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Bug bites

Bug bites

A UBC expert makes the case for eating insects.

Leadership lesson from Kofi Annan

Leadership lesson from Kofi Annan

Leadership lesson from Kofi Annan People can learn a lot about how to lead from Kofi Annan, says UBC Sauder School of Business Dean Robert Helsley. Read more…

List of UBC researchers contributing to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

A list of UBC researchers contributing to the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)

Better schools through unschooling?

Better schools through unschooling?

A UBC expert explains what we can learn from a radical educational philosophy that does away with traditional schooling altogether.

Physicians cautioned around multiple prescriptions

A report from the Therapeutics Initiative (TI) at the University of British Columbia urges doctors to minimize “polypharmacy”–the simultaneous use of multiple drugs by some patients. The Therapeutics letter quotes […]

Canada and Russia twitter spat comes amidst Arctic conflict

The conflict between Canada and Russia over the Arctic Ocean is the focus of a new article in IB Times after a Twitter feud broke out between the two countries’ […]

New president welcomes largest ever first-year class

New president welcomes largest ever first-year class

UBC is preparing to welcome 8,360 incoming students, its largest ever first-year class. President Arvind Gupta will greet many of them at an Okanagan rally at 8:30 a.m. and Vancouver campus pep rally at 2:30 p.m.