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With back to school just a few weeks away, parents are looking to get their children back into more regular sleep schedules to ensure they’re ready for the start of classes.
Aug 22, 2018
UBC has more on-campus housing than any university in Canada with 11,796 beds as of September 2018.
Global reported on UBC research that discovered men value care-oriented jobs such as teaching and nursing less than women do. Katharina Block, a UBC social psychology PhD candidate and lead […]
CTV reported on a pipeline demonstration organized by doctors who wanted to highlight the risks to public health and the environment. Peter Pare, a UBC expert on respiratory medicine at UBC […]
The Vancouver Sun mentioned medical residents and clinical fellows from Saudi Arabia at UBC in a column about health insurance for visitors in Canada.
Various media outlets highlighted UBC researchers who discovered an enzyme in gut bacteria that could convert type A blood into universal type O. Stephen Withers, a UBC professor of biochemistry […]
Researchers at UBC’s Djavad Mowafaghian Center for Brain Health developed a new tool that can evaluate new therapies for Parkinson’s disease, United Press International reported. The therapies could lead to faster development of […]
Ellen Wiebe, a UBC clinical professor, wrote an op-ed for The Economist about assisted death. “An important part of being a good doctor is helping our patients have a good […]
Star Vancouver reported on a researcher at UBC’s Okanagan campus who was involved in a study about the momentum carried by light. Kenneth Chau, a study co-author and engineering professor, […]
Science Magazine mentioned work by Blair Leavitt, a Huntington disease researcher at UBC, in an article about a woman diagnosed with Huntington disease. Leavitt worked on a clinical trial of a […]
The Daily Mail mentioned UBC research in an article about fitness trackers overestimating steps taken by users. Researchers suggested Fitbit monitors should not be used for research purposes because of […]
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The Edmonton Journal mentioned UBC in an article about the presence of Canadian universities on Twitter. The article reported UBC is number three on the list of most mentioned schools […]
Paul Cubbon, the leader of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group at the UBC Sauder School of Business, was quoted in a Yahoo story about intrapreneurship, defined as the ways a business encourages […]
Two UBC professors spoke to local media outlets about the B.C. wildfires. The Globe and Mail and News 1130 interviewed Lori Daniels, a professor at UBC’s department of forest and conservation sciences, […]
Business in Vancouver interviewed James Vercammen, a professor in the faculty of land food systems at UBC, about the costs of extreme weather on B.C. farmers. “The biggest impact we […]
The Globe and Mail interviewed Rielle Capler, a UBC PhD candidate and interim executive director of the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries, for an article about Ontario cannabis dispensaries. Capler’s […]
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