By Patty Wellborn on June 20, 2018
UBC researchers have determined that the American pika, long cast as a sentinel mammal for the impacts of climate change, maybe in more trouble than once thought.
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By Patty Wellborn on June 18, 2018
UBC Okanagan’s Lesley Lutes is leading an evaluation Weight Watchers Freestyle, a new commercial weight management protocol. Lutes, an associate professor of psychology, has researchers examining the program from UBC Okanagan and Vancouver.
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By Patty Wellborn on June 8, 2018
Julianne Barry is one of those rare breeds of university students. She has spent her entire post-secondary academic career—from those first, nervous fresh-faced days to becoming an accomplished researcher and post-doctoral fellow—at UBC’s Okanagan campus.
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By Patty Wellborn on June 7, 2018
Things have been adding up for Dana Klamut since she began her academic career at UBC's Okanagan campus five years ago.
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By Patty Wellborn on June 7, 2018
A UBC student’s research examining the DNA of endangered Galapagos tortoises has led to the highest accomplishment a university student can win.
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By Christine Zeindler on June 6, 2018
Ashley Kerik has always had itchy feet. Since graduating from high school, she approached the world as one big laboratory, where new discoveries were just around the bend.
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By Matthew Stone on June 5, 2018
IKBSAS faculty members recognized for teaching excellence, including first Killam award for the Okanagan campus Convocation is a time to celebrate the achievements and hard work of UBC students, but on June 7, 2018, a man who helped get many of them across the stage will also be honoured. In early May, Dr. Stephen McNeil, […]
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By Nathan Skolski on June 5, 2018
UBC Okanagan’s gym and courtyard will be filled with traditional ceremony, shouts of celebrations and lifetime memories for two days this week.
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By Nathan Skolski on June 5, 2018
In a new study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology, researchers from UBC’s Okanagan campus have discovered that men who have used psychedelic drugs in the past have a lower likelihood of engaging in violence against their intimate partners.
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By Patty Wellborn on May 28, 2018
Mountains are bellwethers of climate shifts according to new reporting led by UBC researchers, who suggest these terrains are experiencing a variety of rapid and worrying changes.
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