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Could a sex robot save your marriage? Canadian prof thinks so

The Evening Standard U.K. interviewed Marina Adshade, a professor at UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics, about sex robots. She suggested that sex robots could complement human companionships by easing the demands […]

Apr 20, 2018

Why some African birds stay home longer: UBC team

International Business Times highlighted UBC research on birds that found when some adult offspring are slow and show unwillingness to leave, parent birds prefer to keep them at home. The research […]

Apr 20, 2018

The work of “marital maintenance” is a privilege

Slate mentioned a UBC study in an article about marital maintenance. Researchers at UBC and Harvard Business School studied the connection between outsourcing chores and positive impacts on relationship satisfaction.

Apr 20, 2018

UBC program guides young tech minds

UBC’s Hatch incubator for tech ventures was featured in a new BC Business article. The program is based at the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems and supports ventures […]

Apr 20, 2018

Kelowna writer a winner

Castanet reported that Brittni MacKenzie-Dale, a master of arts candidate at UBC’s Okanagan campus, is the winner of this year’s Okanagan Short Story Contest. The annual competition is open to […]

Apr 20, 2018

Proper engagement needed for quarry development: expert

The Agassiz Harrison Observer interviewed UBC mining professor Marcello Veiga for a story on a quarry application. Veiga told the Observer that compared to other operations such as gold mining, […]

Apr 20, 2018

Canadian mothers increasingly giving birth through C-section

Two UBC experts weighed in on new statistics that show the rate of births done by caesarian section in Canada is continuing to grow. Global and CBC interviewed Saraswathi Verdam, a […]

Apr 20, 2018

How Vancouver is changing the game for clean energy solutions

Michel Laberge, a UBC alumnus and the founder of renewable energy company General Fusion, was mentioned in the Georgia Straight. Laberge earned his PhD in laser fusion from UBC.

Apr 20, 2018

Timely film looks at the madness of Trans Mountain

The Tyee reported on a film about climate change that includes an interview with Ussif Rashid Sumaila, the director of the Fisheries Economic Unit at UBC. He discusses how there is […]

Apr 20, 2018

Toronto Star shortlisted for three Canadian Journalism Foundation awards

The Toronto Star reported that a national investigation on the hidden costs of the oil industry including journalists from UBC was shortlisted for the Canadian Journalism Foundation Jackman Award for […]

Apr 20, 2018

War and Peace – The Tallis Scholars

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Apr 20, 2018

What stories we tell about bears say about us

An interview with Greg Garrard, a professor of sustainability at UBC’s Okanagan campus, was featured on CBC Radio’s Ideas. Garrard teaches courses in eco-criticism and critical animal studies.

Apr 20, 2018

Giving birth can be ‘terrifying’. A B.C. study could finally help

Huffington Post Canada highlighted a UBC psychiatry study led by Nichole Fairbrother that is developing Canada’s first screening tool for childbirth fear. The team are hoping to recruit 700 pregnant […]

Apr 20, 2018

UBC to advocate completion of rapid transit to campus

UBC to advocate completion of rapid transit to campus

Building on recent news of funding for the Millennium Line Broadway Extension to Arbutus, UBC’s Board of Governors today endorsed an advocacy strategy to accelerate completion of the SkyTrain line to the university’s Point Grey campus.

Apr 19, 2018

Edmonton bear biologist finds Twitter boosts academic research

The Star Edmonton mentioned UBC in a story about a study that found social media can be a valuable way for scientists to get their work out. Clayton Lamb, a […]

Apr 19, 2018

4-year-old had been growling so naturopath says she gave him rabid dog saliva

The Washington Post  (also in Seattle Times) interviewed Bonnie Henry, a physician and clinical professor at UBC, after a naturopath claimed she treated a four-year-old boy’s behavioural problems with rabid dog saliva. […]

Apr 19, 2018

UBC experts on 4/20 cannabis events

UBC experts on 4/20 cannabis events

Annual 4/20 cannabis events take place Friday, with Canada expected to legalize the drug later this year.

Apr 19, 2018

4 in 10 Americans live in areas with unhealthy air: Report

United Press International mentioned UBC in an article about unhealthy air around the world. The State of Global Air for 2018 report was released by UBC, the Health Effects Institute, and the […]

Apr 19, 2018

Ship-based rocket landing platform design competition held in Canada

Xinhua highlighted a ship-based rocket landing platform design competition involving mechanical engineering students at UBC. Students built and demonstrated the SpaceX-style landing platform models. A similar story appeared on Breakfast TV […]

Apr 19, 2018

B.C.’s free anti-overdose kits saved hundreds of lives: Study

CBC mentioned UBC in a story about a study that examined the impacts of a program that hands out anti-overdose drug kits in B.C. The study stemmed from the first […]

Apr 19, 2018