A new UBC study finds we prefer voices that are similar to our own because they convey a sense of community and social belongingness.
Feb 19, 2014
Canada is polarizing – and it’s because of the parties UBC’s Richard Johnston details Canada’s shifting politics in the Washington Post. Read more…
Tiny ‘rat casino’ offers insight into possible treatments for compulsive gambling.
Feb 18, 2014
Real men are feminists UBC’s David Moscrop on why men need to embrace their inner feminist. Read more…
A UBC economist explores the dramatic loss of skilled jobs in the U.S. economy.
Feb 15, 2014
Valentine’s Day expectations can be a recipe for disaster, says a UBC psychologist who specializes in human sexuality.
Feb 12, 2014
Fox TV screenwriter and UBC alumnus Hart Hanson on screenwriting south of the border.
Feb 4, 2014
UBC’s Anne Gorsuch details the troubled history of the seaside town of Sochi, a paradoxical place of healing and excess.
Feb 3, 2014
From bomb threats to cyber attacks, UBC expert assesses Sochi’s complex threat environment.
Jan 29, 2014
Leading gambling psychologist Luke Clark will serve as inaugural director of the Centre for Gambling Research at UBC.
Jan 28, 2014
From Sochi to the Super Bowl, a UBC sociologist explores our global obsession with winning.
Jan 27, 2014
Asia in 2014: A Year for the History Books UBC’s Yves Tiberghien looks ahead to a year of important milestones and trends in Asia. Read more…
Jan 21, 2014
A UBC prof looks at what the Sochi Games say about Russia’s past and its future.
Jan 20, 2014
In the age of Kickstarter, tech-savvy scientists explore new ways to engage the public in their research.
Jan 16, 2014 - by Basil Waugh
From a heat wave down under to a cold snap in North America, UBC’s Simon Donner on extreme weather.
Jan 16, 2014
Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S., UBC English Prof. Ian Hill reflects on MLK Jr.’s historic “I Have A Dream” speech.
Two UBC professors have joined forces for a new course that challenges students to ask big questions about nuclear weapons.
Jan 15, 2014
A UBC Prof. looks at Dennis Rodman’s tour of North Korea and what it says about the country’s politics and its love of basketball.
Jan 9, 2014
Eighteen UBC projects have received more than $1.8 million in combined funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Jan 8, 2014
The Vancouver School of Theology and the University of British Columbia announced today that UBC will purchase from VST the 1927 stone-faced Iona Building.
Jan 7, 2014
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