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  • How to navigate cultural appropriation versus appreciation this Halloween
    Society & Culture

    How to navigate cultural appropriation versus appreciation this Halloween

    UBC’s Dr. Surita Jhangiani shares how Halloween costume choices can foster cultural respect and understanding through thoughtful reflection and empathy.

Most Recent Stories

  • Masculinity debated in the digital age
    University News

    Masculinity debated in the digital age

    UBC Okanagan debate explores whether modern manhood is in crisis or simply evolving.

  • After the flames: How fire-loving fungi help B.C.’s forests recover
    Climate & Environment

    After the flames: How fire-loving fungi help B.C.’s forests recover

    UBC researcher Dr. Monika Fischer studies how fire-loving fungi like Pyronema and Neurospora help B.C. forests recover after wildfires by stabilizing soil, cycling nutrients and cleaning pollutants.

  • Ghosts, aliens and Sasquatch: What Canadians believe in—and what they don’t
    Society & Culture

    Ghosts, aliens and Sasquatch: What Canadians believe in—and what they don’t

    Nearly half of Canadians believe in at least one paranormal phenomenon, according to a new UBC study exploring ghost sightings, alien encounters and cryptid beliefs across the country.

  • Nitobe Memorial Garden: A garden that bridges worlds
    University News

    Nitobe Memorial Garden: A garden that bridges worlds

    At UBC’s Nitobe Memorial Garden, curator Ryo Sugiyama tends a living bridge between Japan and Canada—where light, stillness and cultures meet.

  • How babies learn language, and what parents can do to help 
    Health & Medicine

    How babies learn language, and what parents can do to help 

    UBC speech sciences expert Dr. Alexis Black shares tips on supporting children’s healthy language development—from even before they’re born.

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  • Forest sanctuaries and spiritual balance in the Karen highlands of Thailand

    Mongabay
  • His own executives want him gone. But B.C. Conservative leader Rustad won’t quit

    Canadian Press
  • Here’s why fall foliage in B.C. might seem duller than usual

    CTV News
  • Why Canada’s next big infrastructure investment should be in biomanufacturing

    The Conversation

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  • Forget numbers: your PIN could consist of a shimmy and a shake

  • The future is compostable. Period.

  • Thousands more B.C. women chose top-tier birth control after patient costs eliminated

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Climate & Environment

  • How trees recycle nutrients to produce their autumn colours 

    How trees recycle nutrients to produce their autumn colours 

  • RIP Kip: What cherished campus coyote’s death tells us about his life 

    RIP Kip: What cherished campus coyote’s death tells us about his life 

  • Vancouver residents motivated to prepare for disasters, but seek more support and connection

    Vancouver residents motivated to prepare for disasters, but seek more support and connection

  • UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet

    UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet

Health & Medicine

  • RSV hits infants under six months hardest, driving nearly half of hospital costs

    RSV hits infants under six months hardest, driving nearly half of hospital costs

  • What to know about COVID-19 vaccines this fall

    What to know about COVID-19 vaccines this fall

  • UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation

    UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation

  • What parents need to know about school vaccinations

    What parents need to know about school vaccinations

Science & Technology

  • Can AI persuade you to go vegan—or harm yourself?

    Can AI persuade you to go vegan—or harm yourself?

  • UBC opens $45M Beaty Biodiversity Centre expansion

    UBC opens $45M Beaty Biodiversity Centre expansion

  • AI salespeople aren’t better than humans… yet

    AI salespeople aren’t better than humans… yet

  • ‘Loudest’ black hole ever detected, 10 years after Nobel-winning discovery 

    ‘Loudest’ black hole ever detected, 10 years after Nobel-winning discovery 

Society & Culture

  • How to welcome newcomer students to schools in Canada — and why everyone benefits

    How to welcome newcomer students to schools in Canada — and why everyone benefits

  • B.C.’s e-bike rebates boost affordability, health and sustainable mobility

    B.C.’s e-bike rebates boost affordability, health and sustainable mobility

  • Sexual health gaps persist for migrant youth in Canada, despite lower rates of sexual activity

    Sexual health gaps persist for migrant youth in Canada, despite lower rates of sexual activity

  • Lonely, socially anxious people see particular benefit from performing small acts of kindness

    Lonely, socially anxious people see particular benefit from performing small acts of kindness

University News

  • UBC launches a shared vision for a bright future: UBC’s Strategic Directions 2025–2030

    UBC launches a shared vision for a bright future: UBC’s Strategic Directions 2025–2030

  • New staff and faculty homes open at UBC

    New staff and faculty homes open at UBC

  • Navigating the shifting job landscape: How UBC is helping students and grads succeed

    Navigating the shifting job landscape: How UBC is helping students and grads succeed

  • UBC micro-credential programs have macro impact for a changing workforce

    UBC micro-credential programs have macro impact for a changing workforce

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