Unexpected is an understatement. Unbelievable would be appropriate. Miraculous wouldn’t be out of place. It has been one hell of a season for the UBC Thunderbirds football team.
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Have you ever walked down Main Mall soaking wet with an umbrella in a hand and a muggy backpack in the other? Then you ask yourself why on earth you decided to study in Vancouver — a city with an average of 160 rainy days a year.
Often in times of depression or loneliness, friends and family tell you to look at the bright side. Well, a new study at UBC finds that this is exactly what you should do.
According to recent study, First Nations’ fishery catches could collapse by almost 50 per cent by 2050 as a result of climate change, further endangering the food and economic security of indigenous communities along coastal British Columbia.
I have been more motivated in this area of study by some recent research I undertook to discover the unique underlying philosophy that eventually led to the recent refugee migration, which is so prominently discussed in the Western World.
You probably know a student who has taken study drugs to cram at least once. Maybe you have taken them yourself. Is it cheating? They can energize and boost motivation, but won’t help you learn better.
Of all childhood cancers, medulloblastoma is the most common. Attempts to develop targeted drug treatments against the disease have mostly been unsuccessful and a recent study from UBC may have found an explanation why.
Think about it. For the price of a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza, you can support eight human beings to come to the amazing country and university we live and study in. We need to ... commit to long-term support for refugees.
“I am really interested maximizing student spaces. Not in the way I’ve heard thrown around with 24 hour study spaces. I want to improve student engagement be informed making it easier for them to look up information on running next year.”
It seems you can’t watch sports today without hearing about the debilitating nature of traumatic brain injuries caused by repetitive or excessive blows to the head. Researchers are on the forefront of detecting concussions.
Why on earth is Candy Crush so addicting? A recently published study may offer some insight into what makes games like Candy Crush so hard to put down. “When we added the cues, the behaviour shifted. It was a really big shift towards risky choice.”
Struggling to cope with the horrors of midterms? Need the scoop on the best study spaces on campus? Looking for St. Patrick’s Day plans? Pull a hamstring? UBC athletes have all the answers you seek plus more in this edition of the T-Birds 5-on-5.
UBC has many secrets — a vibrant underbelly. Like study spots where nobody goes or seeing a life-changing movie via the Norm, the UBC Rappers Without Borders club is like the hidden smile in the Mona Lisa that is our university.
According to a Canada Department of Finance study, “the current generation of young Canadians is, on average, wealthier than previous generations of young Canadians.” But one UBC prof says this isn’t true.
Gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians experience higher rates of anxiety and mood disorders than other Canadians. A recently published study from UBC has given researchers a real sense of the prevalence rates in Canada.