from job site Indeed and was […]

NBC’s refusal to say PyeongChang correctly sends a clear – and ugly – message

Ross King, a professor of Korean and head of the Asian studies department at UBC, was quoted in a Quartz article about the effects of media network NBC’s mispronunciation of […]

How Koreans put the ‘K’ in K-pop

Public Radio International quoted UBC postdoctoral scholar Cedarbough Saeji in a story about the forces shaping traditional Korean music and K-pop. Seiji discussed how Korean music changed after the Japanese […]

Hanson maintains the T-Birds are a ‘different team’ than the last trip to Calgary

The Province reported on the best-of-three Canada West men’s basketball semifinal which begins Thursday. UBC’s No. 3-seeded Thunderbirds are travelling to Calgary to play the No. 2 Dinos.

A fourth type of human fuel?

A Business Insider report on a ketone ester drink developed by a San Francisco-based startup mentioned UBC research on the topic. The UBC study gave two groups of people a […]

UBC Okanagan will offer medical marijuana coverage in student health plan

Metro News reported on a one-year pilot project at UBC’s Okanagan campus that will insure costs of medical marijuana for its students. UBCO psychology professor Zachary Walsh will lead and […]

Midwives linked to better birth outcomes

KTVZ, an Oregon-based NBC affiliate, highlighted new research that showed midwife-friendly laws are linked to fewer premature births, caesarean deliveries and newborn deaths. The U.S.-wide study was led by Saraswathi […]

Karina Gould wants to save democracy from fake news. How?

A new CBC story highlighted efforts by Canada to protect democracy from online political interference and misinformation. The story cited Taylor Owen, a professor of digital media at UBC, who […]

UBC is sole Canadian entry on list of top 20 most filmed locations around the world

A story from the Georgia Straight named UBC as number 9 in the top 20 most filmed locations in the world, as well as the only location to make the […]

North Van tech pioneer turns sports training inside out

North Shore News reported on a device developed by three UBC entrepreneurs that measures athlete energy levels in real time. Behnam Molavi and Kevin Reilly, both PhD engineering graduates, created […]

Mixed reviews for B.C.’s efforts to cool the hot housing market

A Canadian Press story about mixed reviews for the B.C. budget cited UBC real estate expert Tom Davidoff. Davidoff said the speculation tax makes a lot of economic sense because of […]