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The Maritime Executive
UBC and Clear Seas Study to provide path to zero-impact marine shipping

Dr. Terre Satterfield, mechanical engineering professor, will be leading a joint research project that aims to play a key role in reducing the environmental footprint of shipping.

October 14, 2022
Ubyssey
UBC researchers create bacteria-killing material for retrofitting on high contact surfaces

Materials engineering professor Dr. Amanda Clifford and her team installed copper patches in nine UBC Applied Science buildings. The patches kill 99% of bacteria within hours of contact.

October 12, 2022
Globe and Mail
How will Canada cope with COVID-19 this fall and winter? Five things to watch out for

Dr. Anna Blakney from the School of Biomedical Engineering - a joint venture between the Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine - explained why it's important to get the next eligible dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

October 12, 2022
The Conversation
Drug overdoses in public bathrooms are common: new tools could prevent harm and improve response

Nursing PhD candidate Trevor Goodyear co-wrote about preventing harm and improving response to substance overdoses.

October 11, 2022
Capo Velo
Does being seen really make cyclists safer on the road?

UBCO School of Engineering assistant professor Gordon Lovegrove discusses his latest research on motorists giving cyclists who wear high-visibility vests more room on the road, compared to cyclists without high-visibility clothing

October 11, 2022
CityNews Vancouver
BC art group to build 'breathing' sculpture to highlight air quality

UBC engineering student Chloe Benko-Prieur and mechanical engineering professor Dr. Naomi Zimmerman are leading a project to develop a large-scale moving art piece to shed light on air pollution around the world.

October 10, 2022
CTV
Is Vancouver 'deteriorating'? How public safety is being debated in the lead-up to the election

Professor emeritus Dr. Penny Gurstein from the School of Community and Regional Planning, within the Faculty of Applied Science, discussed public safety in Vancouver.

October 10, 2022
The Tyee
Across BC, right-wing candidates are bashing how schools teach

SOGI 123 learning resources are optional but useful for introducing issues of diversity and inclusion in the curriculum, comments UBC nursing professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc, who's also executive director of the Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre.

October 10, 2022
Toronto Star
At a prestigious architecture event in Venice, creative advocacy group AAHA is putting up walls to break down others

School of architecture and landscape architecture professors Matthew Soules, Sara Stevens and Tijana Vujosevic are part of the Artists Against Housing Alienation who are representing Canada at the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

October 9, 2022
Macleans
Canada's best engineering programs: University rankings 2023

UBC's Engineering Program ranks first in the country for best engineering program in 2023.

October 6, 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.