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 Okanagan honours top faculty and teaching assistants
The finest teachers at UBC’s Okanagan campus were honoured at a special event Thursday.
UBC instructor uses math to investigate possibility of time travel
Mathematical model of a TARDIS takes the 'fiction' out of science fiction.
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.
New tool can help estimate genetically modified pollen spread
Food purists may have cause to celebrate thanks to a recent international study directed by the University of British Columbia. The study, which evaluated the spread of genetically modified (GM) organisms to non-modified crops, has implications from farm to family.
UBC hosts candidate forum for upcoming election
In an effort to generate student interest in provincial politics, a UBC professor is organizing an all-candidates forum well in advance of the May 9 provincial election.
UBC students debate: Have personalities overtaken issues in politics?
The Donald is in the White House. And people are wondering—has the political world been colonized by celebrity culture?
UBC research paves way for improved road construction
A team of researchers have identified an improved method to predict the strength and durability of shale embankments that line roads.
Scotiabank funds $2-million cybersecurity and financial data initiative at UBC
UBC is poised to accelerate cybersecurity and financial risk research in Canada and beyond, thanks to a $2-million donation from Scotiabank.
Historian, scholar Pieter Lagrou visits UBC to discuss post-war Europe
The end of the Second World War witnessed massive border changes across Central and Eastern Europe.