Strategic Priority Areas: Future of Work

The Sky’s The Limit For Alyona

| Spotlight

An exchange to Delft was a doorway to new academic and cultural experiences for Alyona Glazyrina.

Interdisciplinary UBC course trains future generation of humanitarian engineers

| Announcement

A unique new course at UBC puts engineering and arts students into design teams to tackle real-life problems from NGOs around the world.

Research finds elevated levels of rare earth elements in East Kootenay coalfield samples

Today in BC | | Media coverage

Researchers at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering conducted a study which found elevated levels of certain rare earth elements in coal deposits from East Kootenay. 

Two UBC Engineering students awarded 2024 Cansbridge Fellowship

| Announcement

UBC engineering students Matthew Chow and Lily Watt have been named recipients of the 2024 Cansbridge Fellowship.

Improving Cybersecurity- A Crucial Line Of Defence

| Spotlight

Hanieh's journey in her PhD and her passion for research and cybersecurity

Powerful answers to energy questions may be blowing in the wind

| Announcement

UBC Okanagan researchers, along with a team from Delft University of Technology, have been looking at the placement of wind turbines and at how large wind farms can alter natural wind patterns.

BC’s first seniors advocate steps down

The Tyee | | Media coverage

Nursing adjunct professor Dan Levitt has been appointed as B.C.’s new seniors advocate. 

The next generation of mRNA vaccines is on its way

MIT Technology Review | | Media coverage

Dr. Anna Blakney (biomedical engineering; Michael Smith Laboratories) was quoted about self-amplifying RNA vaccines.

Keep An Open Mind And Trust Things Will Work Out

| Spotlight

Declan's experience in computer engineering and studying for a semester abroad.

War, peace and a changing climate

CBC What On Earth | | Media coverage

Mechanical engineering professor Dr. Alex Tavasoli commented on the use of carbon dioxide to cure concrete. 

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