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UBCO students put cosmic ray research aloft

UBCO students put cosmic ray research aloft

A group of UBC Okanagan students have won the opportunity to launch a science experiment into the stratosphere with help from the Canadian Space Agency.

Expert Q&A: Wildfire season in the Okanagan Valley

Expert Q&A: Wildfire season in the Okanagan Valley

Summer is upon us in the Okanagan Valley, and unlike summers in recent past, the majority of the Okanagan’s fire danger rating is sitting at low to moderate.

An extraordinary life: remembering Greg Younging

An extraordinary life: remembering Greg Younging

It’s the Association of Canadian Publishers’ highest honour—and on June 19 UBC’s Gregory Younging was posthumously recognized with the President’s Award for his contributions to the Canadian publishing industry and the association.

Genetic tagging can be an economical, ethical tool

Genetic tagging can be an economical, ethical tool

They’re the central questions of ecology—why are there so many species and where are they found?

Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences welcomes Gino DiLabio as Dean pro tem

Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Sciences welcomes Gino DiLabio as Dean pro tem

UBC Okanagan Provost and Vice-President Academic Ananya Mukherjee Reed has announced that Gino DiLabio has been appointed Dean pro tem of Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1, 2019. DiLabio has been a key contributor to UBC’s Okanagan campus since 2014, and is currently a professor and head of the chemistry […]

Report: Canadian communities responding to changing climate

Report: Canadian communities responding to changing climate

Extreme forest fires, urban flooding and severe storms make frequent headlines across Canada as these events become more prominent and destructive.

Defying the odds

Defying the odds

Two students who have the extra challenge of being sight-impaired will cross the stage at UBC Okanagan’s convocation ceremony on Thursday to receive their Bachelor of Arts degrees in psychology.

Top student award goes to UBCO cancer researcher and rural health care advocate

Top student award goes to UBCO cancer researcher and rural health care advocate

It’s been a dream of Celine Edwards for as long as she can remember—to attend medical school at UBC and improve healthcare delivery for rural populations.

Convocation is a time of celebration at UBCO

Convocation is a time of celebration at UBCO

This week UBC Okanagan celebrates its students as it hosts six separate graduation ceremonies over two days. More than 1,725 students will cross the stage, earning their undergraduate degrees while 215 students will receive their master’s degree and 40 their doctorates. 

Expert Q&A: Economics and its gender problem

Expert Q&A: Economics and its gender problem

UBC Economics professor says discipline needs more women When UBC’s Mohsen Javdani embarked on a recent research project, his main goal was to study the influence of ideological bias among economists. In what he describes as an important by-product of the research, conducted in collaboration with Ha-Joon Chang at Cambridge University, they not only discovered […]