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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.
Feb 22, 2018
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Paul Kershaw, a professor at UBC’s school of population and public health, commented on the 2018 B.C. budget. Speaking to Reuters, he said that “You really do need to give […]
Feb 21, 2018
Taylor Owen, assistant professor of digital media and global affairs at UBC, commented on Facebook’s new Canadian election integrity initiative to improve the security of its platform and fight misinformation. […]
UBC experts were quoted in a Guardian story on a B.C. supreme court ruling that granted native Americans in the U.S. the right to hunt in Canada. Bruce Miller, an […]
UBC real estate expert Tom Davidoff was quoted in a number of media outlets about the B.C. budget. The new tax to be levied annually on property owners who do […]
Global highlighted a study at UBC’s Okanagan campus that is looking at barriers to keeping fit that are faced by those living with spinal cord injuries. UBC researcher Kathleen Martin […]
Colette Wabnitz, a UBC researcher and marine scientist with the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, was interviewed by Roundhouse Radio’s Impact to discuss a new study that highlights a […]
UBC researcher John Staples was quoted in a Metro News article about the regulation of marijuana while driving. Staples, a clinical assistant professor with the faculty of medicine, published a […]
UBC researcher Jude Kornelsen, who has studied access to maternity care in rural B.C., was interviewed for a CBC story highlighting the lack of prenatal care in dozens of rural […]
Feb 20, 2018
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