Teaching Learning and Research Excellence
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Zac Hug found his calling in writing Hallmark rom-coms—and so can you
The adjunct professor in creative writing tells us about his work with Hallmark, and how he is helping aspiring writers shape their own love stories for the screen in a new online course.
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Where do Canada’s fruits and vegetables come from? New website maps the flow into provinces
Like Google maps for your dinner plate, a new UBC project shows where 34 popular fruits and vegetables regularly consumed by Canadians come from.
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How sexuality conflicts are quietly breaking relationships apart
A new study identified a surprising factor that is undermining relationship satisfaction and stability: the inconsistency between a person’s sexual identity or attraction, and whether they are in a same-sex or different-sex relationship.
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Should we recognize robot rights?
In this Q&A, professor Benjamin Perrin and student Nathan Cheung discuss a new upper-level course studying whether robots need rights.
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Money buys happiness in different ways depending on where you live
New research from a multinational UBC psychology study suggests that money can buy happiness—but what you spend it on matters, depending on where you live.
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UBC researchers awarded $1M Wall Fellowships to tackle B.C.’s most significant environmental challenges
Inaugural Wall Legacy Awards funded by $100M+ Peter Wall Endowment generates $4M in research support annually for UBC faculty and graduate students.
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Why a 10-per-cent chance of winning coffee changed habits
A UBC research team turned an everyday coffee run into a game of chance—and it worked.
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Cancer-like mutations in healthy cells point to origins of breast cancer
In a new study, the international collaborators have pinpointed what could be the early genetic origins of breast cancer—cancer-like mutations appearing in the cells of healthy women.