Discussion at the VP administration revolved around what strategies candidates Jai Sodhi, Kevin Heieis and Amy Liao would use to maximize the Nest’s rooms and utilities.
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Incumbent student senators Kamil Kanji and Kareem Hassib along with newcomers Alex Chui, Jasper Lorien, Solomon Yi-Kieran, Sahib Malik and Taushifa Shaikh took the stage at Michael Kingsmill Forum once again.
Jasper Lorien is running to be student governor on a platform centered around freezing tuition and housing fees, divestment from companies complicit in human rights violations and increasing student housing construction.
Third-year philosophy student Amy Liao is running for VP administration on a platform centering around student living and the Nest, improving clubs and AMS subsidiaries' experience and working towards the AMS Sustainability Action Plan (ASAP)’s 2026 goals.
While scientists have made immense progress in memory formation research, so much is still unknown. What’s keeping us from fully understanding this aspect of the human brain, and what are memory researchers doing to overcome these obstacles?
With the climate crisis, insects are facing significant challenges. Rising temperatures can have broad effects on insects’ bodies, leading to physiological and ecological disruptions with long-term effects on the human population according to UBC entomologists.
Ozempic, like Wegovy and Rybelsus, is part of a group of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes called glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists. They are successful in helping diabetics control their blood sugar levels, but users noticed another unexpected effect during clinical trials: they were experiencing significant weight loss.
At the end of the term, emails flood into student inboxes with the reminder to fill out teaching evaluations. This is a chance for students to grade their professors’ performance as an educator. However, scholars have questioned the accuracy of these surveys, and how they might mask gender, racial and ethnic biases.
Food traditions connect people to their homes, their histories and to each other. But many students said their options for affordable culturally-specific food — from seasonings and good tortillas to certified kosher meals — are slim.
For young salmon, road salt run-off can be deadly. A research project is using citizen science to monitor the impacts of road salting on freshwater fish.
The federal government has announced an intake cap on international study permit applications starting in September 2024. It remains unclear whether this will lead to a significant decrease in international student admissions at UBC.
The Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre, or the Global Lounge, has been temporarily closed since September 2023. It is set to re-open this term, with changes to programming.
In 2023, Arneil was inducted to the Order of Canada for her contributions to political theory and the field of political science.
“If student life at UBC were to be viewed as a stone arch...Instagram acts as the keystone that has allowed the current campus culture to bear weight,” writes Tatum Narode
After a decade of working in music away from campus, Jasper Sloan Yip made his way back to UBC working at CiTR 101.9 FM, the community radio station, and its arts magazine, Discorder.