With midterm exams around the corner, stress levels are rising. For some students, that might mean increased mental health concerns.
Sep 25, 2023
Charlie, Lola, Wilma and Daniel are among the many beloved “working” animals of UBC who make a paw-sitive impact on the university community.
Sep 19, 2023
Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon has been named the 17th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of British Columbia, the university announced today.
Jul 20, 2023
UBC instructors are finding innovative ways to integrate generative AI into their course curriculum to enhance student learning.
May 24, 2023
This story was not written by ChatGPT. Or was it?
Mar 1, 2023
Most of us have a T-shirt relic from decades past, usually stuffed into the dark recesses of a drawer only to slowly fall to pieces or be tossed out by next of kin.
Feb 1, 2023
First-in-the-world study suggests that even brief exposure to air pollution has rapid impacts on the brain
Jan 24, 2023
Today UBC celebrates groundbreaking for construction of the new Student Recreation Centre North.
Oct 4, 2022
UBC pharmaceutical sciences professor Dr. Corey Nislow is sending yeast and algae cultures into space, in a pod not much bigger than a shoebox, to study the effects of cosmic rays and near zero gravity on living organisms.
Aug 23, 2022
As children head back for a fourth school year with COVID-19, many parents are hoping their kids will be able to enjoy a mostly normal school experience. But with new variants circulating and respiratory virus season on the horizon, many also have concerns and questions about what the new school year will look like.
Aug 22, 2022
Faculty and staff rental housing at UBC’s Vancouver campus has evolved, with the first residents moving into their new homes at one of Canada’s largest residential buildings targeting Passive House certification.
In this Q&A, Dr. Ben Matthews, professor in the UBC department of zoology, explains how to avoid being on the menu for mozzies, and why the future of bite prevention might include odour-reducing skin creams.
Aug 15, 2022
A theory of everything, that works at a cosmic and quantum level, has eluded researchers for years.
Aug 12, 2022
A UBC student’s project to combat plastic waste inspired by the pandemic has collected roughly 48,700 gloves, diverting 146.1 kilograms of waste from landfills this year.
Aug 11, 2022
Watch out, Vancouver. The PLUME van is coming soon to a location near you.
Once again, UBC engineering physics students are building robots for an in-person robot showdown to be held on Thursday, August 11.
Aug 10, 2022
Successful student recipients of the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund have been given the green light to start implementing their proposed Indigenous-focused, student-led projects with the backing of university funding.
British Columbia’s ocean contributed almost $5 billion to provincial gross domestic product in 2015, a sum that is likely an underestimate, a new UBC study has found.
Aug 9, 2022
Researchers have mimicked a corn plant’s make-up in the lab to investigate ‘corn smut’, opening the door to finding a cure for the disease.
Jun 9, 2022
UBC experts are available to comment on various topics on June 8, World Oceans Day.
Jun 6, 2022
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