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Home of the future Living Lab project started in Wilden subdivision
An energy-efficiency research project involving industry, UBC and Okanagan College broke ground today.
School of Engineering braces for busy end of academic year
As the academic year winds to close, students at UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering are gearing up for a busy final week of projects and presentations.
Wilden Living Lab breaks ground
Industry and post-secondary partners in the Wilden Living Lab project will mark the official groundbreaking of an energy-efficiency research project designed to measure the impact of sustainable building materials in residential construction.
Girls recognize kindness in schools more than boys, UBC study shows
Girls between the ages of 9 and 13 perceive kindness in school more than boys, research from UBC's Okanagan campus shows.
Accounting students add up awards
Delivering what the customer needs, not wants, has earned UBC’s Faculty of Management students top honours at a provincial competition for accounting.
Immigrant entrepreneurs more confident about their future than those born in Canada
Immigrant entrepreneurs are more optimistic about doing business in Kelowna than those born in Canada, a UBC study shows.
'Heartbreaking' story wins 2016 Okanagan Short Story Contest
Creative writing that tugged the heartstrings of award-winning fiction writer Tamas Dobozy won this year’s Okanagan Short Story Contest.
UBC Okanagan enters formula racing
For the first time ever, students at UBC’s Okanagan campus are building a race car and getting ready to go after the checkered flag in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) student design competition.
World Water Day opens discussion about valley drought and floods
UBC’s Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystems Services, together with the Okanagan Basin Water Board and Okanagan WaterWise is marking World Water Day with a special panel presentation titled exSTREAMS: The Okanagan water story and you.
Roger Watts debaters to tackle immigration issues
Canada has an obligation to accept refugees–that is the topic of this year’s Roger Watts Advocacy Debates.