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Get all the vitamin D you need by stepping into a high-tech pod

CTV News published an article about the Solius, a high-tech pod that delivers vitamin D. Alan Low, a UBC clinical associate professor who studies bone health and calcium, was part […]

Nov 22, 2018

Senior leadership at B.C. legislature put on administrative leave

Gerald Baier, a political science professor at UBC, commented on a report in the Vancouver Sun about the suspension of senior leadership of B.C.’s legislature. “They are trying to do […]

Nov 22, 2018

‘Marsquake’ hunter prepares to land on the red planet

Nature magazine spoke to Catherine Johnson, a professor in the department of earth, ocean and atmospheric sciences at UBC,  about NASA’s InSight mission. The spacecraft, which is designed to listen […]

Nov 22, 2018

Not everyone wants their donations touted on Facebook or plastered on walls

A San Francisco Chronicle op-ed discussed research on moral identity by Karen Winterich of Pennsylvania State University, Vikas Mittal at Rice University and Karl Aquino at UBC’s Sauder School of Business. […]

Nov 22, 2018

Heading a soccer ball could permanently damage your brain, says UBC study

The Georgia Straight published an article about recent research into head injuries sustained while playing soccer. Study author and UBC professor Paul van Donkelaar and his team found that repetitively […]

Nov 22, 2018

Surprise! Vancouver millennials lead in home ownership

The Globe and Mail cited research by Paul Kershaw of UBC’s school of population and public health into home ownership and affordability in the under-40 age group. Kershaw said that […]

Nov 22, 2018

Everything you need to know about a carbon tax — and how it would work in Canada

Chatelaine spoke to Sumeet Gulati, a a professor in the department of food and resource economics at UBC, about carbon taxes. Gulati said that people would adopt measures such as driving […]

Nov 22, 2018

Bill Morneau’s fall economic update

Maclean’s quoted Kevin Milligan, a professor of economics at UBC, in an article about finance minister Bill Morneau’s interim report on the Liberal government’s fiscal plan. Milligan said that the […]

Nov 22, 2018

Young Canadians 3.5 times more likely than middle-aged people to borrow money for medication, UBC study shows

Global News reported on research from UBC that shows Canadians are having to borrow money in order to pay for prescriptions. Star Vancouver published a similar article highlighting the debt […]

Nov 22, 2018