Strategic Priority Areas: Planetary Health

Nine reasons we love our spooky, kooky model organisms

Nature News | | Media coverage

CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Jane Hill was among nine researchers who shared what inspired the study of an unusual, spooky organism.

Noise-dampening tech could make ships less disruptive to marine life

The Economist (subscription) | | Media coverage

MECH's Dr. Rajeev Jaiman and team are developing a way to reduce shipping noise pollution by incorporating flexible polymers into metal propeller blades. 

Is sustainable development possible? Only if we take a unified approach

| Announcement

Dr. Davide Elmo (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering) wrote about the need for global collaboration to achieve sustainable development.

Three Applied Science doctoral students join UBC's Public Scholars Initiative

| Announcement

Applied Science members Esther Roorda, Michelle Gagnon and Meghna Mohandas have joined UBC's Public Scholars Initiative.

The future of home heating? It’s in the dishwater

The Tyee | | Media coverage

CHBE's Dr. Anthony Lau commented on energy systems that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Faculty Insight: Dr. Kiana Amini on pioneering electrochemical solutions

| Announcement

MTRL Assistant Professor Dr. Kiana Amini discusses her research developing electrochemical systems aimed at advancing clean energy and promoting environmental sustainability.

Western Pennsylvania's congressmembers at odds with public on how to handle climate crisis

CBS News | | Media coverage

A study by SCARP's Dr. Holly Caggiano was referenced which showed that policymakers may underestimate the support for green energy projects.

They found a huge pile of clothing dumped in an alley. Now they want to use AI to reduce fashion waste

National Observer | | Media coverage

Five computer engineering students are helping to develop an app that will make it easy to handle used clothing for their Capstone project. 

Dr. Adam Clare elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

| Announcement

UBC Mechanical Engineering Professor Adam Thomas Clare has been elected Fellow of the United Kingdom’s prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering.

A rare brief flowering of the enormous smelly corpse plant

BBC | | Media coverage

A 2023 study co-authored by CHBE Associate Professor Dr. Jane Hill studied how the volatile organic compounds emitted by corpse plant change through flowering. 

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