Media Coverage
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Vancouver SunOpinion: From exception to entitlement: What Vancouver’s tower review is really about
UBC SCARP Professor Erick Villagomez claims that Vancouver’s current policy is additional height should be limited and tied to public benefit. Will that policy be transformed?
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CityNewsEbola: How it spreads, the treatments available and why this outbreak is so devastating
UBC Nursing Professor Meaghan Thumath speaks on the rare strain of Ebola virus that continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
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CTV NewsCould how well you sleep be linked to diseases like dementia?
UBC Nursing Professor Emeritus Wendy Hall says a new peer-reviewed publication on quality of sleep is a step forward due to the limited understanding surrounding the link between protein buildup in the brain and dementia.
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CBC NewsWant an EV for under $5,000? How about this option?
Alex Bigazzi, a civil engineering associate professor at UBC who has been studying BC e-bike trends, expects "robust growth" in e-bike adoption over the next five to 10 years, but there are some potential barriers.
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University of British Columbia MagazineWhat might become standard for future homes that isn’t common today?
UBC Applied Science Faculty speak on the future of homes in the changing climate of today's densifying world.
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CBC NewsSpeed limit on section of Alberta's Highway 2 boosted to 120 km/h in pilot project
Motorists travelling on a stretch of Highway 2 will be able to go faster under a provincial pilot project testing a new 120 km/h speed limit. UBC School of Engineering expert Gord Lovegrove comments on the potential impacts of the change.
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Vancouver SunOpinion: Ten years into B.C.’s toxic drug crisis, solutions are within reach
UBC Nursing Professor Cheyenne Johnson speaks on initiatives like Road to Recovery that show that integrated addiction care can work.
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CIM MagazineThe sustainable curriculum
Tonia Welch, assistant professor and associate head of the undergraduate program at UBC’s Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering speaks on how UBC is teaching future miners to keep sustainability in mind.
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CBC NewsWhere B.C. stands on self-driving cars and what recent incidents reveal about safety, rules
UBC Civil Engineering Professor Alex Bigazzi claims there is growing evidence that automated systems could improve safety in many routine driving situations, as human error is a major cause of crashes.