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A single corporation has registered nearly half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine organisms, according to a new study.
Jun 6, 2018
Newsweek highlighted UBC research that found men who had used psychedelics one or more times in the past had around a 50 per cent lower chance of being violent toward […]
South China Morning Post reported that James Tansey, executive director of the Centre for Social Innovation and Impact Investing at UBC, retracted his proposal that Canada restart a controversial Chinese-dominated millionaire migration scheme […]
News 1130 interviewed Thalia Field, a professor of medicine at UBC, for a story about a report from the Heart and Stroke Foundation that found women are more likely to […]
Star Vancouver highlighted UBC research that found envy is a “fundamental” emotion that brands provoke in consumers. Darren Dahl, an economist at the UBC Sauder School of Business and study author, […]
Xinhua interviewed Werner Antweiler, a UBC professor of trade policy, about U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and other allies. “Any economist you talk to […]
Star Vancouver featured work by Tom Davidoff, a UBC economics professor, about support for new real estate taxes. Using a Twitter poll, Davidoff asked respondents whether they owned a house […]
B.C. announced the addition of 50 clinical pharmacists to be integrated into primary-care networks across the province, Global reported. The positions will involve UBC’s faculty of pharmaceutical sciences. Similar stories […]
Work by Dan Small, a medical anthropologist and adjunct professor at UBC, was mentioned in a Georgia Straight article about a potential royal commission to look into Canada’s overdose crisis. […]
Indo-Canadian Voice highlighted a UBC study that examined the impact of disasters on religious faith. “It’s generally assumed that disasters can intensify religious preferences or practices,” said study author Oscar […]
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Daily Hive mentioned the new UBC baseball stadium in a story about a soccer stadium in Victoria. UBC recently opened the 480-seat stadium as an addition to Thunderbird Park’s sports […]
Radio Canada mentioned a report co-created by Lael Parrott, a professor of biology and earth and environmental sciences at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Parrott, University of Alberta mountain historian Zac Robinson, […]
Castanet reported that more than 1,750 students will receive degrees this week at UBC’s Okanagan campus. “Over the past 13 years, we’ve watched with pride as UBC Okanagan’s graduating classes have […]
The Vancouver Sun reported that Ken Sim, a UBC alumnus, was selected as the mayoral nomination for the NPA. Sim is a graduate of the UBC Sauder School of Business. […]
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