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Phys.org
After wildfires, mudslides come: Fighting the impact of climate change on rural communities

SOE Professor Dr. Dwayne Tannant's industry-leading expertise on managing debris flows was outlined in detail.

August 26, 2024
CTV News
Railway workers locked out across Canada

UBC Okanagan School of Engineering professor Dr. Gord Lovegrove discussed the railway shutdown across Canada.

August 22, 2024
CFJC Today
UBC Okanagan professor Lovegrove pushing for Kamloops-Osoyoos electric rail travel

UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove studied the technical and economic feasibility of a hydrogen-fueled passenger train in the Okanagan.

August 20, 2024
CBC News
Transit users frustrated with Surrey-Langley SkyTrain delay

SOE Associate Professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the increased cost of transit projects.

August 16, 2024
Daily Hive
Opinion: Some novel ideas for Vancouver's mayor and City Council

SCARP Professor Emerit Dr. Penny Gurstein wrote about how Vancouver’s mayor and city council can work together for the betterment of the city.

August 16, 2024
UBC Magazine
From glowing bacteria to fruit: Unusual sources for innovative solutions

APSC members Dr. Orlando Rojas, Dr. Hirra Zafar and Joseph Dahmen had their respective projects highlighted as unusual sources for innovative solutions.

August 15, 2024
Journal of Commerce
Construction tech adoption ‘more visionary than realistic’ without necessary advancements

SOE's Dr. Qian Chen discusses the future of technology in construction.

August 7, 2024
BNN Bloomberg
Is Singapore's housing model a realistic solution for Canada's affordability woes?

SCARP alumnus Dr. Louisa-May Khoo commented on the similarities between the BC Builds housing program and Singapore’s housing model.

August 6, 2024
Vancouver Is Awesome
33 plants that will shade you from BC's increasingly hot summers

SALA Professor Susan Herrington co-authored a new BC Shade Lookbook that guides readers on the best trees and shrubs to ward off incoming heat.

August 1, 2024
Vancouver Is Awesome
UBC researchers run bad smell test on Metro Vancouverites

Engineering researchers have released the first results of their Smell Vancouver app, which highlighted how collecting odour data can inform air quality management policies.

August 1, 2024

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.