The University of British Columbia

The University of British Columbia

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A stream flowing through an alpine meadow with snowy mountains in the background

Arctic plants react to climate change

Over four decades, researchers found that some species thrived while others declined

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Summer Sounds at UBC start this week

Enjoy live music all summer long

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UBC Farm CSA Program opens this week

Learn how to register

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UBC Medicine members receive YWCA Distinction Award

Learn more about the award and the two recipients

Explore UBC

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Innovation, People

New technology may lead to improved health and weight management

UBCO researchers look at feasability of home testing device

Dr. Erik Pioro standing on a stairwell beside his reflection in a lab coat

Innovation, People, Research

Hope on the horizon for ALS

UBC doctor is bridging research and care to accelerate development of ALS treatments

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Innovation, Research

How GlycoCaging could support bowel disease

New approach to drug design can deliver medicine directly to the gut

Researcher in a lab testing the stir stick in a clear solution

Innovation, People, Teaching and Learning

New stir stick detects drink spiking in seconds

Innovative tool could help prevent assualts

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Innovation, People, Research

Net-zero homes touted as solution to climate change

For the average Canadian, they’re still out of reach

A mother meal prepping in a kitchen beside her child

People, Teaching and Learning

Mothers and the mental load of school lunches

A UBC research group addresses an essential daily task that can feel overwhelming

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.