UBC has opened a new space for technology startups to build and test their inventions, grow their businesses, and transform ideas into commercial products.
Oct 26, 2016
A research interest in bamboo and a love for sushi has inspired a UBC student to launch a line of home décor products made from recycled chopsticks.
Sep 15, 2016
With a boost of $200,000 from the BC Innovation Council and a comprehensive new strategy, UBC is taking steps to make it an unquestioned leader in entrepreneurial activity.
Feb 7, 2014
How the UBC creators of AutoStitch revolutionized computer vision and sparked a spinoff tsunami.
Jan 30, 2014 - by Brian Lin
In his final address to The Vancouver Board of Trade, UBC Pres. Stephen Toope unveiled a strategy to help UBC foster innovation in the B.C. economy.
Oct 3, 2013
The City of Vancouver and UBC today released a KPMG study that shows the employment and population of the UBC/Broadway corridor will grow by 150,000 in the next 30 years and a rail-based rapid transit system is needed to meet the corridor’s population growth and significant economic potential.
Feb 28, 2013
The most dramatic new developments in science are taking place among nations in the Asia-Pacific and the phenomenon is changing the dynamic of science around the globe, according to three science and academic leaders from the U.S., Canada and Singapore.
Apr 10, 2012
Pioneering clean energy projects, an aggressive carbon-reduction strategy and North America’s greenest building have helped UBC to garner Canada’s first gold rating in a new international program that assesses sustainability achievements in higher education.
Aug 19, 2011
His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will visit the University of British Columbia on Thursday, May 12, 2011.
May 11, 2011
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