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A call to writers for Okanagan Short Story Contest submissions

A call to writers for Okanagan Short Story Contest submissions

By Patty Wellborn on January 14, 2021

Up and coming writers are encouraged to submit entries for the annual Okanagan Short Story Contest.

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

The Okanagan-based CHIME radio telescope detected a fast radio burst from within the Milky Way in April 2020.

Radio burst in Milky Way sheds light on origins of mysterious phenomenon

By Patty Wellborn on January 12, 2021

In the decade since they were first discovered, astronomers have categorized fast radio bursts (FRBs) as mysterious phenomena. But a recent astronomical event has provided further insight into the origin of these signals.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, Physics

UBC is planning to use the Doyle Avenue location for academic and research uses and also create additional shared-use areas, office, residential and some amenity spaces.

UBCO virtual open house explores community engagement

By Patty Wellborn on January 7, 2021

A new public gallery, creative innovation spaces, a public engagement and learning suite and other community-accessible facilities are being considered for UBC Okanagan’s downtown Kelowna site.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business

The Stronger Together project connects patients with expert resources, online counselling, daily health trackers and opportunities to build social connections with Canadians experiencing similar health circumstances.

New UBC research partnership connects patients with virtual health communities

By Patty Wellborn on January 6, 2021

Researchers with the UBC Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management (CCDPM) have teamed up with digital health company Curatio to provide Canadians with virtual health support during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Health, Research, Southern Medical Program

UBCO’s Arts Career Apprenticeship program will focus on new arts, humanities and social sciences graduates.

UBCO launches arts career apprenticeship with local businesses

By Patty Wellborn on January 5, 2021

With many university graduates ready to hit the labour market running, UBC Okanagan is aiming to make that first job an especially meaningful one through the creation of an apprenticeship initiative together with local businesses and organizations.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Learning, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic

The role of the nurse has been front and centre since the pandemic began.

Reflecting on what really was the Year of the Nurse

By Patty Wellborn on December 23, 2020

Even before the term COVID-19 was a household name, the World Health Organization had designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. It was to be a year of celebration, milestones and recruitment opportunities to encourage more people to think about nursing as a career.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Health and Social Development, Health, School of Nursing

It will be an unusual Christmas for many as virtual gatherings have become the norm this season.

UBCO experts offer tips to help make this Christmas worth remembering

By Patty Wellborn on December 22, 2020

While it’s true that Christmas 2020 will be unusual for most, a team of UBC Okanagan experts suggest it doesn’t have to be a holiday season to regret. The experts’ advice includes everything from online shopping tips and getting some exercise to curling up with a good book.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Management, Health, Psychology, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Popular fundraiser Art on the Line goes online for 2021

Popular fundraiser Art on the Line goes online for 2021

By Patty Wellborn on December 21, 2020

UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, in association with the Visual Arts Course Union, is not letting COVID-19 stop a popular annual tradition.

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

A UBCO student project developed a method to make shipping containers immediately identifiable by using artificial intelligence.

UBCO team creates live technology to track shipping containers

By Patty Wellborn on December 18, 2020

With hundreds of thousands of packages and shipments crossing the globe, especially during the holiday season, the industry has turned to UBC Okanagan researchers to develop better ways to track parcels.

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

UBCO researcher Mohammad Zarifi has made significant improvements to the real-time sensors that monitor frost and ice build-up on airplanes and turbines.

UBCO research takes the chill off icy build-up on planes and wind turbines

By Patty Wellborn on December 17, 2020

New UBC Okanagan research is changing the way aircraft and wind turbine operators are addressing the risks related to ice build-up.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Research, School of Engineering

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