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UBC PhD student Kimberly Kaseweter and Prof. Michael Woodworth share their sex offender classification report with Kelowna RCMP’s Greg Willcocks.

UBC researchers create new method to classify dangerous sex offenders

By Patty Wellborn on October 31, 2016

UBC researchers have developed a new classification system that could help police solve sex crimes.

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UBC Okanagan Assoc. Prof. Zach Walsh says the government needs to do a rethink when it comes to medicinal cannabis as new research indicates more and more people are substituting cannabis for prescription drugs, including opiate pain killers. Darren Hull photo.

Psychopathy increases risk of violence in romantic relationships

By Matthew Grant on October 27, 2016

People with higher levels of psychopathic tendencies are more likely to assault their romantic partners. They are also more likely to drink alcohol, a UBC study has found.

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UBC's Heather Gainforth holds a nicotine inhaler, a popular tool with people trying to quit smoking.

People trying to quit smoking don’t always focus on tobacco cessation

By Matthew Grant on October 25, 2016

Fifty per cent of statements made by smokers during counselling sessions designed to help them stop have nothing to do with quitting, a UBC study has found.

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The great horned owl's food supply of northern hare may become scarce as global warming continues. Bob Lalonde photo.

UBC researcher worries global warming may harm predator and prey connections

By Patty Wellborn on October 25, 2016

A UBC study highlights the potential harm that climate change may have on a number of predator and prey relationships.

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Nobel Laureate Peter Guttorp will speak at UBC Okanagan October 27.

Understanding the local impact of a warming planet

By Patty Wellborn on October 24, 2016

How can we move from measurement, models and projections to understand climate change?

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UBC president to talk about priorities and goals for the university

UBC president to talk about priorities and goals for the university

By Patty Wellborn on October 21, 2016

Professor Santa Ono, UBC’s 15th President and Vice-Chancellor, will share his early priorities and interests for the university at a special evening conversation in Kelowna next week.

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UBC professor Kathleen Martin Ginis (left) and PhD candidate Matthew Stork.

Music may help make high-intensity interval training viable option for average person

By Matthew Grant on October 20, 2016

Listening to music may make it easier for people to adopt short duration exercise regimens that could help them stay in shape, according to researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

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HatTrick participant Kevin Lavigne and poses with Kelowna Rockets mascot Rocky the Raccoon.

UBC researchers team up with Kelowna Rockets to support men’s health

By Patty Wellborn on October 20, 2016

UBC Asst. Professor Cristina Caperchione is teaming up with the Kelowna Rockets to offer HAT TRICK; an innovative healthy lifestyle program to help local men increase physical activity, improve nutritional habits, and enhance their social connectedness.

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UBC professors share insight about the brain during Mini-Med

UBC professors share insight about the brain during Mini-Med

By Patty Wellborn on October 19, 2016

The human being’s most critical organ, the brain, is the topic of this year’s Mini-Med series.

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UBC chemistry professor Stephen McNeil demonstrates the chemical properties in essential oils and various herbs. Photo credit: Curtis Anderson

UBC celebrates chemistry week with hands-on sensory events

By Patty Wellborn on October 18, 2016

National Chemistry Week is an annual, week-long celebration of the chemical sciences in all provinces and territories in Canada. It’s an opportunity for youth to get connected with the wonders of chemistry and for the not-so-young to appreciate chemistry through games, demonstrations, lectures, exhibitions and more.

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