Ask Santa - May 2019
What makes Professor Ono proud of UBC? What challenges is UBC facing? How can alumni be involved?
UBC’s Global Reporting Centre steps away from traditional "parachute journalism" in favour of empowering local voices.
Genocide scholar Adam Jones, BA'88, PhD’99, balances the serious nature of his research with prolific travel, and...
Peggy Assinck, PhD’17, sustained a spinal cord injury. Now she conducts spinal cord research and plays on a national...
Turning academic research into real-world results.
How Brock Hall came to host the international debut of one of the hottest bands of the Sixties.
Is an entrepreneurial mindset an advantage in times of change and job uncertainty? And is it something that can be...
Dentistry grad Chris Dare, DMD'15, has completed a challenge that few others would even attempt. This is his survival...
“To deal with the biodiversity crisis we need to find a way to give nature more space.”
The effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic have been immediate and far-reaching—but together we can support each other...
Chris Anderson, BA’07, describes himself as a humanitarian logistician. This means he supports humanitarian aid...
The West’s relations with North Korea have long fluctuated between diplomatic engagement and turbulent flare-ups that...
Gourmet grads share stories and recipes.
David Boyd, PhD’10, points out that other countries have already recognized the legal rights of non-human animals,...
A UBC undergraduate heads for the wilderness armed with a giant net, a plumbing camera, and gallons of bug spray.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving. How do we ensure it works for us and not against us?
Launching in celebration of UBC Okanagan’s 15th anniversary in 2020, alumni UBC’s afterwords is a digital conversation...
Building a supply chain to make groceries package-free
Powerful imaging technology is revealing the COVID-19 virus in all its atomic detail, providing blueprints for the...
A message from UBC President and Vice-Chancellor Santa J. Ono
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1. How many students have graduated from the Okanagan campus since it opened 15...
To outsiders, it’s an unassuming grassy slope, but for those in the know, the knoll is a beloved campus landmark – the...
The scene from the roof of the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on September 27, as students, faculty, and staff added their...
Facing up to Systemic Racism
In June, President Ono announced plans for a UBC advisory committee on systemic racism,...
Q: What's the most important lesson you ever learned?
A: Young children are whole people, worthy of respect.
