When you grab a cold beer out of the cooler this summer, what is really going on between your brain, your eyes and your hands?
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Copyright in the Digital Era
If copyright law is to survive in the digital age, it will have to emerge as a cooperative process between creator and public, says Mira Sundara Rajan.
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Bringing Theses to the Web
The internet has been a blessing for researchers in many ways, providing access to electronic journals, papers from international symposia and more.
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Nutrition Advice Good Enough to Eat
We’re all capable of cooking a delicious meal with fresh and nutritious ingredients in just minutes.
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A Plan to Expand UBC’s Pharmaceutical Services to HAIDA GWAII
Haida Gwaii, an archipelago of more than 150 islands off B.C.’s northern coast, is home to 5,400 residents, but only one pharmacist.
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Rethinking the Evolution of Human Culture and Early Life
Cultural evolution researcher Liane Gabora is developing software that could help explain, for example, how the concept of a using a mortar with a pestle evolved.
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UBC Urban Planning Students Design an Eco Community for Proposed Burnaby Site
UBC students recently pushed the envelope for mixed land use and sustainable design with a project that blends a residential community for seniors with an organic farm on the same site.
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Green Ideas -- from Canada to Thailand
The Willard Park Eco Community project is exactly the kind of holistic thinking that drew her to UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), says Sawngjai Dear Manityakul.
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Map Project Definitely Not Another Day at the Office
Monday morning, first day of Reading Week. Instead of sitting at my usual desk on campus, I found myself walking up to the secured front door of a Kitsilano transition house for women.
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Have Your Say on UBC’s Aboriginal Strategic Plan
Should UBC be helping Aboriginal elementary and high school students prepare for university?
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Diet Doubles Pups’ Survival Rate
In a world obsessed with low-calorie diets, Amelia MacRae thinks that more fat may be the key to survival -- for seal pups, that is.
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Early Days of UBC Mirrored Province’s Boom and Bust Cycles
The founding and early fortunes of the University of British Columbia closely mirrored those of the province.
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