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  • Orange is the new aphrodisiac—for guppies

    Orange is the new aphrodisiac—for guppies

    A new UBC study reveals that the brighter the orange on a male guppy, the more virile it is, solving a long-standing evolutionary puzzle about their flashy colours.

  • UBC doubles student fundraising target to help realize more student potential

    UBC doubles student fundraising target to help realize more student potential

    UBC has today announced the extension of its Blue & Gold Campaign for Students, doubling the target to $200-million by 2022.

  • UBC’s financial support infrastructure designed to alleviate stress of paying for school

    UBC’s financial support infrastructure designed to alleviate stress of paying for school

    As every university graduate knows, earning a degree is expensive—and stressful. Recent government figures show the average undergraduate student in British Columbia who takes out a loan for their degree will complete their studies with an estimated $28,000 in combined provincial and federal student loan debt.

  • Slowed metabolism helps geese fly high

    Slowed metabolism helps geese fly high

    A few years before NASA astronaut Jessica Meir began learning to fly a spacecraft for her upcoming trip to the International Space Station, she was in flight-training of a different kind: teaching bar-headed geese how to fly in a wind tunnel at the University of British Columbia.

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