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The Globe and Mail mentioned UBC in an article about policies around leave for faculty members.
Jan 29, 2019
The Vancouver Sun spoke to Gerald Baier, a political science professor at UBC, in an article about NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s byelection bid.
The Province mentioned the Resiliency Program, which was started by two UBC faculty of medicine professors and the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Association to address mental health among firefighters.
Fairchild TV reported on a competition for mechanical engineering students at UBC. The story was also mentioned on Breakfast Television.
Georgia Straight reported on a study from UBC which found that most pregnant women do not believe cannabis is dangerous to their unborn child. Lead author Hamideh Bayrampour stressed the […]
Global News spoke to Yves Tiberghien, director emeritus at UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, about Michael Kovrig’s detention in China and the repercussions of ambassador John McCallum’s firing. Tiberghien also […]
The Tyee published an article in which UBC professor Patrick Condon argues against the proposed SkyTrain to UBC. Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at […]
The Globe and Mail reported that a group of researchers is calling for Statistics Canada to release data on marriage and divorce in order for better understanding of housing, childcare […]
Castanet reported on a new high-level gas detection system developed by researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Mina Hoorfar, the professor who led the team, explained that it is essentially ‘an […]
The Wall Street Journal quoted Gary Johns, a professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, in an article about working while sick.
Jan 28, 2019
Bloomberg reported on a UBC study about India’s central bank. The study was led by Amartya Lahiri, director at Mumbai-based think tank Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning and […]
National Geographic cited research from UBC in an article about smartphone use. The study, led by Ryan Dwyer, a PhD student in psychology, found that using a smartphone in social […]
Inverse spoke to Jason Snyder, a professor of psychology at UBC’s Centre for Brain Health, about research into brain cell regeneration.
Business Standard cited research from UBC which uses a new test to detect childhood tumours that may help with treatments for children with cancer. UBC professors Philipp Lange and Chris Maxwell, […]
The Jakarta Post cited research from UBC which found people respond differently when using virtual reality and in real life. The study’s senior author Alan Kingstone, from UBC’s department of […]
UBC engineering professor Naomi Zimmerman was interviewed on CBC about a report that air quality aboard cruise ships is comparable to the most polluted cities.
Global spoke to David Michelson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UBC, about 5G, the next wave of mobile broadband technology. “It’s almost a total reimagining of what […]
Global News spoke to John Helliwell, a professor emeritus at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research at UBC, about the pursuit of happiness. His findings show that happiness comes from helping […]
The Globe and Mail mentioned research by UBC researchers in an article about data collected on Canadian citizens. The Therapeutics Initiative collected data on a drug which was found to […]
Global News reported that a community-driven project at UBC’s Okanagan campus is suffering due to lack of funds. Ray Taheri, a senior engineering instructor, set his class the project of […]
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