ENHANCE Happiness and Well-Being study opens to new participants
Two UBC psychology professors are combining their areas of expertise to open the ENHANCE trial, now in its second year, to a new group of Okanagan residents.
UBC event to focus on Canada 150 and alternative commemorations
All levels of government across Canada, and many social and cultural groups, are set to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. The next AlterKnowledge Discussion, held May 19, will highlight a local alternative to the celebration.
UBC instructor uses math to investigate possibility of time travel
Mathematical model of a TARDIS takes the 'fiction' out of science fiction.
Kamloops writer wins UBC’s Okanagan annual short story contest
UBC Writer in Residence Renée Sarojini Saklikar unveiled the winners of the 2017 Okanagan Short Story Contest Tuesday night in the Great Room at the Kelowna branch of the Okanagan Regional Library.
UBC professor curates international exhibit of African print fashion
African stylishness and cosmopolitanism, past and present, is on display in a major exhibition curated by UBC professor Suzanne Gott at the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Okanagan Short Story Contest winners announced April 18
It’s down to three finalists in the 2017 Okanagan Short Story contest, organized by UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies.
UBC researchers connect common fats to a lazy lifestyle and diabetes
A UBC researcher is suggesting the types of cooking oils people consume may be sabotaging their efforts to stay healthy and avoid illnesses such as diabetes.
Kids can ‘dream big’ about the world of engineering on the big screen
Who will build the amazing future for our human race? What cool solutions will we develop next? UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering hosts Dream Big: Engineering Our World with the aim to inspire kids to become the innovators, educators and leaders who will improve the lives of people across the entire planet.
Graduating students host art and interdisciplinary performance exhibition
Do Not Erase, an exhibition featuring emerging artists and performers in their graduating year, takes over the Creative and Critical Studies building on the UBC Okanagan campus for 12 busy and entertaining days in April.
UBC raises more than $75,000 at annual athletic scholarship breakfast
It was a morning of accolades, accomplishments and astonishments at the Valley First/UBC Okanagan Athletics Scholarship Breakfast Friday morning.