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UBC students revamp websites of seven non-profit organizations
UBC students taking a third-year Human Computer Interaction course have been working with seven non-profit organizations to...
Awards recognize Okanagan engineering co-op student, faculty member, and employer
The School of Engineering is celebrating the success of this year's engineering co-op graduates as part of National Cooperative Educational Week (Mar. 21 to 25).
Top clinical journal publishes study by UBC Human Kinetics student
Chris Willie, a Human Kinetics PhD student at UBC's Okanagan campus, is the principal author of a new study soon to appear in one of the world's top clinical journals, Hypertension.
UBC students build robots with SD23 students
Interior Savings has teamed up with the Learning Exchange at UBC's Okanagan campus and School District 23 to provide elementary, middle, and high school students with the opportunity to visit the university and construct Lego Mindstorm Robots with university student volunteers. In half-day workshops, UBC students from a range of disciplines -- including engineering, computer […]
UBC students attend global conference to fight world hunger
Students Odd Gleditsch and Neetu Garcha will represent UBC's Okanagan campus at the Summit of Universities Fighting World Hunger...
Graduate studies: road less travelled more travelled at UBC
Many graduate students at UBC's Okanagan campus are taking the road less travelled by pursuing their master's or doctoral degrees in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS). While the majority of universities across the country see about 1 or 2 per cent of their graduate students choosing IGS programs, about 30 per cent of graduate programming at […]
Crocodile tears? Facial clues reveal fake or sincere remorse
A new study led by Leanne ten Brinke investigates how genuine and falsified remorse reveals itself on the human face, and how these facial clues can help detect whether a person is faking regret.
UBC psychology professor wins international award for outstanding research
UBC psychology professor Liane Gabora has been awarded the Berlyne Award for Outstanding Research by a Junior Scholar, given by American Psychology Association (APA) Division 10.
First gene cloned at UBC's Okanagan campus
Biology professor Soheil Mahmoud and his team of graduate researchers have cloned the first gene at UBC's Okanagan campus.
UBC chemistry student earns professional association’s inaugural scholarship
Afton Hiscox, a fourth-year honours chemistry student in UBC’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, is the winner of...