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UBC researchers map smoke taint in wine grapes

By Patty Wellborn on January 25, 2018

Grape growers have long sought to protect their crops from the effects of wildfire smoke and research from UBC’s Okanagan campus is giving them new insights.

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UBC Okanagan's entry for the 2018 Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race

UBC Okanagan’s engineering students leave for downhill challenge

By Nathan Skolski on January 22, 2018

For this particular group of engineering students, when things go rapidly downhill it’s actually a good thing.

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Provincial funds support growing demand for tech-related education

By Nathan Skolski on January 22, 2018

Students in BC’s interior looking for a career in tech-related programs have many more opportunities, thanks to new provincial funding announced this week.

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Nathan Pelletier, Endowed Chair in Bio-economy Sustainability Management, Egg Industry Chair in Sustainability

UBC researcher receives federal support to research egg industry sustainability

By Nathan Skolski on January 19, 2018

As a leading Canadian expert in sustainability, UBC’s Nathan Pelletier has been awarded a prestigious Industrial Research Chair by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The award will advance Pelletier’s research activities that focus on sustainability measurement and management, life-cycle thinking and resource efficiency, with an emphasis on the Canadian egg industry.

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UBC researcher Bryn Crawford holds a sample sheet made with flax bio-waste. The black spots on the sheet indicate mould growth.

New research finds that mould can infiltrate and weaken bio-composite materials

By Nathan Skolski on January 11, 2018

At UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering, mould is proving increasingly important in the domain of engineering materials and can lead to early deterioration and structural failure.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Biology, Faculty of Management, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Research, School of Engineering, SoE Spotlight | Leave a response

Abrupt end to exercise not the answer when it comes to eating disorder treatment

By Nathan Skolski on January 10, 2018

UBC researcher Danika Quesnel says telling people who are undergoing treatment for an eating disorder to completely abstain from exercise can be detrimental to the patient’s recovery and long-term health.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Research, School of Health and Exercise Sciences | Leave a response

UBC instructor Katherine Pickering reviews Bachelor of Fine Arts student Matthew Glenn’s portfolio.

UBC’s fine arts studios open for Portfolio Day and Creative Days

By Patty Wellborn on January 5, 2018

UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical studies is encouraging artists, interested fine arts options at the university, to show off their talent.

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UBC Okanagan Events

Faculty Pension Plan seminar: Understanding Your Retirement Income Options
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on Apr 30
3rd Annual Student Okanagan Film Festival
Source: FCCSHappening on Apr 30
A Partnership in Research Presentation - Public health responses to the overdose emergency
Source: IHLCDPHappening on May 01
The Milkcraters of the Moon Reading Series
Source: FCCSHappening on May 01
Microsoft Visio
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on May 02
MS Office PowerPoint
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on May 02
MS Office Word Expert
Source: Personal and Professional DevelopmentHappening on May 03

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