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NFL gives significant funding to help youth ‘shred’ the burden of concussion

A pan-Canadian program involving University of British Columbia researchers is one step closer to improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment of concussions in youth sport, thanks to $12 million in funding from the National Football League’s scientific advisory board.

Nov 15, 2018

UBC expert to host Reddit AMA on B.C.’s electoral reform referendum

A UBC expert in electoral systems will take to the online forum Reddit on Friday to answer voters’ questions regarding B.C’s referendum on electoral reform.

Nov 15, 2018

Heading soccer balls can lead to cell damage: UBC study

Global News reported on research from UBC’s Okanagan campus that found repeated headers in soccer could damage the nervous system and increase concussion-related symptoms. Paul van Donkelaar, a neuroscientist and […]

Nov 15, 2018

Threat of extremism posted by proportional representation in B.C. overstated: academics

Maxwell Cameron, a political science professor at UBC, was quoted in a Vancouver Sun article about proportional representation. Cameron said that a voting system such as this often has a […]

Nov 15, 2018

SFU holds debate on electoral reform

Two political science students from UBC were mentioned in a Vancouver Sun article about an upcoming debate on electoral reform to be held at SFU. Chuka Ejeckam, a graduate student, […]

Nov 15, 2018

Sub-prime lending is growing in Canada’s hottest real-estate markets

The Star Vancouver quoted Tom Davidoff, a UBC economist, in an article about sub-prime lending in the real estate market. “When we think about solutions to high prices, there’s build […]

Nov 15, 2018

Fake ‘unicorns’ are running roughshod over the venture capital industry

New York Magazine’s Intelligencer cited a paper written by Will Gornall, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, and Ilya A. Strebulaev from Stanford, about the value of venture […]

Nov 15, 2018

Ride-sharing legislation

Erez Aloni, an assistant professor at UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law was interviewed on CFAX 1070 about the B.C. government’s pending ride-sharing legislation. Aloni spoke about key issues […]

Nov 15, 2018

Humans reshaping evolutionary history of species around the globe: paper

The Canadian Press featured a new study by Sarah Otto, a zoology professor at UBC. Otto’s research shows that the presence and activity of humans are reshaping evolution around the […]

Nov 15, 2018

Okanagan Regional Library opens branch at UBC

Okanagan Life reported on a new regional library that has opened at UBC’s Okanagan campus. “Having this new branch in the heart of our campus aligns with what we see […]

Nov 15, 2018

The world was catching on to Iran’s contemporary art. Then sanctions returned

UBC alumnus Hormoz Hematian was featured in a Bloomberg article about the effect of sanctions in Iran. After graduating with a masters in civil engineering Hematian moved back to Tehran […]

Nov 15, 2018

The million dollar drug that patients can’t access

CBC’s The National interviewed Michael Hayden, a professor in the department of medical genetics at UBC, about Glybera, the world’s first drug approved to treat a genetic disease which he […]

Nov 15, 2018

UBC Okanagan offers its expertise to struggling parents

The Salmon Arm Observer reported on a new wellbeing clinic on UBC Okanagan’s campus. The Social Work Walk-in Clinic is designed to support parents with concerns about their children’s mental […]

Nov 15, 2018

Twin-headed ‘beasts’ help UBC beat some of the best in Canada West

The Province reported on UBC women’s basketball team forward Keylyn Filewich who has been beating Canada West this season and is one of just three players averaging a double-double in […]

Nov 15, 2018