Susan Danard will become managing director of Public Affairs at the University of British Columbia on September 2, 2014.
Aug 29, 2014
More than 4,000 first-year students move in to residence at UBC’s Vancouver campus.
Schools need to take a more evolved approach to school safety, says a UBC expert.
Aug 28, 2014
The charges against a former University of British Columbia faculty member are of serious concern to our community.
Aug 20, 2014
A UBC prof on how to prevent Middle East tensions from hitting closer to home.
Aug 19, 2014
Male stickleback fish that protect their young have bigger brains than counterparts that don’t care for offspring, finds a new UBC study.
Atlanta International Airport is the most efficient airport in the world, according to a comprehensive ranking of global airports, conducted by UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
New UBC research concludes that taking antibiotics early in life can have a long-term negative impact on your immune system.
Aug 18, 2014
Changes to British Columbia’s laws against driving while impaired have reduced fatal crashes as well as ambulance calls and hospital admissions resulting from motor vehicle crashes, a new UBC study finds.
Aug 15, 2014
Better addiction training on horizon Addiction to alcohol and drugs are immensely costly, but new funding aims to make B.C. a leader in treatment, says UBC’s Evan Wood in a Vancouver […]
Aug 14, 2014
Visit our special Back To School 2014 page as UBC gears up to for the start of the winter session.
Aug 13, 2014
Aug 8, 2014
Oppenheimer Park occupation sends a message In a Vancouver Sun op-ed, UBC Law Prof. Margot Young says the protest in Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park reminds us things are seldom simple. Read more…
Aug 7, 2014
UBC’s new Vantage College helps international students find their voice.
Aug 6, 2014 - by Heather Amos
UBC researchers are part of an international team that wants to see city skylines filled with buildings made of bamboo.
Jul 29, 2014 - by Heather Amos
New research finds that traditionally gay neighbourhoods are becoming increasingly “straight” places, and could be at risk of losing their distinct cultural identity.
Jul 28, 2014
The University of British Columbia is making public the breakdown of expenses incurred during the 2013/14 fiscal year by then president and vice chancellor Stephen Toope.
Jul 25, 2014
A distinguished drug researcher has been rehired by the B.C. Health Ministry and praised for data privacy protection. Malcolm Maclure, a professor and B.C. chair of patient safety in the department […]
Jul 21, 2014
New research identifies the unhappiest cities in the U.S., but finds some young people are still willing to relocate to them for a good job opportunity or lower housing prices.
A UBC PhD student has built a sophisticated tracking system that collects, analyzes and reports on the activities of nearly 100 African elephants in an effort to protect these threatened animals and understand their movement patterns.
Jul 16, 2014
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