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  • Wildfires could be harming our oceans and disrupting their carbon storage

    Wildfires could be harming our oceans and disrupting their carbon storage

  • Forensic files: UBC and BCIT launch joint degree in forensic sciences

    Forensic files: UBC and BCIT launch joint degree in forensic sciences

    UBC and BCIT are teaming up to train B.C.’s next generation of forensic scientists. Future graduates of the new combined honours program will receive a bachelor of science in biochemistry and forensic science from UBC and BCIT. It will be the only program of its kind in Western Canada.

  • Top researchers join UBC as Canada 150 Research Chairs

    Top researchers join UBC as Canada 150 Research Chairs

    Three internationally recognized researchers will join the University of British Columbia this year, bringing international talent in the fields of evolutionary genomics, functional genetics and social psychology as Canada 150 Research Chairs.

  • Sex workers need workplace regulations to improve safety: study

    Sex workers need workplace regulations to improve safety: study

    Canada’s sex workers, many of whom work indoors, are enterprising and vigilant when it comes to protecting themselves against exploitation, assault or robbery. They set a relaxing atmosphere, insist on a no-drugs rule, keep self-defence tools at the ready and maintain good relationships with landlords in order to avoid eviction.

  • Flight delays: UBC study finds out why some African birds stay home longer

    Flight delays: UBC study finds out why some African birds stay home longer

    Parents of millennials still living at home aren’t the only ones with children that refuse to leave. Many animal species have adult offspring that are slow to take flight, but when and how they leave has been poorly understood by scientists. Now, new UBC research on a desert-dwelling African bird is yielding some answers.

  • New pheromone insight may help predict mountain pine beetle outbreaks

    New pheromone insight may help predict mountain pine beetle outbreaks

    Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shed new light on how mountain pine beetles produce an important pheromone called trans-verbenol, which could aid in efforts to better predict outbreaks.

  • Coral reefs suffering in Philippines despite outlawing damaging fishing practices

    Coral reefs suffering in Philippines despite outlawing damaging fishing practices

    Some of the fishing methods used in today’s small-scale fisheries are causing more damage to coral reefs than ever, a new UBC study has found.

  • Reefs help protect vulnerable Caribbean fish from climate change

    Reefs help protect vulnerable Caribbean fish from climate change

    New research from UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean’s coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming.

  • New home for sports medicine and exercise science opens at UBC

    New home for sports medicine and exercise science opens at UBC

    Exploring the benefits of exercise, improving athletic performance and treating sports-related injuries will be the focus of a new building that officially opens today at the University of British Columbia. 

  • What to know before running for office

    What to know before running for office

    If Donald Trump can become president, anyone can. But that doesn’t mean they should— at least not without being trained first.

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