Learning by doing in the South American rainforest
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Vancouver Summer Program in Medicine brings students together from across the globe
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Xikomaniso: New forestry research initiatives in Africa
Professors Dr. David Bunn and Dr. Melissa McHale are paving the way for new forestry research initiatives in Africa. As part of a $750,000 grant from NASA, Dr. Bunn and Dr. McHale are working to develop an ecological forecasting system for South Africa’s Kruger National Park and the surrounding region. The project, which involves collaborating with […]
Opening doors for international student research
Bhavesh Gnnanapareddy, an international student pursuing an undergraduate degree in physics from India was visiting Dr. Gino DiLabio’s research group at UBCO as part of a Mitacs Globalink Research Internship. While there, he ran into Dr. Robert Szilagyi at a campus coffee shop and struck up a conversation about their shared research interests. Talking with Dr. Szilagyi about […]
Pacific Island knowledge keepers stand on the world stage
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UBC deepens collaboration with the University of Stuttgart in science, technology and innovation
UBC is expanding collaboration with the University of Stuttgart in science, technology and innovation, and in joint clean energy research supporting the new Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance, signed by Chancellor Scholz and Prime Minister Trudeau in August 2022. Visiting UBC from the University of Stuttgart, Professor Peter Middendorf, Vice-Rector for Knowledge and Technology Transfer, met with […]
Establishing a more meaningful approach to field research in global communities
Any Western researcher who had conducted field studies overseas is likely familiar with the terms “parachute science” or “colonial science.” Both terms being interchangeable, they are defined as researchers coming into communities to conduct their work without appropriately acknowledging the importance of local expertise. UBC Faculty of Forestry PhD candidate Alida O’Connor, who joined the […]
Dr. Kishore Mulpuri on ‘local to global to local’
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UBC Sauder and One Girl Can announce partnership to empower young women entrepreneurs in Kenya
The UBC Sauder School of Business’s Social Enterprise Program (SSE Kenya) is sharing vital knowledge and expertise to improve lives and reduce unemployment rates across impoverished communities in Kenya. The Program has recently formed an alliance with One Girl Can, a non-profit based in Vancouver and Nairobi, Kenya to provide entrepreneurial training workshops for girls and […]
In our DNA: Ethiopians taking African genomic research into their own hands
It started, like many great things do, with a simple conversation. Dr. Corey Nislow and Jamal Kurtu were talking one day in 2018 about public health – in particular, capacity building for genetic research around the world. “I have molecular biology experience and Jamal has a long history with Ethiopia,” says Dr. Nislow, professor at […]