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How UBC women in STEM are supporting each other to succeed

How UBC women in STEM are supporting each other to succeed

Role models for women in Science, Tech, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) are important: 2010 statistics in Canada show women made up just 44 per cent of first-year STEM students aged 19 and under in undergraduate degree programs.

Feb 11, 2022

UBC In The News

Feb 10, 2022

Denzel Washington as Macbeth in Joel Coen’s recent film The Tragedy of Macbeth.

Black people’s relationship with Shakespeare is complicated

Black people have a long history with Shakespeare—and a long history of bumping up against the Bard’s white gatekeepers.

Feb 10, 2022

Material coated in polymer in small scale tests with a green lamp. Credit: Taylor Wright

Futuristic coating for hospital fabrics and activewear kills COVID and E. coli

UBC researchers have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the infectivity of the virus that causes COVID-19 by up to 90 per cent.

Feb 10, 2022

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Your Google symptom searches could improve COVID modelling

Adding Google searches for symptoms and other information to COVID forecast models increased their accuracy, recent UBC research has found.

Feb 9, 2022

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UBC experts on new census data

Statistics Canada has released population and dwelling counts data from the 2021 census of population. UBC experts are available to comment.

Feb 9, 2022

UBC In The News

Feb 9, 2022

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When people’s attitudes about aging improve, better health may follow

Making people feel better about how they’re aging could lead to concrete improvements in health and wellbeing down the line, new UBC research suggests.

Feb 9, 2022

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Feb 8, 2022

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Mining industry would boom under a new global carbon tax, research shows

When the mining industry fights carbon taxes, it is arguing against its own economic interests, suggests new research from UBC’s Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs.

Feb 8, 2022

UBC In The News

Feb 7, 2022

UBC In The News

Feb 4, 2022

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UBC experts on 2022 Winter Olympics

UBC researchers are available to comment on the 2022 Winter Games, which will take place in Beijing, China from Feb. 4 to 20.

Feb 3, 2022

UBC In The News

Feb 3, 2022

UBC In The News

Feb 2, 2022

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UBC experts on Canadian political party leadership decisions

Conservative Party of Canada leader Erin O’Toole faces a possible leadership vote today, and the BC Liberal Party is to vote on its new leader this weekend. UBC experts are available to comment.

Feb 2, 2022

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UBC experts on Black History Month

UBC experts are available to comment on various topics this Black History Month.

Feb 1, 2022

UBC In The News

Feb 1, 2022

The Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Canada that aims to provide a pathway to success for Black Canadian students at UBC.

New scholarship program supports Black Canadian students at UBC

The Beyond Tomorrow Scholars Program is a first-of-its-kind initiative in Canada that provides both scholarships and a range of integrated institutional supports to help provide a pathway to success for Black Canadian students at UBC.

Feb 1, 2022