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Cosmic ‘hotspots’ may be relics of a universe that existed before ours

NBC News interviewed Douglas Scott, a UBC physicist who disputes the claims of Roger Penrose, a University of Oxford physicist who theorizes that the Big Bang was not the beginning of […]

Sep 17, 2018

Injecting hope into the world of careers

The work of Norman Amundson, a professor of education and counselling psychology, was featured in an op-ed in the Sydney Morning Herald. Amundson and his colleagues developed a hope-centred model […]

Sep 17, 2018

Police raid on marijuana market ‘totally counter-productive’: advocate

A CTV story on seized cannabis products quoted an expert from UBC. UBC researcher Dr. M-J Milloy said police should not be involved in situations where marijuana is being distributed […]

Sep 17, 2018

Got coyotes? Researchers want to photograph them on residential properties

CBC reported on a study by UBC and Stanley Park Ecology Society that aims to capture coyotes in urban settings on camera. “[Coyotes are] used to living in an environment….where […]

Sep 17, 2018

Botanical bounty of 2,400 plant species discovered in B.C. rainforest

A CBC story on the Ancient Forest/Chun T’oh Whudujut Provincial Park, a rainforest east of Prince George, mentioned UBC. UBC botanists Trevor Goward and Curtis Björk and scientists and students […]

Sep 17, 2018

Voyeur in women’s washroom at UBC residence

Various media outlets reported on a voyeur who allegedly exposed himself in a women’s washroom at a UBC residence. University RCMP said the incident is a reminder that people should call […]

Sep 17, 2018

The University Education of British Columbia

The Tyee reviewed Sheldon Goldfarb’s The Hundred-Year Trek: A History of Student Life at UBC. “The book offers countless glimpses of student life over the generations, showing that some things […]

Sep 17, 2018

Five southern burrowing owls. Credit: Flickr

New tool developed by UBC researchers helps conservationists make smarter decisions

A new tool developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Commonwealth Science Industrial Research Organization could help ensure limited conservation dollars are well spent by determining which actions would save the most species per dollar.

Sep 17, 2018