STEM
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New UBC research analyzing actual pedestrian interactions with vehicles on busy streets concludes that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks compared with undistracted road users.
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How UBC women in STEM are supporting each other to succeed
Role models for women in Science, Tech, Engineering and Medicine (STEM) are important: 2010 statistics in Canada show women made up just 44 per cent of first-year STEM students aged 19 and under in undergraduate degree programs.
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UBC’s School of Biomedical Engineering nears student gender parity
UBC's new school of biomedical engineering (BME) is closing in on a milestone of student gender parity.
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Men place less value on care-oriented careers like nursing: UBC study
Men assign less importance in care-oriented careers than women, possibly because men internalize different values than women, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia.
