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Terrace Standard
‘Mother nature never gives up the gold easy’: Terrace prospector lands first deal

Mining engineering professor Dr. Bern Klein noted that success rate for exploration companies to convert a deposit into an operating mine is very low.

January 15, 2023
Times Colonist
Comment: Business leaders should think about net zero

Chemical and biological engineering adjunct professor Dr. Roland Clift argued that businesses need to think about what they can contribute to achieving net-zero.

January 14, 2023
Globe and Mail
Landslide reshapes popular climbing spire in B.C.

Davide Elmo, professor in the Department of Mining Engineering, offered his expertise on the Snowpatch landslide.

January 10, 2023
Today in BC
Wastewater off flights from China to Vancouver will soon be tested for COVID-19

Ryan Ziels, assistant professor of civil engineering, discussed how testing wastewater off flights is a supplemental tool for detecting COVID-19 onboard flights.

January 3, 2023
The Healthcare Technology Report
The Top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders of Vancouver for 2022

James Taylor and Andrew Booth, both alumni of the engineering physics program, were named in the Top 25 Healthcare Technology Leaders of Vancouver for 2022.

December 27, 2022
Inside Quantum Technology News
Quantum-circuit cutting fills a gaping hole

Dr. Olivia Di Matteo, professor of electrical and computer engineering, described the purpose and disadvantages of the quantum circuit-cutting procedure.

December 26, 2022
Time Business News
Best MS & Engineering Colleges in 2023

University of British Columbia was named third on the list of Time Business News' Best Engineering Colleges in Canada.

December 24, 2022
Vancouver Sun
Climate change could force snow-clearing rethink

Civil engineering professor Dr. Gord Lovegrove commented on the costs of adding residential side streets to Vancouver’s snow-clearing plans.

December 23, 2022
On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko
The future of nuclear fission

Ben Britton, associate professor of materials engineering at UBC, joins us to discuss the promising future of nuclear fission.

December 21, 2022
CBC News
Ottawa urged to act after Taliban shuts women out of higher education

Applied sciences student Habiba Nazari said she fears her sisters in Afghanistan will never be able to attend university after the Taliban's ban on women attending universities.

December 21, 2022

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