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Swim Swam reported that Markus Thormeyer, a UBC varsity swimmer, set two Canadian records during a collegiate competition. The TBirds won the 2018 Colleges Cup this past weekend.
Nov 5, 2018
Christie Stephenson, executive director with the Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at the UBC Sauder School of Business, was interviewed for a CBC article about how sustainability can be profitable. […]
Daniel Pauly, the principal investigator of the Sea Around Us Initiative and a professor in the Institute For The Oceans and Fisheries at UBC, spoke to CBC Radio’s Quirks and […]
CBC interviewed Karen Hodges, a professor of conservation ecology at the UBC’s Okanagan campus, for an article about a report that found 70 per cent of the world’s wilderness is […]
Brett Finlay, a UBC microbiologist, spoke to CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks about probiotics. “They sometimes work for some things, but there’s an awful lot of hype that’s really unwarranted, […]
John Helliwell, a UBC professor emeritus and happiness expert, spoke about findings from the World Happiness Report for a radio segment published on CityNews 1130. He discussed his recent research […]
CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks reported on UBC research that suggests cacao was domesticated around 1,500 years earlier than previously thought. Sonia Zarrillo, the study’s lead author who carried out […]
The Vancouver Sun quoted Mark Thompson, a professor emeritus at the UBC Sauder School of Business, for an article about bonuses paid to senior staff at the B.C. Securities Commission. He said […]
James Brander, an economist and UBC professor, spoke to Global about the cost of the 2018 midterm election in the United States. He said the business community does not like […]
Taylor Owen, a UBC professor of digital media and global affairs, was quoted in a Global story about a symposium at UBC’s Okanagan campus on the future of job markets […]
The Globe and Mail highlighted the faculty of applied science’s Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at UBC, in an article about Canadian robotics research. The lab includes projects […]
The Vancouver Sun reported on a proposal to develop a new major UBC campus neighbourhood known as Stadium Road. Michael Korenberg, the UBC board chair, issued a letter in mid-October […]
The Globe and Mail mentioned the Future Global Leaders course at UBC, in an article about university programs for future undergraduates. The course has expanded from 33 high-school students four […]
Star Vancouver quoted Max Cameron, a UBC political scientist and an electoral reform advocate, for an article comparing political events in Brazil and B.C. Cameron wrote a Facebook post about […]
David Speight, the chef in charge of campus dining-hall services at UBC, was interviewed for a Globe and Mail article about university meal plans. He discussed how meal plans help […]
The Globe and Mail mentioned UBC in a story about genomics research in Canada. The article reported UBC is one of the schools with a main focus on health care […]
The Vancouver Sun reported on the UBC Thunderbirds football team’s loss to the Saskatchewan Huskies. The TBirds lost 31-28 in overtime in the Hardy Cup semifinal. The story also appeared […]
Various media outlets reported that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more than $10 million toward the creation of a new nuclear medicine facility at UBC. He made the announcement after […]
Derryck Smith, a clinical professor emeritus in UBC’s department of psychiatry, wrote an op-ed for the Vancouver Sun about people having the right to pay privately for insured medical services. […]
Andrew Arida, associate registrar and director, student recruitment and undergraduate admissions, at UBC, spoke to the Globe and Mail for a story about how to choose a university. He explained […]
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