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Pulp and Paper Canada
Engineering professor Dr. Mark Martinez receives two TAPPI awards

Chemical and biological engineering professor recognized for outstanding contributions to pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and converting industries.

May 21, 2024
The Narwhal
A portrait of pollution around the Port of Vancouver

Mechanical engineering assistant professor Dr. Amanda Giang comments on issues of pollution in Burrard Inlet.

May 21, 2024
MIT Technology Review
How cuddly robots could change dementia care

School of Nursing's Dr. Lillian Hung comments on research using AI robots to help individuals with Dementia.

May 17, 2024
Vancouver Sun
In Vancouver, unhappily, it’s all about the price of dirt

Douglas Todd quotes SCARP professor Patrick Condon's new book Broken City to delve into Vancouver's housing crisis.

May 17, 2024
Times Colonist
BC cleantech exodus looms as Svante considers US move

Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Alexandra Tavasoli said Canada is lagging the U.S. in funding in many cleantech fields including carbon capture, utilization and storage.

May 17, 2024
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering
UBCO researchers receive funding to incorporate human comfort into product design

A multidisciplinary team with School of Engineering's Dr. Sepideh Pakpour has been awarded $1.65M toward their research in product design that incorporates human comfort and environmental sustainability.

May 16, 2024
UBC School of Biomedical Engineering
UBC team receives $1.65M to train a new generation of immunoengineers

School of Biomedical Engineering's Dr. Peter Zandstra leads an interdisciplinary team that has received $1.65 million in federal funding to train a new generation of immunoengineers.

May 16, 2024
The Peggy Smedley Show
UBC Civil Engineering's Dr. Tony Yang interviewed on structural engineering

Dr. Yang shares a little bit about himself and his research to ensure infrastructure can be built faster, have higher performance, and is more environmentally friendly.

May 15, 2024
Kelowna Capital News
Wildfires: Future-proofing the Okanagan to flourish

School of Engineering's Dr. Sumi Siddiqua is researching different materials that can be used to help make structures more safe from wildfire exposure.

May 13, 2024
City News Vancouver
Sun, heat safety tips as Metro Vancouver gets early blast of summer

Nursing professor Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch provides heat safety tips as temperatures in the mid-20s are expected around Metro Vancouver.

May 10, 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.