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  • How changing your diet could help save the world
    Climate & Environment

    How changing your diet could help save the world

    UBC research shows nearly half the global population—and almost all Canadians—must change their diets to curb climate change. Discover simple steps to reduce food emissions and help keep warming below 2°C.

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  • UBC spin-off companies tackle climate change and drive economic growth
    Climate & Environment

    UBC spin-off companies tackle climate change and drive economic growth

    Pushing the economy forward: Research-based climate solutions are helping Canada compete in the global low-carbon economy.

  • The mathematics of gift wrapping 
    Science & Technology

    The mathematics of gift wrapping 

    UBC Mathematics postdoctoral fellow Dr. Adam Martens talks about the geometry of gift wrapping—and why you can’t wrap a ball perfectly (so don’t even bother).

  • Record runs and last-play thrillers: 11 UBC athletic feats from 2025
    University News

    Record runs and last-play thrillers: 11 UBC athletic feats from 2025

    A year of record-breaking performances and championship drama for UBC Thunderbirds and UBCO Heat athletes—from last-play victories to historic academic achievements.

  • Colliding galaxies create the brightest, fastest growing black holes at their centre
    Science & Technology

    Colliding galaxies create the brightest, fastest growing black holes at their centre

    New data from the Euclid satellite confirm that galaxy collisions spark the brightest, fastest-growing black holes, offering fresh insight into how these cosmic giants form and evolve.

  • Is your neighbourhood playable? New website breaks it down
    Society & Culture

    Is your neighbourhood playable? New website breaks it down

    UBC researchers have created Canada’s first playability index, revealing how neighbourhoods support—or hinder—children’s outdoor play. Explore what makes a city playable and why urban planners need to think like kids.

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  • Vancouver Aquarium sees ‘rebirth’ under new owner, $10-million upgrades to date

    Daily Hive
  • B.C. man’s ‘death plan’ for disabled wife prompts court action

    CTV News
  • Got Used Chopsticks? Those Could Become a New Cutting Board

    The Tyee
  • Winter blues got you down? Here’s what experts say could help

    CBC

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  • UBC team develops greener way to produce clothing fibres

  • ‘Forever’ chemicals found in B.C. sea otters

  • Forget numbers: your PIN could consist of a shimmy and a shake

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Climate & Environment

  • Orcas and dolphins seen hunting together for the first time

    Orcas and dolphins seen hunting together for the first time

  • Canada needs 22 million homes fast. UBC and partners are delivering solutions

    Canada needs 22 million homes fast. UBC and partners are delivering solutions

  • 15 ways UBC researchers broke new ground in 2025 

    15 ways UBC researchers broke new ground in 2025 

  • How warming winters could reshape B.C.’s Christmas tree choices

    How warming winters could reshape B.C.’s Christmas tree choices

Health & Medicine

  • COVID-19 vaccination significantly reduces risk to pregnant women and baby

    COVID-19 vaccination significantly reduces risk to pregnant women and baby

  • UBC launches new training to help frontline workers respond to mental-health and substance-use crises 

    UBC launches new training to help frontline workers respond to mental-health and substance-use crises 

  • UBC ‘body-swap’ robot helps reveal how the brain keeps us upright

    UBC ‘body-swap’ robot helps reveal how the brain keeps us upright

  • UBC researchers uncover how statins harm muscles—and how to stop it 

    UBC researchers uncover how statins harm muscles—and how to stop it 

Science & Technology

  • Spot these three Salish constellations this winter

    Spot these three Salish constellations this winter

  • West Coast mammal-eating killer whales are two distinct communities that rarely mix 

    West Coast mammal-eating killer whales are two distinct communities that rarely mix 

  • How trees recycle nutrients to produce their autumn colours 

    How trees recycle nutrients to produce their autumn colours 

  • UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation

    UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation

Society & Culture

  • Why you shouldn’t sue your cousin for food poisoning, and other holiday legalities

    Why you shouldn’t sue your cousin for food poisoning, and other holiday legalities

  • New research reveals decline in B.C. kindergarteners developmental health after pandemic

    New research reveals decline in B.C. kindergarteners developmental health after pandemic

  • How a UBC course helps students transform climate anxiety into agency 

    How a UBC course helps students transform climate anxiety into agency 

  • UBC study shows good access to abortion pill in B.C., but gaps remain

    UBC study shows good access to abortion pill in B.C., but gaps remain

University News

  • UBC releases 2024 animal research statistics

    UBC releases 2024 animal research statistics

  • How AbCellera grew from a UBC lab to a global biotech company

    How AbCellera grew from a UBC lab to a global biotech company

  • Against the odds: How a former youth in care found his way from chaos to teaching as a UBC Education grad

    Against the odds: How a former youth in care found his way from chaos to teaching as a UBC Education grad

  • Masculinity debated in the digital age

    Masculinity debated in the digital age

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