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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
Grist
Politicians don’t get how popular climate action is. That’s a problem

SCARP Assistant Professor Dr. Holly Caggiano's research suggests officials tend to underestimate support for renewable energy projects.

August 13, 2024
National Observer
Our tires shed toxins that kill fish. Here's a partial fix

CIVL researchers Drs. Rachel Scholes and Timothy Rodgers are studying how rain gardens can help prevent a toxic tire chemical from entering our waterways.

August 13, 2024
Yahoo Finance
Carbon capture: Where is it working?

CHBE Professor Dr. Naoko Ellis commented on carbon capture, use and storage.

August 12, 2024
Grist
We're in debt to the Earth. How can we repay it?

SCARP researchers Drs. Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees created a metric called the ecological footprint in the early 1990s.

August 12, 2024
Business in Vancouver
BC smart-glass developer Miru lands $27M Series A financing

CHBE Professor Dr. Curtis Berlinguette founded Miru, which came out of the Creative Destruction Lab.

August 9, 2024
UBC Sustainability
Five Applied Science members receive Sustainability Education Fellows Grants

Drs. Sara Jacobs, Tamara Etmannski, Paul Lusina, Christoph Sielmann and James Connolly received the grant for incorporating sustainability content in their teaching.

August 9, 2024
CTV News Vancouver
UBC students compete to build best burger-serving robots

UBC Engineering Physics students took part in a cooking competition using autonomous robots inspired by the video game Overcooked.

August 8, 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

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.