Featured Projects
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Shape the World for the Better: the 2017 Alumni Appeal
Progress toward a better world is not guaranteed—it is the result of people coming together to create it. However, voices around the world that reject the values of knowledge, research, more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
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Breeding a Sweet Solution
About eight years ago, honeybee colonies started to die off with enough frequency to be noticeable. Three or four years ago, they began to collapse in alarming numbers all around the world, particularly in North America. Since then, beekeepers have reported losing about a third of their honeybee hives and colonies every year — about […] more
Research Excellence
Success Story
Teaching at the heart of giving
Musicologist Elizabeth Lamberton (MA’78, PhD’88) fondly recalls her time at UBC. She credits her inspiring professors with helping her to discover her own lifelong passion: teaching. “I more
Research Excellence, Student Learning
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International Health Project
The Gulu Regional Referral Hospital (GRRH), located in a resource-limited, post-conflict area of Northern Uganda, has long faced a critical staffing shortage. Since 2013, UBC’s International Health Project has offered UBC internal medicine residents clinical electives on GRRH’s medical ward. Here, UBC residents undertake short-term medical rotations to support the hospital’s limited staff and learn […] more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
Success Story
UBC and Kal Tire announce research partnership
Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group and the University of British Columbia have formed a research partnership that will allow the two organizations to collaborate in developing technology and innovative solutions for the mining tire industry. In the recently-signed memorandum of understanding (MOU), both parties agree to pursue research and innovation as part of a partnership […] more
Research Excellence
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Your Community, Your Impact
UBC has an amazing community of supporters. Every year, thousands of donors show their commitment to the university through one-time donations, regular annual gifts or ongoing monthly contributions. more
Community Engagement, Research Excellence, Student Learning
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Support Chemistry Student Internships
A successful internship can be a life-changing experience—but they can be expensive undertakings for students. One of the Department of Chemistry’s key priorities is to ensure students have the more
Research Excellence, Student Learning
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Breakthroughs in diabetes treatment and prevention
Diabetes currently affects more than 400 million people worldwide. In Canada alone, an estimated 3.7 million people could be living with diabetes by 2018, with requirements for regular care from more
Research Excellence
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Integrated approaches to heart and lung care
The body’s ability to take in air and circulate oxygen through our blood is required to sustain life. When either of these functions is hampered by inflammation, spasms or obstructions, more
Research Excellence
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The Centre for Business Law at the Allard School of Law
The National Centre for Business Law provides a robust, interdisciplinary and empirical research environment for research and scholarship in business law and finance policy, focused on both domestic more
Research Excellence
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Outstanding Graduate Scholar Training Program
The OGSTP will support and help further the skills and talents of incoming Pharmacy PhD student recipients as the future leaders of research. more
Research Excellence
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Critical Care Program Offers Life After Brain Injury
A physician’s ability to respond to signs of oxygen deprivation in the brain following a traumatic injury can mean the difference between death, life with a mild disability, or full more
Research Excellence
