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Scientists say all men fit into 3 categories - so which one are you?

Nursing professor Dr. John Oliffe led a study which found three masculine styles manifested in relationships: neo-traditional, egalitarian and progressive,

August 15, 2023
Middle East Eye
Why action on the climate crisis is simply hot air

School of community and regional planning professor emeritus Dr. William Rees was quoted in an opinion piece about climate change.

August 11, 2023
ANI News
Exercise apps a good prescription to improve healthcare workers' mental health: Research

School of Nursing adjunct professor Agnes Black researchers co-authored a study which found that simple home workouts using exercise apps can effectively reduce depressive symptoms in healthcare workers.

August 10, 2023
e-flux Architecture
Roll down your banners, take down your flags

SALA associate professor Dr. Matthew Soules is one member of a collective campaigning against housing alienation at the Venice Biennale.

August 10, 2023
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Researchers develop cheaper way to make carbon fibers from oil sands byproducts

Materials engineering assistant professor Dr. Yasmine Abdin has developed a method to turn asphaltene into carbon fibre.

August 10, 2023
CTV News
UBC students bring Mario Kart to life with robotics competition

UBC engineering students brought Mario Kart to life by creating autonomous robots to race around a track.

August 10, 2023
The Weather Network
What B.C. is learning about earthquakes from the 2023 disaster in Turkey

A team of civil engineering researchers are investigating why some buildings collapsed and not others during the February 2023 earthquake in Turkey.

August 9, 2023
Global News
The feds bought a pipeline for $5B. How did the cost balloon to over $30B?

Civil engineering professor Dr. Nemkumar Banthia commented on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

August 9, 2023
Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
UBC explores hydrothermal liquefaction to extract phosphorous from municipal wastewater

UBCO civil engineering professor Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu led a study that investigated how to extract phosphorus from wastewater sludge.

August 8, 2023
Castanet Kamloops
UBC Okanagan researcher is lifting virus detection to the next level

UBC engineering researcher Dr. Sepideh Pakpour is developing new technology using magnetic levitation to collect, purify and detect viruses in the air.

August 7, 2023

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.