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The pandemic has upended our work routines. Advancing technology is propelling us into an unknown future. And powerful social movements are tearing down barriers to equality. There’s only one thing we can reliably predict in the future world of work, and that’s change.

Dr. Ngoc Tan Nguyen created a flexible, washable battery

UBC researchers have created what may be the first battery that is both flexible and washable.

When COVID-19 first hit New York City, UBC dental school grad Kartik Suri stayed to help.

Photo by Don Erhardt

On December 8, UBC unveiled a bold new climate action plan.

Futuristic image of a woman staring into camera, with the light of a projector shining on her and computer code and copy in the background.

Photo of Selina Chan.

Illustration of planet and astronaut.

Dr. Peter Cullis smiling, in a lab.

Blue graphic with stars on the perimeter and the text "alumni UBC 2021 Achievement Awards presented by boyden"

Illustration of what the UBC site at the intersection of King George Boulevard and Fraser Highway in Surrey could look like.

Wide angle view of mountains, with a person standing on a grassy knoll in the foreground

Two researchers by the water, jotting down notes, with a view of the mountains in the background.

COP26 aims to help countries protect communities and natural habitats amid climate change.

Photo of a man looking up with a VR headset on.

Hundreds of kilometres from shore, and covering two-thirds of the Earth’s surface, the high...

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