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Meghan Grant, a gold medal-winning member of Canada’s national cycling team, is the special guest at this year’s fundraising breakfast.

Gold medal winning cyclist to speak at athletic breakfast

By Patty Wellborn on March 21, 2019

A national cyclist, former candidate in Canada’s astronaut program, and medical doctor is the keynote speaker at this year’s UBC Okanagan Heat Athletic Scholarship Breakfast, presented by RBC.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Athletics

UBC students discuss pipelines in annual student debate

By Patty Wellborn on March 20, 2019

Students, faculty and the public are invited to watch UBC Okanagan’s top debaters tackle what may be the most controversial issue in Canada today—Be It Resolved That Canada Needs More Pipelines.

Posted in Media Advisory | Tagged Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy Politics and Economics, Political Science

Cassidy Wallis presents her research at UBC Okanagan’s sixth annual Three Minute Thesis competition.

Psychology student captures top prize at UBCO 3MT final

By Patty Wellborn on March 15, 2019

A captivating topic and plenty of passion propelled Cassidy Wallis into the winner’s circle at UBC Okanagan’s sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, Psychology, School of Engineering

UBCO School of Engineering researcher Mohammad Arjmand examines the new polymer-based brake pad which could revolutionize braking systems in cars and trains.

New technology accelerates the science of deceleration

By Patty Wellborn on March 14, 2019

While it’s not a case of reinventing the wheel, researchers are looking at ways to improve standard braking equipment on trains and cars.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, School of Engineering

UBCO currently has space for 1,680 students to live on campus which allows it to meet its guarantee to provide student housing to every first-year student.

UBCO invests $70M in new on-campus student housing

By Nathan Skolski on March 13, 2019

With UBC Okanagan’s enrolment numbers set to surpass 10,000 students by September, the university has unveiled plans to build two new student residences adding 440 new beds to its campus housing inventory.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight

This installation by Timur Si-Qin titled East, South, West, North, was recently on display in Beijing.

Fine arts student invites internationally renowned artist to Kelowna

By Nathan Skolski on March 11, 2019

A UBC Okanagan fine arts student was so inspired by an internationally acclaimed artist, he invited him to Kelowna.

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

Jonathan Corbett, assoc. prof. of geography and SSHRC researcher of the year, Kasun Hewage, prof. of engineering and NSERC researcher of the year, and Rachelle Hole, assoc. prof. of social work and health researcher of the year.

Prizes awarded to UBC Okanagan’s top researchers

By Nathan Skolski on March 8, 2019

UBC’s Okanagan campus is home to nearly 300 faculty researchers that are exploring some of the most urgent challenges, newest ideas and most ground-breaking technologies in the world.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Geography, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Social Work

UBC Okanagan doctoral student Sadia Ishaq's research has found that Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec have embraced alternative stormwater management technologies.

When it comes to controlling rainwater runoff, some provinces lag behind

By Nathan Skolski on March 7, 2019

As population density in urban areas continues to intensify, municipal and provincial governments are looking towards alternatives to traditional stormwater systems.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged College of Graduate Studies, School of Engineering