Introducing the second cohort of the UBC Health Equity Scholars
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Well-to-wake: decarbonizing BC’s maritime industry
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Supporting community and confidence in undergraduate thesis writing
UBC Okanagan’s Centre for Scholarly Communication aims to demystify thesis writing for undergraduate students through their new workshop and retreat series. Writing a thesis is one of the most difficult and complex tasks many students will face in their academic career, with a well-earned reputation for challenging even the best and brightest. For hundreds of […]
UBC Okanagan’s Bachelor of Sustainability a degree of change
On a hilltop in British Columbia, Jacqueline Rowe and her team watched smoke fill the skies as three separate wildfires raged across the landscapes of Kamloops, Merritt and West Kelowna. The encroaching blazes and the trail of devastation left behind underscored for Rowe the escalating threat of climate change and the pressing need for action. […]
Lessons from the land
Some people may have looked out and seen a field of weeds, but Dr. Sumer Seiki saw an opportunity. Dr. Seiki, an Associate Professor in the Okanagan School of Education, had an idea that would physically bring truth, reconciliation and healing into her classroom. In spring 2023, Dr. Seiki and 140 teacher candidates took on […]
How artificial lights at night impact insects and bats
Researchers at UBC Farm may not conduct their research under the cover of darkness, but they are certainly getting a sense of what insects are up to during the night. These days, however, darkness is a relative term with the proliferation of human-made artificial light at night (ALAN). Master’s student Daphne Chevalier is seeking to […]
Arts and science fiction connect: UBCO student designs the future
Carla Mather—a former medic and marketer who returned to university to pursue computer science and media studies at UBCO—worked closely with an industry partner as part of her media studies capstone project. A capstone project, and the computational arts-based Bachelor of Media Studies (BMS) program as a whole, prepares students for careers in digital media creation. “Everything we […]
Arts graduate student wins UBC Three Minute Thesis competition
A UBC Arts graduate student in Psychology as been crowned the champion of the 2023 UBC Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. Thirty graduate students competed in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) semi-finals, resulting in ten who advanced to the final competition on Thursday, March 16. Students shared their research on topics such as mental health […]
Five years and counting: UBC Sauder’s streak of success in the CFA Institute Research Challenge
Sally Jiao and her teammates figured out a magic formula that propelled them all the way to the global finals of the CFA Institute Research Challenge last year. It was the first time ever that a team from the UBC Sauder School of Business had advanced so far in the annual global equity research competition. […]
Student entrepreneur sets out to expand peer support on campus – and around the world
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, university students were faced with a unique set of challenges. Not only were they suddenly isolated from friends and family like the rest of the world, many of them were also in an entirely new environment away from their usual support systems, and with limited avenues to make […]