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SCARP Planning Studio's 2024 Presentation
Apr 2, 2024 | 3:30pm - 7:00pm | Event
After months of research, community engagement, partnerships, and planning, our Planning Studio student teams present their final project findings and formal proposals to our community partners across BC.
Five UBC engineering experts named Canada Research Chairs
| Announcement
Dr. Anna Blakney, Dr. Amanda Giang, Dr. Ali G. Madiseh, Dr. Will Hughes and Dr. Carolina Tropini are among this year's new and renewed Canada Research Chairs.
UBC Applied Science research awarded over $22M from CFI, NSERC and SSHRC
| Announcement
Thirty-nine UBC-led engineering and nursing research projects have received federal funding on work to understand develop solutions to the challenges that Canadians face.
Concrete toboggan earns UBC Okanagan engineering students top honours in race
Global News | | Media coverage
A team of 28 UBC Okanagan engineering students won this year's Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race in Newfoundland. Each team designed and built a toboggan with concrete sliding surfaces, a safety roll cage and a mechanical steering and…
"Replicating What Happens in Real Life"
| Spotlight
UBC Alum Harold Cunliffe and his partner Karen recently donated $500K to Applied One, UBC Applied Science's critical new fundraising campaign.
Can you save money driving an electric vehicle? UBC researchers crunched the numbers
The Province | | Media coverage
A new study led by professor Dr. Amanda Giang (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability; mechanical engineering) and PhD student Bassam Javed (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability) explored electric vehicle costs…
People want to age at home, UBC Okanagan can help them stay healthy
UBC Okanagan News | | Media coverage
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering's Dr. Amir Ardestani-Jaafari used strategic approaches to research how health-care providers can create robust yet flexible home-care networks to meet future demands.
New survey reveals the stark reality for B.C's nonbinary youth. Politics is making it worse
The Province | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. Elizabeth Saewyc commented on a survey which found that nonbinary youth reported far more bad health outcomes, compared to youth who identify as male or female.
BC biotech boom: Vancouver looks to join the global big leagues of modern medicine
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
BC's biotechnology industry is starting to boom and UBC researchers are at the forefront, with support from the university. Multiple spinoffs and researchers, like UBC School of Biomedical Engineering's Dr. Peter Zandstra and Dr. Megan…
Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
WIRED | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. Lillian Hung said a lot of work needs to be done to ensure that social robots have safe and ethical conversations with older people.