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The Tyee published an op-ed by Patrick Condon, the chair of the urban design program at UBC’s school of architecture and landscape architecture. “For Vancouver to survive as anything other […]
Jun 4, 2018
CBC Radio’s On the Coast featured an interview with Carol Mayer, a curator with UBC’s Museum of Anthropology. She spoke about the Erub Island ghost net sculptures. The segment starts […]
The Vancouver Sun highlighted work by Peter Black, a urology surgeon, scientist, and UBC professor. Black discussed the benefits of blue light cystoscopy. The story also appeared in The Province […]
The New York Times interviewed Tom Davidoff, a UBC economist, about the housing market in Vancouver. He discussed various factors that influence the market, including foreign buyers, strict zoning laws, […]
Ann Makosinski, a UBC student and inventor who was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list, spoke to Glamour Magazine about what it means to be a young woman today. […]
The Vancouver Sun interviewed Keith Head, a professor of international business at the UBC Sauder School of Business, about U.S. aluminum tariff action. He said if tariffs raise prices, “that […]
Bernie Garrett, a UBC professor of nursing who researches science-based medicine, was interviewed for a Global article about what type of advice to take from naturopaths and chiropractors. Garrett said […]
Delroy Paulhus, a UBC psychology professor who specializes in survey research, spoke to Global about a personality test for potential tenants of a Vancouver building. “You wouldn’t want to nail […]
Sampath Satti, a master’s candidate in UBC’s biomedical engineering department, is working on wearable technology to prevent drug overdoses, Star Vancouver reported. Satti is developing a device to calculate the […]
Christy Morrissey, a biologist and UBC alumna, spoke to Star Vancouver about a possible ban on pesticides that harm bees. “These Canadian proposed bans are not due to concerns for pollinators. They […]
The Globe and Mail interviewed Annette Henry, the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education at UBC, Ayesha Chaudhry, a professor in UBC’s institute of gender, race and social justice, and […]
Star Vancouver interviewed Alex Bigazzi, a civil engineering and transportation-planning professor at UBC, for an article about the possibility of autonomous buses and drones in Vancouver. “As long as this […]
Star Vancouver quoted Shakti Ramkumar, a fourth-year UBC geography student, in a story about the climate strategy for Metro Vancouver. “Climate change is something I think about every day,” she […]
Castanet reported that a UBC master’s candidate and team of researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus are studying factors affecting gut health. Jacqueline Barnett is launching the first-ever crowdfunded research campaign in the […]
Castanet reported on research by Phil Ainslie, a health and exercises sciences professor at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Ainslie studies hypoxia, or reductions in oxygen tension.
Burnaby Now highlighted a joint partnership between the Burnaby Village Museum and UBC that will allow students to turn their research into interpretive material. The museum will collaborate with the […]
Star Vancouver reported on the detainment of UBC alumna and women’s rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul. Experts say the detainment could harm relations between Canada and Saudi Arabia.
The Globe and Mail cited work by Joseph Henrich, a professor of human evolutionary biology, who studied monogamy. Henrich, who conducted research on the topic while at UBC, noted that […]
Jennifer Shapka, a developmental psychologist at UBC, spoke to Vice about a viral video of a nine-year-old girl smoking. Shapka said it doesn’t seem as though the young girl is […]
The Times Colonist cited a study on play environments by researchers at UBC and the Child and B.C. Children’s Hospital. “We found that play environments where children could take risks […]
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