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‘I basically live in a construction site’: UBC scientist leads research on disaster-resilient building
Journal of Commerce | | Media coverage
Dr. Lisa Tobber, a civil engineering professor, is the head of a research project that will test new building materials for disaster resilience and try to create the perfect equation for construction optimization.
UBCO study tracking travel through COVID needs your help
InfoTel | | Media coverage
Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi, assistant professor of civil engineering at UBCO, is leading a study that is looking into how travel patterns changed through the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers are offering a chance to win gift cards for people willing to…
Kelowna protest against Iranian regime will release balloons with victims' names
InfoTel | | Media coverage
Ray Taheri, professor of manufacturing and materials engineering, will co-organize rallies in Kelowna for those suffering from human rights abuses in Iran.
The price of paper
Hakai Magazine | | Media coverage
Chemical engineering and wood science professor Dr. Orlando Rojas noted the big shift in making pulp and paper mills more diversified.
Canada to expand assisted dying laws
Daily Mail | | Media coverage
Nursing professor Dr. Sally Thorne commented on the new expansion to Canada's law on medically assisted dying.
The big one: Victoria’s housing stock and the next earthquake
Journal of Commerce | | Media coverage
Armin Bebamzadeh, a research associate with the Earthquake Engineering Research Facility at the UBC, gave an overview of some of the risks facing Victoria’s housing stock.
A new paradigm for Canadian battery metals supply
Innovation News Network | | Media coverage
Dr. W. Scott Dunbar, professor of mining engineering, examined the actions needed for Canada to secure its place as a global supplier of battery metals.
Nature-made
Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
UBC's BioProducts Institute (BPI) is dedicated to unlocking the full potential of nature-based materials. BPI director and professor of chemical and biological engineering Dr. Orlando Rojas discussed materials from nature that can compete with…
Students paint engineering cairn in honour of Transgender Day of Remembrance
Ubyssey | | Media coverage
UBC's LGBTQ+ engineering club, "Gears and Queers", paints the Engineering Cairn for Trans Day of Remembrance to commemorate those who were lost and those who live through violence and transphobia.
A radical politics of hope
Architects Newspaper | | Media coverage
In light of the death of Mike Davis, who was a writer, urban theories and political activist, associate professor at the School Architecture and Landscape Architecture Matthew Soules paid tribute to Davis's work.