Strategic Priority Areas: Thriving Cities + Communities
UBC Engineering and Fraunhofer aim to digitally transform aerospace, automotive manufacturing
| Announcement
The Internet of Things and big data are revolutionizing how the manufacturing industry operates. A freshly launched research collaboration between UBC Faculty of Applied Science and two Fraunhofer Institutes will provide new digital offerings.
UBC SALA students bring resilience and relief through bespoke water fountains and misters
| Announcement
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…
How will ‘managed retreat’ fit into Canada’s climate-change adaptation plans? Communities face hard choices in any scenario
The Globe and Mail | | Media coverage
‘We are still not prepared’: B.C. care home advocates call for action amid recommendations
Abby News | | Media coverage
CIHR Project Grants awarded to UBC Applied Science research on cancer therapy and heart disease
| Announcement
$1.86 million has been awarded to two UBC Applied Science-affiliated projects through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Thriving Cities + Communities
| Landing page
Cities are drivers of the global economy and face some of the world’s greatest challenges across health, climate, social well-being and prosperity.
UBC student team aims to build a net-zero student space on campus
| Announcement
UBC’s award-winning Third Quadrant Design– a team of more than 60 students in engineering, architecture, business, and arts – is about to start construction of a new student space on campus that redefines sustainable design.
Rethinking our relationship with water
| Announcement
Humans love to settle near coastlines and river valleys, lured by the flat, fertile land and opportunities for trade but water floods fields, swallows ships, and stirs up hurricanes that wipe out entire settlements in an instant.