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Castanet News
Top UBCO Engineering student recognized at 2023 graduation ceremony

Solomon Thiessen, described as an "exceptionally gifted" School of Engineering student, was awarded UBC's Governor General's Silver Medal for achieving the highest academic standing of all students in their graduating year.

June 9, 2023
CBC
Canadian architects bring campaign to address housing crisis from the street to world stage

SALA faculty and students are representing Canada at the Venice Biennale, with an installation on Canada's housing crisis.

May 20, 2023
Mechanical Business
UBC among winners of 2023 Design and Build Challenge

UBC engineering and architecture student team Third Quadrant Design was among the winners of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2023 Build Challenge.

May 11, 2023
The Globe and Mail
UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings

UBC student engineering and architectural team Third Quadrant Design’s new carbon-minimal hempcrete building was featured by the media. The team was advised by SALA associate professor Dr. Adam Rysanek.

April 21, 2023
Castanet Kelowna
UBCO engineering students cap off year with showcase

UBC Okanagan engineering students set to graduate this year gathered Friday at Kelowna’s KF Centre for Excellence to showcase their year-long capstone projects, where they learn how to collaborate with industry partners to solve real world problems.

April 15, 2023
Study International
4 universities around the world pioneering sustainable mining

UBC's Normal B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering was named as one of the four universities making it their mission to produce graduates who can and care about making the mining industry more sustainable.

March 3, 2023
Ubyssey
UBC Applied Science Co-op Networking Reception ‘puts a face to name’ as students meet top employers

Engineering students gathered to meet top-employers at the UBC Applied Science Co-op Networking Reception.

January 29, 2023
Time Business News
Best MS & Engineering Colleges in 2023

University of British Columbia was named third on the list of Time Business News' Best Engineering Colleges in Canada.

December 24, 2022
Research2Reality
Solving problems with a little bit of everything

The UBC School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) is the first inter-faculty school at the UBC, acting as a hub between experts from many fields. SBME director Peter Zandstra and students discussed the benefits of the interdisciplinarity of the program.

November 29, 2022
University World News
Transdisciplinarity: Universities have a chance to lead

Engineering professors Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Naoko Ellis discussed the benefits of transdisciplinary approaches in higher education on addressing catastrophic climate impacts.

November 15, 2022

UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.