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How to spot a liar

How to spot a liar

Forensic psychologist Stephen Porter looks for truth in the nonverbal cues.

Oct 24, 2013

Catching your breath

Catching your breath

UBC researchers head to Croatia to study how elite free-divers stay underwater for 10 minutes at a time.

Oct 22, 2013

Environmental awareness? There’s an app for that

Environmental awareness? There’s an app for that

A PhD student at UBC’s Okanagan campus uses a smartphone app to measure ways children, adults become eco-stewards

Oct 3, 2013

Mastering the field of social work

Mastering the field of social work

UBC Okanagan’s Enhanced Master of Social Work Program addresses Canada’s need for highly trained social workers.

Sep 4, 2013

Growing up out loud — the class of 2017

Growing up out loud — the class of 2017

For the class of 2017–a generation raised on social media–words like “privacy” and “friends” take on new meanings.

Aug 28, 2013 - by Christopher Schneider

Chemists discover 23 new molecules in red wine

Chemists discover 23 new molecules in red wine

Scientists have long espoused the health benefits of red wine. Now UBC chemists have discovered 23 new molecules that could mean there are even more vino virtues.

Aug 12, 2013

UBC Okanagan engineers assist Penticton with energy reduction goals

UBC Okanagan engineers assist Penticton with energy reduction goals

The City of Penticton will get a helping hand from UBC’s Okanagan campus to reach its goal of reducing corporate greenhouse gas emissions.

Jul 24, 2013

UBC Okanagan research funding grows by 110 per cent

UBC Okanagan research funding grows by 110 per cent

Since UBC’s Okanagan campus opened, research funding has more than doubled.

Jul 15, 2013

Dose of reality

Dose of reality

UBC Okanagan nursing student Avneet Khela helped implement the Take Home Naloxone project, which has proven to save the lives of at-risk people.

Jul 8, 2013

A mother tongue for the Man of Steel

A mother tongue for the Man of Steel

UBC linguist Christine Schreyer worked with producers of the Hollywood blockbuster Man of Steel to develop a new language for Superman’s home planet of Krypton.

Jul 4, 2013 - by Paul Marck

Q&A on how Canadians feel about their country

Q&A on how Canadians feel about their country

Sonnet L’Abbé has crossed Canada as an Artist in Motion.

Jun 26, 2013

Sweeping vistas of the Okanagan Valley greet students studying on the bridges connecting classroom and office towers of the Engineering, Education and Management building at UBC’s Okanagan campus. Martin Dee Photograph

Research initiatives in the Okanagan grow by 40 per cent

Since 2006, faculty and student research has grown from $8.3-m to $11.6-m

Mar 6, 2013 - by Paul Marck

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