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‘It’s time for me to give back’: Donald’s Fine Foods owner gifts $1.5M to lung cancer research

A CBC article mentioned Stephen Lam, a UBC professor and the director of translational lung cancer research at the B.C. Cancer Foundation, after Donald Leung of Donald’s Fine Foods donate […]

UBC engineering team recovers stolen project bike

CBC reported that a customized electric bike that was stolen from UBC’s Point Grey campus has been recovered. The team of engineering design students plan to compete with it in […]

Canadian minister resigns from Trudeau’s cabinet amid scandal

Reuters quoted Richard Johnston, a political science professor at UBC, in an article about the resignation of Jody Wilson-Raybould. “This is bigger trouble for the government than almost anything else […]

Join CBC Vancouver’s Mike Killeen for UBC’s Master Mind Master Class

CBC reported that Gabor Maté would be speaking at UBC’s Master Mind Master Class series.

Scientists study past volcanoes in B.C. to understand climate in the future

The Canadian Press published several articles about research at UBC which is looking at past volcanoes in B.C. The study is being conducted by Alex Wilson, a PhD student, and Kelly […]

Future uncertain for city’s safe-injection site

Philadelphia Gay News cited research from UBC and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS which found that overdose deaths were reduced following the opening of a safe-injection site.

T-Birds’ ‘glue guy’ Bourcier hopes to help UBC stick in hoops playoffs

An article in The Province featured Mason Bourcier of UBC Thunderbirds.

Top 20 under 40

Erin Sullivan, a clinical instructor at UBCO, was mentioned in a Castanet article about the Top 20 Under 40 winners.

UBCO Leftovers Club tackling food waste and student hunger

Kelowna Now published an article about UBCO students, Benjamin Dunn and Samantha Singer, who founded the Leftovers Club to address food waste on campus.