Mapping the power of sunshine
Researchers find solar savings for North Vancouver home owners British Columbia is known for its rainy weather and dark winter months but that hasn’t stopped researchers in UBC’s Faculty of […]
First gene cloned at UBC’s Okanagan campus
Biology professor Soheil Mahmoud and his team of graduate researchers, PhD student Zerihun Demissie and MSc student Lukman Sarker, have cloned the first gene at UBC’s Okanagan campus.
Helping teachers motivate kids to move
A new study will target teachers to inspire Canadian adolescents to get active.
Portal profiles UBC’s growing Aboriginal community
The University of British Columbia has launched a web portal with an emphasis on video to showcase the growing number of programs and opportunities for Aboriginal students and scholars at UBC.
The value of vitamins
However wonderfully made, our bodies sometimes need extra help to keep healthy and strong.
The human touch: UBC to study green building inhabitants
If you build it, they will come. But if you build a green building—one that aims to be environmentally responsible and resource-efficient—but people aren’t comfortable living or working in it, you risk falling short of your green goals.
Postdoc zeros in on genes linked to psychiatric disorders
Like a detective zeroing in on the Mafia, Hideto Takahashi is piecing together clues to reveal how a family of genes may be the culprit of debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders.
Student discovers allure of rural practice
“I’ve decided after graduating in June that I want to work in a rural area,” says Hameed. “From a dentistry perspective, the opportunities are amazing.” Currently in his fourth year of dentistry, Hameed hails from Baghdad and has lived most of his life in large cities including Vancouver, Toronto and London. However, last summer opened his eyes to new possibilities.
Outtakes
Douglas Scott, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, led one of two Canadian teams in an international collaboration that recently unveiled results from the first detailed survey of the entire sky.
Highlights of UBC media coverage in January 2011
UBC Research Shrinking glaciers Glaciers in the European Alps could shrink by 75 per cent by the end of the century, according to new research conducted by scientists from UBC […]
