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Vancouver Is Awesome
BC MLA pitches Starlink satellite internet for rural communities

Dr. David Michelson, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, discussed improving high-speed internet infrastructure in Canada’s remote communities.

December 20, 2024
Global News Hour at 6
UBC report looks at e-bike speed risks

Dr. Alex Bigazzi, a professor in civil engineering and planning in the Faculty of Applied Science, is leading research into the speed of e-bikes.

December 17, 2024
Northern News Services
Education foundation hopes engineering and geoscience scholarship recipients settle in the North

APSC students have been awarded scholarships from the NAPEG Education Foundation.

December 12, 2024
Clinical Lab Products
AI-based tool offers highly accurate pancreatic cancer diagnostics

SBME's Dr. Ali Bashashati co-led a project using AI to detect pancreatic cancer.

December 12, 2024
The Globe and Mail (subscription)
Imperial Metals facing 15 charges under federal Fisheries Act stemming from 2014 tailings dam spill in BC

Dr. Scott Dunbar, a professor with the department of mining engineering, commented on the damage from a tailings dam spill.

December 10, 2024
Vancouver Sun
Have a very sustainable Christmas: 5 tips from the experts

CHBE's Dr. Johan Foster gave advice on how to make the holiday season sustainable.

December 8, 2024
ICI Radio-Canada
Researchers use heat to recycle CO2 (French)

CHBE Dr. Curtis Berlinguette are leading research into recycling carbon dioxide as a way to tackle the climate and energy crises.

December 8, 2024
The Ubyssey
Living the institutions: The École Polytechnique Montréal massacre anniversary compels action from us as individuals

UBC Vancouver remembered 14 women who lost their lives at École Polytechnique Montréal on December 6, 1989.

December 5, 2024
Penticton Herald
UBCO remembers Polytechnique massacre

UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering honoured the women whose lives were lost in the École Polytechnique massacre this week.

December 4, 2024
CBC News
Taiwanese firm halts plan to build $1B battery plant in BC with federal support

Mining engineering's Dr. Scott Dunbar commented on the shelving of a plan to build a battery plant in BC.

December 4, 2024

UBC is located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people (Musqueam; which means 'People of the River Grass') and Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history and traditions from one generation to the next.