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Personalized online product recommendations may be more deceptive than they seem

Beware of “personalized” product recommendations on e-commerce sites, because some retailers might use them deceptively to influence consumers into buying lower quality products.

Sep 6, 2018

BigID takes on Varonis, Talend, Symantec in $19B market

Forbes reported on UBC alumnus Dmitri Sirota, the CEO of a Manhattan-based data protection provider. Sirota studied physics at UBC.

Sep 6, 2018

In B.C., a sexual orientation and gender identity program for educators, called SOGI 123, has drawn some opposition. Credit: Jon Gilbert Leavitt/Flickr

Sex education and gender identity in schools rife with controversy

Sexual health education and gender identity policies in schools have prompted heated debates across Canada.

Sep 6, 2018

Lawsuit launched to protect southern resident orca

CBC Radio’s BC Today featured an interview with Andrew Trites, director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at UBC, for a segment about a lawsuit to protect southern resident orca […]

Sep 6, 2018

Study finds new clues in understanding relapse in breast cancer

Xinhua reported on a breast cancer study from researchers at UBC, Washington University School of Medicine and the Baylor College of Medicine. Researchers were able to link some DNA mutations […]

Sep 6, 2018

UBC study says recovering from concussions could take longer

Global reported on a new UBC study that suggests doctors and coaches may want to re-think post-concussion protocols. Alex Weber, a UBC researcher, discussed how brain damage from concussions among […]

Sep 6, 2018

Could Crazy Rich Asians be behind spike in searches for Singapore flights from Vancouver?

Star Vancouver quoted Yue Qian, a UBC sociology professor, for a story about an increase in Singapore flights from Vancouver. Qian, whose research focuses on marriage, family and immigration, said […]

Sep 6, 2018

‘Ugly fact of life’: Your hair can sabotage your success at work

Business Insider cited a UBC study in a story about the link between hair colour and professional success. In 2016, UBC researchers found that blonde women leaders may come across […]

Sep 6, 2018

How much should we spend to save one endangered whale?

Star Vancouver interviewed Adam T. Ford, a conservation biologist at UBC’s Okanagan campus, for an article about efforts to save an endangered killer whale. Ford explained that it is too […]

Sep 6, 2018

Vision Vancouver promises to make Broadway subway line to UBC ‘top priority’

Global mentioned UBC in a story about a Vancouver mayoral candidate prioritizing a subway line to the university. The candidate cited UBC president Santa Ono’s commitment to help make the […]

Sep 6, 2018

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Sep 6, 2018

Melting glaciers are triggering the world’s biggest tsunamis

Michele Koppes, a UBC professor and glaciologist, was quoted in a Radio Canada article about melting glaciers triggering tsunamis. “When we think about who’s going to feel the repercussions of […]

Sep 6, 2018

World’s first Haida-language feature film to be at VIFF

The Georgia Straight reported on the world premiere of the first feature-length film to be shot entirely in the Haida language. The origins of the film project began in 2011 […]

Sep 6, 2018

TIFF premiere: Sgaawaay K’uuna, the first feature film about the Haida people

The Conversation published an op-ed by Leonie Sandercock, a professor with UBC’s school of community and regional planning, about a film that began as a collaboration between UBC, a film […]

Sep 6, 2018

The agonizing calculus of public money for ‘orphan disease’ drugs

An article in The Tyee about B.C. health care funding cited a speech by Thomas Perry, a clinical professor in UBC’s faculty of medicine. Speaking to a House of Commons […]

Sep 6, 2018

Favourite programs for students in B.C.

Radio Canada mentioned UBC in a story about the most popular university programs in B.C. The article reported the top five programs at UBC are media technologies, big data study, […]

Sep 6, 2018

SD48 updates sexual orientation and gender identity policy

Pique Magazine mentioned UBC in a story about School District 48 approving an update to its policy on sexual orientation and gender identity. The article reported the provincial government worked to […]

Sep 6, 2018