Mathematics

UBCO professors explain the brilliance behind this year’s Nobel Prize winners

UBCO professors explain the brilliance behind this year’s Nobel Prize winners

By Patty Wellborn on December 2, 2019

Planets, poverty, peace and powerful batteries. The science and activism behind all of these are tied together this year by the lasting legacy of Alfred Nobel’s annual recognition for game-changes.

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UBCO students put cosmic ray research aloft

UBCO students put cosmic ray research aloft

By Bud Mortenson on July 24, 2019

A group of UBC Okanagan students have won the opportunity to launch a science experiment into the stratosphere with help from the Canadian Space Agency.

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Three UBC Okanagan students awarded women in tech scholarships

Three UBC Okanagan students awarded women in tech scholarships

By Nathan Skolski on November 16, 2018

In BC, women make up 20 per cent of the high-tech workforce, far less than the national average according to the BC Tech Association. But those statistics are changing thanks in part to three young women from UBC’s Okanagan campus.

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Dana Klamut graduated this week with degrees in math and computer science (honours) from UBC Okanagan.

Double degrees add up to top Pushor Mitchell recognition

By Patty Wellborn on June 7, 2018

Things have been adding up for Dana Klamut since she began her academic career at UBC's Okanagan campus five years ago.

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Newly-minted PhD grad Walaa Moursi and her PhD supervisor Professor Heinz Bauschke celebrate her Governor General gold medal award.

UBC mathematician wins Governor General’s gold medal

By Patty Wellborn on June 9, 2017

A math whiz, who moved with her family more than 10,000 kilometers to continue her education, is UBC’s recipient of the gold 2017 Governor General Academic Medal—one of Canada’s most prestigious academic awards.

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More than 1,650 students will receive their degrees at UBC’s Okanagan campus this week.

More than 1,650 students graduate from UBC Okanagan this week

By Nathan Skolski on June 5, 2017

For many, it’s one of the biggest milestones of their lives—graduating from university. At UBC’s Okanagan campus, nearly 1,650 students will reach that milestone this week as the university gears up for six convocation ceremonies.

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UBC Okanagan's Ben Tippett

UBC instructor uses math to investigate possibility of time travel

By Patty Wellborn on April 27, 2017

Mathematical model of a TARDIS takes the 'fiction' out of science fiction.

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Community celebrates research at UBC Okanagan

Community celebrates research at UBC Okanagan

By Patty Wellborn on March 3, 2017

From advances in chronic disease interventions to improving wireless communications, innovative research projects at UBC Okanagan are attracting national attention.

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UBC Professor Lael Parrott.

Barely-educated humans impact bear behaviour

By Christine Zeindler on February 6, 2017

The American black bear can rest easier thanks to conservation research conducted at UBC’s Okanagan campus. A recent study indicates that while urban sprawl results in more human-bear interactions, human education can hinder negative encounters.

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UBC associate professor of math, Rebecca Tyson used computer modelling to determine pheromone baiting isn’t the best solution to control the mountain pine beetle.

UBC researcher says management of pine beetle not working

By Patty Wellborn on November 30, 2016

A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles—pheromone baiting—may actually help the pest’s population increase, UBC research shows.

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