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CBC published an article about the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. The building leaks water after heavy rain and staff have strategies to protect artifacts.
Dec 17, 2018
CBC spoke to Chris Napier, a UBC physiotherapist, about whether the design of a running shoe can prevent injury. Napier suggests that design makes no difference.
CBC mentioned UBC’s RES’EAU-WaterNET team who, with the local community and Indigenous Services Canada, developed a water treatment plant to bring safe drinking water to northern B.C. residents.
CBC spoke to Laura Vang Rasmussen, who studies crop intensification strategies at UBC, in an article about growing rice. Agricultural intensification “should free up space and reduce deforestation, but it […]
CBC‘s Quirks and Quarks spoke to Stanley Coren, a professor emeritus of psychology at UBC, in an article about cognitive abilities in animals. Coren explains that dogs can have a […]
The Vancouver Sun spoke to Kathryn Harrison, a political science professor at UBC, about tensions between B.C. and Alberta and the fossil fuel debate.
Globe and Mail spoke to Paul Evans, a UBC professor and expert on Asian affairs, in an article about the situation between Canada, China and the U.S.
Globe and Mail spoke to Thomas Kerr, a professor in the department of medicine at UBC, about supervised drug consumption sites. Kerr called the federal decision a necessary step to ensure […]
Adweek published an op-ed about marketing tactics by Darren Dahl, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
A number of media outlets mentioned Justin Mackey, a computer science student at UBC and a member of the UBC eSports Association, in an article about addiction to eSports. The article appeared in the […]
An article in The Conversation mentioned a 2009 study from UBC which looked at how random the outcome of coin tossing is.
The Ottawa Sun spoke to Ian Pike, a pediatrics professor at UBC and director of the B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit, in an article about a project he is co-leading […]
Michael Byers, the Canada Research Chair in global politics and international law at UBC, wrote an op-ed for the Globe and Mail about the arrest of Meng Wanzhou.
Castanet reported on a time capsule which was opened this week after 25 years, at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Deborah Buszard, deputy vice-chancellor of UBC Okanagan, and College president Jim Hamilton […]
National Observer cited a UBC study which found mothers and babies are likely to have better outcomes in areas where nurse-midwives are able to attend.
Quill and Quire spoke to Sarika Bose, a sessional lecturer at UBC’s department of English language and literature, in an article about contract workers in academia.
A time capsule, complete with dozens of items tucked away 25 years ago by staff at Okanagan University College (OUC), was opened at UBC Okanagan and its contents revealed.
Dec 14, 2018
The Province published an op-ed by Paula B. Gordon, clinical professor in the department of radiology at UBC, about new guidelines for breast cancer screening for average-risk women.
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The New York Times spoke to Wenran Jiang, a senior fellow at the Institute of Asian Research at UBC, in a report about the rift between China and the U.S. “Canada […]
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