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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

UBCO Engineering Professor Solomon Tesfamariam (centre) examines wood used in mass-timber buildings.

Proverbial wolf can’t blow down modern timber high-rises, says UBCO researchers

By Nathan Skolski on December 3, 2020

With an increasing demand for a more sustainable alternative for high-rise construction, new research from UBC Okanagan, in collaboration with Western University and FPInnovations, points to timber as a sustainable and effective way to make tall, high-density, and renewable buildings.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, School of Engineering

Shahria Alam, co-director of UBC’s Green Construction Research and Training Centre and the lead investigator of the study.

New UBCO research suggests recycled concrete could be a sustainable way to keep rubble out of landfills

By Nathan Skolski on November 30, 2020

Results of a new five-year study of recycled concrete show that it performs as well, and in several cases even better, than conventional concrete.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, School of Engineering

Linda Stober, Ken Stober, Matt Hauge and Keith Brewster from the Stober Foundation along with David McAnerney and Dave Henwood from the Stober Group meet with UBC Okanagan Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Lesley Cormack (centre).

$1M gift from Stober Foundation to support UBCO students and public health

By Nathan Skolski on October 8, 2020

With the physical and mental well-being of UBC Okanagan students and the community top of mind, the Stober Family have donated $1 million to support student scholarships, research and community health initiatives over the next five years.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

UBC Associate Professor Sunny Li, right, discusses adaptations to the Airborne Infection Isolation and Removal system, with his doctoral student Mojtaba Zabihi and Care Health Meditech Managing Partner Stephen Munro, centre.

UBCO researchers team up with industry partner to clear the air

By Patty Wellborn on July 15, 2020

UBC Okanagan researchers are collaborating with Kelowna-based Care Health Meditech to develop a new device that isolates and eliminates airborne droplets and germs associated with COVID-19 and other illnesses. 

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, Research, School of Engineering

UBC’s Wine Research Centre, located on the Okanagan campus, is dedicated to fostering cooperation between academic institutions, the wine industry sector and communities around the world.

UBC Okanagan uncorks new Wine Research Centre headquarters

By Patty Wellborn on June 29, 2020

The renowned wine region of BC’s Okanagan Valley now boasts a new research hub, as UBC shifts the headquarters of its acclaimed Wine Research Centre (WRC) from its Vancouver campus to its Kelowna-based campus.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, Faculty of Management, Research

An artists rendering of the new UBC presence in downtown Kelowna.

UBC to establish new downtown Kelowna presence

By Nathan Skolski on June 3, 2020

UBC, together with the City of Kelowna, announced today a significant new university presence in downtown Kelowna with plans for a mixed-use development featuring community-facing academic space, office space and university rental housing. 

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business

Chief Scientist at PRE Labs Mazeyar Parvinzadeh Gashti tests several different soap products on a protective face shield.

Collaboration helps frontline workers see clearly during long hours at work

By Patty Wellborn on May 21, 2020

A tweet for help, a response from a researcher, and a collaboration with a safety products manufacturing company have frontline healthcare workers at Kelowna General Hospital seeing clearly through their protective face shields.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, School of Engineering

Assistant Professor Mahmudur Fatmi wants to hear how COVID-19 has impacted people’s travel, whether it’s running errands, going on a road trip or a cancelling that trip of a lifetime.

UBCO professor researching the impact of COVID-19 on travel restrictions

By Patty Wellborn on April 14, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted everyone in Canada and around the world. While people are being asked to stay at home and maintain social distancing, a UBC Okanagan professor is collecting data about people’s travel habits.

Posted in Media Releases | Tagged Business, Research, School of Engineering

UBC Okanagan Engineering Professor Cigdem Eskicioglu has been named the Senior Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in advanced resource recovery from wastewater.

UBC Okanagan awarded Industrial Research Chair in advanced resource recovery from wastewater

By Nathan Skolski on February 27, 2020

UBC Okanagan announced today that Engineering Professor Cigdem Eskicioglu has been named the Senior Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in advanced resource recovery from wastewater.

Posted in Media Releases, Spotlight | Tagged Business, Research, School of Engineering

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