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Igniting a biotech boom

Our researchers are advancing treatments for some of the biggest healthcare challenges we face

Spotlight

Dr. Kathryn Whitehead, Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair in Translational Drug Delivery

Meet Dr. Kathryn Whitehead

Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair in Translational Drug Delivery

Attend the Remembrance Day Ceremony at UBC

To honour and remember all those who served in times of war, military conflict and peace

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Can Aboriginal title and private ownership coexist?

Join us on November 16 as four prominent voices debate this important topic

Explore UBC

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Why “2 hours and 55 minutes” feels longer than “3 hours”

UBC Sauder study reveals a hidden quirk in how we judge time

Dr. Genelle Lunken in her lab, where she leads a team of UBC staff, graduate students and postdoctoral trainees.

Could an artificial gut revolutionize how we treat inflammatory bowel disease?

Experts are using a first-in-Canada gut simulator to understand how diet, microbes and therapies interact

Dream Photonics’ lab

Innovation, Research

How Dream Photonics is helping to transform advanced tech manufacturing in BC

A UBC spin-off company is helping companies scale and commercialize advanced technologies

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Moving reptiles for construction rarely delivers long-term conservation success

Findings highlight the importance of habitat protection rather than relying on moving animals out of harm’s way

Dr. Heloise Robinson

People, Research

Asking the “big questions” in medical ethics

Dr. Heloise Robinson shares her work around medical law and ethics

Unveiling of Ancestral Waters: Jacob Pryce, Nick Smolinski, Caroline Chadderdon, Summer Cannell and Dean of Arts Dr. Clare Haru Crowston

Arts and Culture, Community

Musqueam artist transforms Arts entrance with mural

Ancestral Waters celebrates Musqueam culture while helping protect birds from glass collisions

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.