Mark Halpern

We asked 105 experts what gives them hope about the future

Motherboard included two UBC professors in a poll to find out what gives them hope, and what worries them most, about the future. Mark Halpern, of the department of physics and astronomy, […]

Dec 6, 2018

UBC professors make 2014 list of highly cited researchers

Thirteen UBC researchers were named in this year’s Thomson Reuters list of Highly Cited Researchers, a compilation of influential names in science. Researchers were recognized for the number of scientific […]

Jul 24, 2014

Construction begins on Canada’s largest radio telescope

$11M UBC-led CHIME project to attempt largest survey of observable universe

Construction is now under way in Penticton, B.C. on Canada’s largest radio telescope – and the first research telescope to be built in the country in more than 30 years.

Jan 24, 2013