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Demonstrators rally for UBC alumna detained in Saudi Arabia

CBC News reported on a small group who gathered in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Sunday to support Loujain al-Hathloul, a UBC alumna who has been detained in […]

Harvest Feastival

The annual Harvest Feastival at UBC was featured on CBC’s Early Edition with Stephen Quinn. Jennifer Chen visited the event and reported on the harvest, crops, and cooking fresh produce. […]

You really, really want to go to the gym but still avoid it

Various media outlets reported on the study by Matthieu Boisgontier about why we avoid exercise, despite knowing it is good for us. Boisgontier, a postdoctoral researcher at UBC, found that […]

How Michael Smith put B.C.’s life sciences community on the map with a Nobel Prize 25 years ago

The Vancouver Sun published an article about Michael Smith, a former UBC faculty member who became B.C.’s first Nobel Prize winner 25 years ago. Smith’s research led to scientists being […]

Dinosaurs, sea monsters, and ancient insects

CBC’s Radio Canada International reported on the new exhibit at UBC’s Pacific Museum of the Earth. The 13-metre-long creature is a cast skeleton of an Elasmosaur which lived in coastal […]

Why did China’s mass ethnic roundup go unnoticed for so long?

The Globe and Mail mentioned a UBC law student, Shawn Zhang, in an article about the Chinese authorities’ incarceration of hundreds of thousands of people in “political re-education” camps. Zhang […]

Rogers-UBC 5G announcement

Ming Pao Canada reported on the partnership between Rogers Communications Inc. and UBC to build a campus hub for 5G innovation.

Trump’s ‘all-out effort’ on climate is derelict and risky

An op-ed by three UBC academics was published in Salon and the National Post. Sameer H. Shah, Devyani Singh and Scott McKenzie discussed Trump’s approach to recent weather and climate-related […]

Beckett 18: It All… Ah Well

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