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Second time lucky? Input sought for controversial Beedie proposal for lot in Vancouver's Chinatown

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

SCARP PhD candidate Louisa-May Khoo discussed housing for seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

UBC Applied Science research awarded over $3.7 million from New Frontiers in Research Fund

| Announcement

The Government of Canada has awarded over $3.7 million to research projects led by UBC Faculty of Applied Science-affiliated members through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).  

Engineers develop water filtration system that permanently removes 'forever chemicals'

NBC News | | Media coverage

Research led by chemical and biological engineering professor Dr. Madjid Mohseni discovered a way to eliminate harmful chemicals that usually take hundreds of years to break down.

UBC students construct one of Canada’s first ‘carbon-minimal’ hempcrete buildings

The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage

UBC student engineering and architectural team Third Quadrant Design’s new carbon-minimal hempcrete building was featured by the media. The team was advised by SALA associate professor Dr. Adam Rysanek.

It's time to make the needs of older adults a top priority

Vancouver Sun | | Media coverage

Nursing adjunct professor Dan Levitt discussed investing in long-term care for older Canadians. 

Calgary's long quest to infuse downtown with life enters new phase as election looms

CBC News | | Media coverage

Professor Patrick Condon from the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture discussed converting commercial buildings in downtown Calgary for residential use. 

Hydrogen-electric trams pitched to link Kamloops to US border

Castanet | | Media coverage

UBC Okanagan engineering Dr. Gord Lovegrove pitched a hydrogen-electric tram service that would connect Kamloops to the U.S. border. 

UBC investigates next generation of construction tech

SiteNews | | Media coverage

Civil engineering Dr. Tony Yang is leading a multi-university research project to reset national building standards for mass timber construction.

Concerns raised about safety on Metro Vancouver transit after multiple stabbings

CityNews Everywhere | | Media coverage

UBCO engineering professor Dr. Gordon Lovegrove commented on the recent violence on Metro Vancouver transit. 

Magnitude 6 quake off BC coast causes no alarm

Global News | | Media coverage

Civil engineering professor Dr. Perry Adebar commented on the recent earthquake that occurred a few hundred kilometres off Vancouver Island. 

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