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The gap is large': B.C.'s small towns illuminate urban-rural divide in EV infrastructure

Burnaby Now | | Media coverage

Civil engineering professor Dr. Alex Bigazzi said it makes economic sense to have EV uptake start in the cities because that's where the population density and money is. 

Powell Street Festival is back

Megaphone | | Media coverage

A highlight this year is a set of water stations designed and built by University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The program is called Fuki no Mizu フキの水, which translates from…

BC has 4,265 unfilled nursing jobs - it's one reason why ERs are closing

The Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

UBC SALA students bring resilience and relief through bespoke water fountains and misters

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Fuki no Mizu is an initiative that provides this year's Powell Street Festival attendees drinking water and mist for cooling through pavilion structures. This was designed by a team of UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture…

UBC Engineers develop nano-copper to quickly kill superbugs

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A team of UBC researchers led by Dr. Amanda Clifford (she/her), an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering, have designed a nano-copper coating that includes bacteria-killing nanoscale features and zinc.

BC Housing admits cooling devices at some housing sites deactivated

The Province | | Media coverage

CIHR Project Grants awarded to UBC Applied Science research on cancer therapy and heart disease

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$1.86 million has been awarded to two UBC Applied Science-affiliated projects through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.  

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