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A simple online game can teach people to more accurately sort waste—with lasting results, a new UBC study has found.
Dec 6, 2018
Forbes mentioned a UBC study in an article about the ways travelling benefits working life. The study suggested that brain areas associated with complex problem-solving are highly active when the mind […]
CBC quoted UBC’s Amit Kumar in an article about the electronic waste of items such as weather balloons. Kumar is writing his PhD thesis on the fate of electronic waste […]
The Globe and Mail spoke to M-J Milloy, an epidemiologist at the BC Centre on Substance Use and a professor of cannabis science at UBC, about news that Statistics Canada is […]
Industrial fisheries are starving seabirds like penguins and terns by competing for the same prey sources, new research from the French National Center for Scientific Research in Montpellier and the Sea Around Us initiative at the University of British Columbia has found.
Huffington Post cited a UBC study that found young men between the ages of 15 and 29 disagree with the traditional gender stereotype of physical strength, and think that emotional […]
Huffington Post mentioned a UBC study which found that Canada spends the least amount on its space program out of the G8 countries. “If Canada wants to be at cutting […]
CBC spoke to Chris Carlsten, director of UBC’s Occupational Lung Disease Clinic and professor of respiratory medicine, about the potential dangers of vaping. Carlsten explained there are similarities between the popularity of […]
Evan Wood, a professor with the UBC faculty of medicine and executive director of the BC Centre on Substance Abuse, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s Early Edition about high-strength opioids. […]
A Canadian Press article on dairy cows research at UBC was published on CBC. The study suggests dairy cows experience characteristics such as pessimism and optimism. Benjamin Lecorps, a PhD […]
Global News spoke to Navin Ramankutty, a food security and sustainability professor at UBC, about the affect of climate change on potato crops. Ramankutty said it’s too early to know […]
National Post reported on a court case in Ontario in which UBC professor Janine Benedet spoke about sexual violence against women. The article also appeared in the Montreal Gazette and […]
Vancouver Courier published an article about a way to improve housing affordability for renters using a radical new property tax model proposed by Tom Davidoff, a professor at the UBC Sauder School […]
Darren Dahl, senior associate dean and faculty director of the Robert H. Lee Graduate School at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, was quoted in Maclean’s in an article on advice for […]
Motherboard included two UBC professors in a poll to find out what gives them hope, and what worries them most, about the future. Mark Halpern, of the department of physics and astronomy, […]
The Georgia Straight reported on the hiring of Ainsley Carry as vice president, students, at UBC.
Mingpao Magazine (view PDF) highlighted new UBC research that showed pulse oximeters can also be used for assessing blood pressure. Oximeters are noninvasive and easier to use compared to other […]
Kelowna Daily Courier reported on a new collaboration between UBC’s Okanagan campus and Pandosy Village Veterinary Hospital to develop a health and safety program for therapy dogs. The program will focus […]
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