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UBC Okanagan, CBC Radio host mayoral forum on campus

UBC Okanagan, CBC Radio host mayoral forum on campus

By Patty Wellborn on October 11, 2018

The four candidates vying to be mayor of Kelowna will be centre stage at UBC Okanagan on Monday, October 15.

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UBC Okanagan Professor Soheil Mahmoud (second from left) teaches students in a small lavender field on the Okanagan campus.

UBC researchers dig to get to the root of lavender’s secrets

By Patty Wellborn on October 11, 2018

A team of researchers, including UBC’s Soheil Mahmoud, have recently sequenced the genome of lavender.

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THC amounts identical in most cannabis strains, UBC study finds

THC amounts identical in most cannabis strains, UBC study finds

By Patty Wellborn on October 10, 2018

A rose by any other name is still a rose. The same, it turns out, can be said for cannabis.

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Turkey eggs

Why don’t we eat turkey eggs?

By Patty Wellborn on October 3, 2018

A perennial favourite for countless Canadians during Thanksgiving is the iconic turkey dinner. And while turkeys are well known for their meat, it is virtually unheard of to eat their eggs.

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Susan Holtzman is an associate professor in UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences.

Think B4 U text, says UBC research

By Christine Zeindler on September 27, 2018

Many think they’re doing a favour by texting criticism instead of giving it in person. Not so, say researchers at UBC Okanagan’s campus who have determined that negative comments can have the same impact regardless of how they are delivered.

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UBC Okanagan hosts American visionary Cornel West

UBC Okanagan hosts American visionary Cornel West

By Patty Wellborn on September 19, 2018

In a time of political controversy—when race, social activism and political correctness affect almost every conversation, event and newsroom—UBC is hosting prominent and provocative author Cornel West.

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UBC students share research at annual symposium

UBC students share research at annual symposium

By Nathan Skolski on September 14, 2018

Those with a curious mind are invited to attend next week’s 13th annual Undergraduate Research Awards Symposium at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

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Gino DiLabio is a professor and head of the Department of Chemistry at UBC Okanagan

Artificial anti-oxidant may be the next go-to supplement

By Nathan Skolski on September 11, 2018

Researchers from UBC Okanagan and the University of Bologna have discovered that TEMPO—a well-known artificial anti-oxidant—is up to 100 times more powerful than nature’s best and could help counteract everything from skin damage to Alzheimer’s Disease.

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Miranda Hart, associate professor of biology in the Irving K Barber School of Arts and Sciences.

UBC researcher wonders where the women are

By Patty Wellborn on August 29, 2018

After an in-depth study, a UBC Okanagan researcher says almost every aspect of two top science journals continue to under-represent women—from published articles to photos, feature profiles and even advertisements.

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Postdoctoral fellow Aaron Johnstone.

UBC study raises the standard for measuring nerve cell death

By Christine Zeindler on August 27, 2018

Researchers at UBC’s Okanagan campus have developed a new and improved method to judge the effectiveness of experimental therapies for neurodegeneration—the progressive loss of neurons.

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