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UBC leads community partnership investigating physical activity of kids with disabilities

By Christine Zeindler on April 26, 2018

About four per cent of Canadian children are living with a disability and their level of physical activity has been unknown, until now.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Medicine, Southern Medical Program

There is more than just saving money when it comes to fake goods

By Patty Wellborn on April 26, 2018

While some may think a ‘knock-off’ product is morally wrong, new research from UBC’s Okanagan campus demonstrates that for some cultures ‘unethical’ consumption is a virtue.

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

Engineering professor Sumi Siddiqua (right) and graduate student Priscila Barreto (left).

New research modernizes rammed earth construction

By Nathan Skolski on April 23, 2018

A building method as old as dirt is being re-examined as a ‘new’ and viable modern construction material.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

Finalists in the 2018 Okanagan Short Story Contest, from left: Assoc. Prof. Michael V. Smith, MFA student Victoria Alvarez (second place), MA IGS student Brittni MacKenzie-Dale (first place), Bethany Pardoe (winner, high-school category), Samantha Macpherson (third place) and contest judge Karen Hofmann.

Kelowna writer wins UBC Okanagan’s annual short story contest

By Patty Wellborn on April 18, 2018

Kelowna’s Brittni MacKenzie-Dale is the winner of this year’s Okanagan Short Story Contest. Organized and partially-sponsored by UBC Okanagan, the contest is an annual writing competition open to fiction writers in British Columbia’s Southern Interior.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Joshua Brinkerhoff is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering at UBC Okanagan

Computer modeling may provide better treatments for emphysema

By Nathan Skolski on April 16, 2018

Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus are using advanced computer simulations to model how air flows into the deepest regions of the lungs and uncover how the early stages of emphysema can impact a patient’s ability to take in oxygen.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Health, Research, School of Engineering, SoE Spotlight

Authors shortlisted for UBC’s 2018 Okanagan Short Story Contest

By Patty Wellborn on April 12, 2018

It has been 20 years of great stories, emerging writers and plot twists.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

A self-portrait by Bachelor of Fine Arts student Moozhan Ahmadzadegan is one of many pieces of art on display during the upcoming Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition.

UBC Okanagan fine arts graduates host exhibition

By Patty Wellborn on April 12, 2018

Visual Arts students at UBC Okanagan will host their annual graduation art exhibition called 20, April 12 to 24.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Arts, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

From left, lecturer Svan Lembke, David Gao, Stehaniya Mikhaylova, Marisa Matthews, Dan Thornton, Argus Properties President Ted Callahan and Faculty of Management Director Mike Chiasson celebrate with the Argus Cup after the 2018 Live Case Challenge.

Growth strategy captures Live Case Challenge

By Nathan Skolski on April 6, 2018

Aggressive expansion in a region experiencing high residential growth – achieved by purchasing and partnering with an established company to recreate high-end and tailored service delivery that meets contractors’ needs.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, Faculty of Management

Pat Kennedy and Mike Shaw talk about Mike’s road to recovery.

Story of resilience and recovery shared at annual breakfast

By Patty Wellborn on April 6, 2018

UBC Okanagan held its annual athletic scholarship breakfast on Friday where inspiration took centre-stage.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Athletics

From left: Linda Fitzpatrick, Ross Fitzpatrick, UBC Okanagan Chief Librarian Heather Berringer and UBC’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Deborah Buszard pose for a photo outside the still under construction Teaching and Learning Centre.

Supporting students at the heart of a $1.25M gift

By Nathan Skolski on April 4, 2018

UBC Okanagan announced today that the great hall in its new Teaching and Learning Centre building will bear the name of distinguished entrepreneur and retired Canadian senator Hon. Ross Fitzpatrick.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight

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