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A close-up shot of two flags flying on the same pole. The flag on the bottom is the American flag, recognizable by its red and white stripes and blue field with white stars. The flag on top is the Canadian flag, featuring a red field with a white square in the center bearing a stylized red maple leaf. The clear blue sky in the background provides a beautiful contrast to the colorful flags fluttering in the breeze.

UBC experts on President Biden’s first official visit to Canada

U.S. President Joe Biden will be making his first official visit to Canada this week. UBC experts are available for comment.

Mar 22, 2023

Photo credit: Martin Dee / UBC Brand & Marketing

Cherry picking the best spots to enjoy Vancouver’s blooms

We spoke with Douglas Justice (he/him), associate director of horticulture and collections at the UBC Botanical Garden, about how the recent cold snap may affect this year’s blossoms, his favourite locations to enjoy the blooms, and how these trees have become so iconic in Vancouver.

Mar 16, 2023

Is AI coming for white-collar jobs? A psychology professor finds out the hard way

Is AI coming for white-collar jobs? A psychology professor finds out the hard way

A UBC psychology professor wondered whether AI was smart enough to handle some of his workload. He was astonished to discover it could.

Mar 8, 2023

‘Greed is good’ for likes and retweets if you’re a U.S. senator

‘Greed is good’ for likes and retweets if you’re a U.S. senator

Tweet about greed. That’s what U.S. politicians ought to do if they want to gain likes and retweets on Twitter, according to new UBC research.

Mar 6, 2023

UBC’s approach to academic integrity in the age of AI

UBC’s approach to academic integrity in the age of AI

This story was not written by ChatGPT. Or was it?

Mar 1, 2023

UBC Physics Olympics in 2019. Photo credit:  Theresa Liao

Event: High school students compete in 45th annual UBC Physics Olympics

For the first time since 2019, more than 600 high school students, teachers and coaches from across B.C. will assemble in person on the UBC Vancouver campus for the UBC Physics Olympics, one of the largest and longest-running high-school physics competitions in North America.

Mar 1, 2023

Luxury house in Vancouver, Canada.

Owners of the priciest properties in Vancouver pay very little income tax, UBC study finds

A new study from UBC’s Sauder School of Business shows that owners of $3.7-million homes in Vancouver pay just $15,800 in income tax.

Jan 27, 2023

Music from Final Fantasy, which will be performed by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at The Orpheum on April 14-15 as part of the Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy tour, is the subject of PhD research by UBC music scholar Marina Gallagher.
Photo credit: AWR Music Productions, LLC

UBC scholar’s Final Fantasy is a PhD in ludomusicology

At the turn of the century, Marina Gallagher was a young piano student who played a lot of video games between piano lessons. The Final Fantasy series was her favourite.

Jan 23, 2023

UBC pharmaceutical sciences researcher Dr. Corey Nislow will discuss how space flight has changed yeast and algae cultures. Photo: Justin Ohata/UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Event: Unboxing of space-travelling yeast and algae

Media are invited to capture the unveiling of two UBC science experiments that have circled the moon as part of NASA’s Artemis 1 lunar mission.

Jan 10, 2023

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