Empowering language learners: Technology’s role in celebrating Arabic dialects

Empowering language learners: Technology’s role in celebrating Arabic dialects

Arabic is used by over 400 million people, making it one of the five most spoken languages in the world. However, the way it is used on a daily basis is different from most other ones. Arabic is a diglossic language, which means that two variations of the language constantly co-exist. Modern Standard Arabic is […]

Reimagining Academia: Unmasking challenges faced by disabled scholars

Reimagining Academia: Unmasking challenges faced by disabled scholars

Please visit https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/reimagining-academia-unmasking-challenges-faced-by-disabled-scholars/ to read the story.

Accepting applications for 2023/24 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition

Accepting applications for 2023/24 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) competition

UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab is a collaborative framework for researchers, students, staff and external partners to leverage the campus to explore, develop and test new ideas, and to share the knowledge gained from these experiences. In 2023, UBC Campus as a Living Lab will expand the annual CLL Fund Competition into a one-time […]

New algorithm maps safest routes for city drivers

New algorithm maps safest routes for city drivers

Most navigation apps can show you the fastest possible route to your destination and some can even suggest an eco-friendly route calculated to produce the least amount of carbon emissions. But what if they could also map the safest route with the lowest possible risk of a crash? A new algorithm developed by UBC researchers […]

Five Sustainability Education Grants awarded to UBC faculty in 2023

Five Sustainability Education Grants awarded to UBC faculty in 2023

Please visit https://sustain.ubc.ca/stories/announcing-recipients-sustainability-education-grants to read the story.

Grosvenor Award for IBPOC Students aims to shape communities by supporting diverse future leaders in real estate

Grosvenor Award for IBPOC Students aims to shape communities by supporting diverse future leaders in real estate

Please visit https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/news/school-news/grosvenor-award-ibpoc-students-aims-shape-communities-supporting-diverse-future to read the story.

2023 Dean’s Awards honour Applied Science faculty and staff

2023 Dean’s Awards honour Applied Science faculty and staff

Please visit https://apsc.ubc.ca/news/2023/2023-deans-awards-honour-applied-science-faculty-and-staff to read the story.