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UBC Okanagan PhD candidate Sydney Morgan conducts research on wine yeast strains and how they react to sulphites.

Sulphites and the great wine debate

By Patty Wellborn on July 20, 2017

UBC research shows different sulphite amounts affect yeast strain and final product.

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Cultural Studies students Tessa Baatz and Emma Mcleod (centre) present their project in class.

Converting parking spaces into people places

By Patty Wellborn on July 6, 2017

Parklets, not parking spaces, can create a positive vibe in the City of Kelowna.

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Management students (from left) Jonathan Donahoe, Alan Blackwell, Kirsten Haayer and Olivia Johnson hold the Argus Cup after winning the 2017 Live Case Challenge.

Green juice captures UBC’s Live Case Challenge, and wins $5,000

By Patty Wellborn on April 7, 2017

Canned healthy drinks, starting with a range of quality greens you can drink on the go, was the winning idea in this year’s Live Case Challenge, held by UBC’s Faculty of Management Thursday.

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Scotiabank funds $2-million cybersecurity and financial data initiative at UBC

Scotiabank funds $2-million cybersecurity and financial data initiative at UBC

By Christine Zeindler on March 13, 2017

UBC is poised to accelerate cybersecurity and financial risk research in Canada and beyond, thanks to a $2-million donation from Scotiabank.

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SunRype VP of Business Development Derek Brown (left), Finance Business Manager Kyle Robinson, SunRype CFO and VP of Finance Amanda Burns, Argus Properties President and CEO Ted Callahan, SunRype Communications Manager Barb Broder, SunRype President and CEO Dave McAnerney, UBC Okanagan campus lecturer Svan Lembke and Faculty of Management Dean Roger Sugden celebrate the launch of the 2017 Live Case Challenge sponsored by Argus Properties.

UBC management students take on challenge with SunRype

By Patty Wellborn on March 1, 2017

Third-year UBC Bachelor of Management students are squeezing everything they have learned to help Sun-Rype Products Ltd., as part of the sixth annual Live Case Challenge.

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Doug Mitchell

Supporter of amateur and professional sports speaks at UBC breakfast event

By Patty Wellborn on February 21, 2017

Doug Mitchell, a man who has played professional football, triumphed in amateur sports, and has arenas and championship trophies named after him, is the special guest at this year’s Valley First/UBC Okanagan Athletics Scholarship Breakfast.

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The official ribbon for the Home of Tomorrow was cut by UBC’s Okanagan’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor Deborah Buszard; Stephen Fuhr, MP Kelowna - Lake Country; Danielle Wensink, FortisBC; Russ Foster, CEO Blenk Development; Scott Tyerman, AuthenTech Homes; Colin Basran, Mayor City of Kelowna; Jim Hamilton, President, Okanagan College.

Wilden Living Lab show homes ready for new families

By Patty Wellborn on January 31, 2017

As laboratories go, the comfy, newly-built Wilden Living Lab is already a winner.

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UBC Management students (from left) Tyler Hesketh, Kirstin Townsend and Alan Blackwell celebrate their first place win for the marketing category of JDC West, Western Canada’s largest business competition.

UBC Management students honoured in business competition

By Patty Wellborn on January 20, 2017

Faculty of Management students from UBC Okanagan’s campus earned a podium finish at JDC West, one of Western Canada’s largest business competitions.

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Nathan Pelletier, Egg Industry Chair in Sustainability/Endowed Chair in Bio-economy Sustainability Management

UBC welcomes national sustainability research chair

By Christine Zeindler on January 10, 2017

UBC’s Okanagan campus has a new national research chair.

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The new SIDIT-UBC Okanagan Co-op Grant was officially announced Monday at the Kelowna campus. Front row (from left): Luanne Chore, CEO of SIDIT; Grace McGregor, Board of Directors Chair for SIDIT; Cynthia Mathieson, UBC Okanagan Provost and Vice-Principal Academic; Claudette Everett, Vice Chair for SIDIT; Pam Deveau, SIDIT Director Corporate Resources/Corporate Secretary. Back row (from left): Aimee Watson, SIDIT Board member; Philip Barker, UBC Okanagan Vice-Principal Research; John Zimmer, SIDIT Board member; Ginny Becker, SIDIT Program Manager for Business Advisory Services.

New SIDIT-UBC co-op grant available for employers

By Christine Zeindler on January 9, 2017

An investment of $50,000 from the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT) to UBC’s Okanagan campus will give regional companies access and financial support to the best and brightest of young talent—UBC Okanagan co-op students.

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