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Lesley Lutes, a clinical health psychologist who directs the PhD program in clinical psychology at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

UBC tests out walk-in well-being clinic

By Patty Wellborn on October 30, 2018

UBC Okanagan’s Interprofessional Clinic is testing out a walk-in clinic where people will have the opportunity to get a mental health check-up without an appointment.

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UBC Okanagan hosts future of work symposium

By Patty Wellborn on October 26, 2018

Thanks to technology, the world of work is changing. A new wave of disruption is impacting traditional jobs, industries and business models. Canadians are increasingly employed in non-traditional industries, working flexible hours and using technology to change the way they work.

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A language creator writes their own language.

UBC hosts conlanging documentary and panel discussion

By Patty Wellborn on October 24, 2018

The art of creating languages, yes it is a thing, will be explained at a special event in Kelowna next week.

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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

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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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

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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