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  • How climate change is changing your favourite wine
    Climate & Environment

    How climate change is changing your favourite wine

    UBC-led research shows climate change is heating up wine regions worldwide—altering how grapes grow, ripen and how your wine tastes.

Most Recent Stories

  • UBC celebrates more than 13,000 graduates
    University News

    UBC celebrates more than 13,000 graduates

    Meet three students whose academic journeys challenge expectations and highlight the many paths that lead to a university degree.

  • What’s next for Canada in the tariff landscape?
    Society & Culture

    What’s next for Canada in the tariff landscape?

    Two months after U.S. tariffs took effect, UBC Sauder’s Sam Roscoe breaks down the impact on Canadian industries—and what’s needed to stay competitive.

  • Next-gen technology helps high-rises ride out earthquakes
    Science & Technology

    Next-gen technology helps high-rises ride out earthquakes

    UBC researchers have developed a new structural system that helps high-rise buildings withstand major earthquakes—keeping both the building and its occupants safe.

  • What’s a healthy amount of sleep? It differs from one country to another
    Society & Culture

    What’s a healthy amount of sleep? It differs from one country to another

    New research challenges the common belief that everyone needs the same amount of sleep for good health.

  • A digestive ‘treasure chest’ shows promise for targeted drug treatment in the gut
    Science & Technology

    A digestive ‘treasure chest’ shows promise for targeted drug treatment in the gut

    A new approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut in mice at significantly lower doses than current inflammatory bowel disease treatments.

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  • UBC researchers develop new shock absorption system for highrises to withstand big earthquakes

    CBC
  • Some students weigh leaving the U.S. for college

    The New York Times
  • Police need better communication and training to shut down meth and fentanyl superlabs, experts say

    The Globe and Mail
  • China stakes claim in the north, redefines Arctic politics

    The Walrus

News Tips & Story Ideas

  • Marine shipping emissions on track to meet 2030 goals, but expected to miss 2050 target

  • Stars beat stats when it comes to shopping decisions

  • UBC philosophy professor’s research cited in U.S. Supreme Court decision

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Climate & Environment

  • Arctic plants react to climate change in unexpected ways

    Arctic plants react to climate change in unexpected ways

  • How ‘parks for bugs’ boost pollinators in Vancouver

    How ‘parks for bugs’ boost pollinators in Vancouver

  • Sustainable mahogany hits the right note in UBC electric guitar testing

    Sustainable mahogany hits the right note in UBC electric guitar testing

  • UBC’s Seed Lending Libraries: a growing movement in sustainability and community engagement

    UBC’s Seed Lending Libraries: a growing movement in sustainability and community engagement

Health & Medicine

  • Why abortion rates are rising abroad—but not in Canada

    Why abortion rates are rising abroad—but not in Canada

  • Social isolation linked to poor diet in older women

    Social isolation linked to poor diet in older women

  • Online program improves sexual desire and well-being in women

    Online program improves sexual desire and well-being in women

  • Researchers develop new way to match young cancer patients with the right drugs

    Researchers develop new way to match young cancer patients with the right drugs

Science & Technology

  • We still have a representation problem for women in physics – and Canada is no exception

    We still have a representation problem for women in physics – and Canada is no exception

  • UBC opens Gordon B. Shrum Building, Canada’s first purpose-built biomedical engineering facility

    UBC opens Gordon B. Shrum Building, Canada’s first purpose-built biomedical engineering facility

  • The new season of The Last of Us has a spore-ting chance at realism

    The new season of The Last of Us has a spore-ting chance at realism

  • UBC researcher uses her pain to empower youth affected by violent crime

    UBC researcher uses her pain to empower youth affected by violent crime

Society & Culture

  • Who is most likely to fall for fake news?

    Who is most likely to fall for fake news?

  • Canada’s housing crisis is preventing millions from forming the households they want

    Canada’s housing crisis is preventing millions from forming the households they want

  • A homegrown player is worth an extra $4.8M annually to an NHL team, study finds

    A homegrown player is worth an extra $4.8M annually to an NHL team, study finds

  • Tariffs threaten Canadian supply chains. Here’s how consumers and businesses can prepare.

    Tariffs threaten Canadian supply chains. Here’s how consumers and businesses can prepare.

University News

  • UBCO Debates crowd brings ‘elbows up’ attitude

    UBCO Debates crowd brings ‘elbows up’ attitude

  • Multi-year tuition framework provides international students with financial certainty  

    Multi-year tuition framework provides international students with financial certainty  

  • Fully autonomous store opens on UBC campus

    Fully autonomous store opens on UBC campus

  • Enhancing seismic resilience at UBC

    Enhancing seismic resilience at UBC

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