Spotlight

Most of today's university undergraduates were born in the 2000s. Like every generation before them, their formative years are being influenced by a distinct set of social conditions, significant events, opportunities, and challenges. What's it like to be a student today? What do Gen Z want from university? And how are universities helping them prepare for their (and our) futures?

Technology

Technology

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Potent new technologies are redefining education.

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UBC is adding new spaces over six years in technology-related programs.

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Lightweight, 3D printed devices can change the face of satellite communication.

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Organ model technologies can help address the challenges of drug development.

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Recent megaconstellation filings are of unprecedented size, raising multiple challenges.

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A first-of-its-kind study that links aversion to AI art with speciesism and anthropocentrism.

Dr. Yasmine Abdin (right) and her collaborators in lab wear at UBC.

A new process developed at UBC to make lightweight electric cars is steering closer to reality.

Recent events have marked a powerful inflection point in Canadian journalism.

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Imagine a digital clone that looks, talks, and behaves just like you, created by artificial

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Rather than fearing AI, some UBC professors integrating it into their courses.

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Online debates arose about anti-Semitic imagery and content in this Harry Potter game.

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“Think Brita filter, but a thousand times better.”

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Companies are using heat from data centres to grow crops indoors — but there are issues.

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A UBC psychology professor finds out the hard way.

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Propeller noise accounts for much of the underwater acoustic barrage from ships.

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A UBC prof tackles the challenge of adequate nutrition for astronauts.

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Innovative methods for preserving food are preventing spoilage and waste without sacrificing...

Engineer devises a tool to protect pregnant women and their babies.

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The research team found that more diverse coral communities were most resilient.

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UBC researchers are navigating what’s called “the last and grandest biological frontier.”