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Rudolph Seethaler is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at UBC's Okanagan campus.

UBC engineer creates valve that will reduce vehicle emissions

By Matthew Grant on August 30, 2016

A UBC researcher has determined there is a way to make internal combustion engines more fuel efficient and better for the environment.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, Research, School of Engineering

UBC Okanagan Instructor Miles Thorogood (right) shows students some of the technology that will be used in the new BMS program.

New UBC program feeds demand for creative tech-savvy workers

By Matthew Grant on August 22, 2016

There’s a new program at UBC’s Okanagan campus linking the tech industry to academia.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Management, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning

Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy and a Faculty of Law and School of Public Health professor, will be in Kelowna September 20.

Timothy Caulfield takes on pop culture health myths at UBC’s speaker series

By Patty Wellborn on August 19, 2016

Pop culture, celebrity scientists and social media trends often make it tricky to determine what’s right and what’s not when it comes to healthy eating, food myths, and basic common sense.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Health, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

Nilufar Islam developed the drinking water quality index tool while working on her PhD at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

UBC researchers develop drinking water quality index tool for municipalities

By Matthew Grant on August 11, 2016

UBC engineers have created a tool that will help municipalities measure water quality, as a way to ensure clean and safe drinking water is coming out of the taps.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, Faculty of Management, Research, School of Engineering

Spotlight - UBC researcher Michael Deyholos stands in front of the flax plants he studies.

UBC research aims to help Canadian flax farmers

By Matthew Grant on August 10, 2016

A UBC professor’s flax research could one day help Canadian farmers grow a car fender.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Biology, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Learning, Research

BC’s South Okanagan becomes home to a new family medicine residency training site

By Matthew Grant on August 8, 2016

UBC and the Province of British Columbia have launched a new family medicine training site in the South Okanagan, marking the first time doctors in UBC’s Family Practice Residency Program can complete their entire residency in the region.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Health, Southern Medical Program