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Honey as a pollution detector? It’s a sweet idea

The New York Times spoke to Dominique Weis, a professor of geochemistry at UBC, in an article about research that found honey from urban bees indicate local pollution levels. Similar articles […]

Mar 19, 2019

The inequality of America’s parks and green space

The Atlantic’s CityLab highlighted UBC research on unequal access to green spaces in the U.S. and how it reflects “broader class and racial divides.” Lorien Nesbitt, a postdoctoral researcher and […]

Mar 19, 2019

Plant cellulose may be used to create bone implants

Business Standard reported on new UBC and McMaster research that showed plant cellulose can be used for bone implants. The research was co-led by UBC’s Emily Cranston, a professor of […]

Mar 19, 2019

Misophonia: When life’s noises drive you mad

Steven Taylor, a UBC psychiatry professor, commented on misophonia, a condition marked by extreme reaction to certain noises. The story was published on Milwaukee’s NPR.

Mar 19, 2019

How tiny babies are revealing big clues of early life

CBC reported on a study involving UBC that may give clues on survival strategies for newborns. Study co-author and UBC microbiologist Bob Hancock led some of the work. A similar […]

Mar 19, 2019

Ottawa defends waiting to ground Boeing Max 8

The Globe and Mail interviewed UBC transportation policy and management professor David Gillen for a story on the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. Gillen, the director of the […]

Mar 19, 2019

Talking to teens about toking

Muffy Greenaway, a psychiatry clinical instructor at UBC, was interviewed in a CBC story on teen cannabis use. Greenaway noted that there is now “much more open discussion” about cannabis […]

Mar 19, 2019

Filling the medical care gap or causing cracks?

A CBC article on a health care app quoted Kendall Ho, head of digital emergency medicine at UBC. Ho advised caution for potential users of the app.

Mar 19, 2019

Cellulose nanocrystals used for bone implants. Photo: Clare Kiernan/UBC

From foam to bone: Plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants

Researchers from the University of British Columbia and McMaster University have developed what could be the bone implant material of the future: an airy, foamlike substance that can be injected into the body and provide scaffolding for the growth of new bone.

Mar 19, 2019

Federal budget to include measures to ease burden of buying a home: source

Global News spoke to Paul Kershaw, a professor and founder of Generation Squeeze, about the need for policies that keep home prices from growing faster than earnings.

Mar 19, 2019

U.S. college bribery scandal unlikely in Canada, but well-off families, students do have advantages

The Globe and Mail quoted Emily Truong-Cheung, a PhD student in sociology at UBC, in an article about the advantages of students having well-off families. Truong-Cheung said that UBC had changed […]

Mar 19, 2019

Near-record ‘incumbency disadvantage’ is yet another headache for Jagmeet Singh’s NDP

An article about Jagmeet Singh’s NDP party on Global News cited a 2012 paper by Chad Kendall of UBC and Marie Rekkas of SFU. The article also appeared on MSN.

Mar 19, 2019

UBC Thunderbirds women’s volleyball win

The Globe and Mail reported on a win by the UBC Thunderbirds women’s volleyball team against Trinity Western Spartans at the U Sports championship.

Mar 19, 2019

To protect pedestrians, cities are going back to the future

UBC engineering professor and traffic safety expert Tarek Sayed was interviewed for a Globe and Mail story on scramble crossings.

Mar 19, 2019

An ocean of plastic changes everything — even what we eat

The Times Colonist highlighted research on plastics in marine water by the research ship Professor Kaganovsky. Evgeny Pakhomov, director of the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at UBC and […]

Mar 19, 2019