In the Media
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IFL Science
A big population crash is "inevitable" and it could get messy, scientist predicts
A study by school of community and regional planning professor emeritus Dr. William Rees claimed that humanity is using up Earth’s resources at an unsustainable rate which could result in civilization collapse.
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Slate Magazine
The man who made the suburbs white
SALA professor Sara Stevens was quoted in an article about American developer J.C. Nichols.
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e-flux Architecture
Roll down your banners, take down your flags
SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules is one member of a collective campaigning against housing alienation at the Venice Biennale.
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Researchers develop cheaper way to make carbon fibers from oil sands byproducts
Materials engineering assistant professor Dr. Yasmine Abdin has developed a method to turn asphaltene into carbon fibre.
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CTV News
UBC students bring Mario Kart to life with robotics competition
UBC engineering students brought Mario Kart to life by creating autonomous robots to race around a track.
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The Weather Network
What B.C. is learning about earthquakes from the 2023 disaster in Turkey
A team of civil engineering researchers are investigating why some buildings collapsed and not others during the February 2023 earthquake in Turkey.
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Global News
The feds bought a pipeline for $5B. How did the cost balloon to over $30B?
Civil engineering professor Dr. Nemkumar Banthia commented on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
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Canadian Geographic
Pushing to protect the marbled murrelet
Chemical and biological engineering professor emerita Dr. Royann Petrell and others are calling on the government to increase wildlife habitat areas in Vancouver Island old-growth forests to save the threatened marbled murrelet.
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CBC
Ottawa's big LRT fix is redesigning train parts. What about the track?
UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the shutdown of Ottawa’s LRT system.
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Surrey Now-Leader
Vancouver man wins award for work aimed at improving air quality
Chemical and biological engineering postdoctoral researcher Dr. Kevin Kung received the Mitacs Environmental Entrepreneur Award.