Strategic Priority Areas: University for the Future
Energizing Sustainability
| Spotlight
Kaiser Foundation for Higher Education donates $10M to the future of sustainable energy at UBC Engineering.
Celebrating Michael Smith Health Research 2023 Reach and C2 Awards!
UBC Nursing | | Media coverage
Dr. Lillian Hung and Dr. Leah Lambert were awarded the 2023 Michael Smith Health Research BC (MSHRBC) Reach Award. Dr. Abdul-Fatawu Abdulai was awarded the 2023 MSHRBC Convening & Collaborating (C2) Award.
Meet the recipients of the 2023 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars
Canadian Institutes of Health Research | | Media coverage
UBC School of Nursing's doctoral candidate Ismália De Sousa was one of 19 people to receive the 2023 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars.
Climate change leads engineers to harness the power of green
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan School of Engineering researchers use several low-impact developments (LIDs), like this vegetative area outside the Commons building, that are intentionally created to help control and retain rainwater.
14 Not Forgotten ceremony honours École Polytechnique victims
The Ubyssey | | Media coverage
The UBC engineering community gathered outside the Fred Kaiser Atrium in remembrance of the 14 victims of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre.
Melatonin commonly taken by kids not a magic bullet, pediatricians say
CBC | | Media coverage
Nursing professor emeritus Dr. Wendy Hall said giving a child too much melatonin can lead to negative side effects such as bad dreams and aggression.
UBC engineering graduate receives the 2023 Order of the White Rose
| Announcement
Amelia Dai, a UBC chemical and biological engineering graduate, is the ninth recipient of the Order of the White Rose Scholarship. The annual $50,000 scholarship pays tribute to 14 women whose lives were lost at on December 6, 1989.
Engineering grad from B.C. awarded Polytechnique's Order of the White Rose
CTV News | | Media coverage
Chemical and biological engineering alumna Amelia Dai is the first UBC graduate to receive the Order of the White Rose, a scholarship set up in memory of the 14 women who died in the Ecole Polytechnique massacre.
UBC Okanagan's new Master of Design builds leadership potential
Castanet | | Media coverage
UBCO's faculty of creative and critical studies, school of engineering and Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences created an interdisciplinary master of design degree.
UBC Okanagan’s new Master of Design builds leadership potential
| Announcement
UBC Okanagan's new Master of Design is a 12-month, full-time professional graduate level program that blends critical design thinking, creative practice and engineering principles within a culture of innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship.