In nine months, more than 1,100 adults have gone to emergency wards in Vancouver and Toronto for cycling-related injuries, according to preliminary findings of a UBC study released for Bike Month.
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New funding to study neglected global diseases
What began as a serendipitous discovery in Prof. Kishor Wasan�s lab almost a decade ago may soon help eradicate a painful and fatal disease, thanks to an innovative partnership among university, government and industry and a $600,000 grant towards neglected global diseases.
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Centre tracks Olympic carbon footprint
On the surface, it might strike some as, well, an Olympian challenge: Tracking and forecasting the carbon footprint of the upcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.
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Childhood development maps go Web 2.0
A unique tool that measures early childhood development in British Columbia is moving to the web to make its data more accessible to parents, educators, policy makers and researchers province-wide.
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Calculating Canadians� exposure to carcinogens
Could where you live or work determine your likelihood of developing cancer? New research from UBC�s School of Environmental Health aims to find out.
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Profs care about teaching: UBC survey
UBC faculty members care deeply about teaching and learning and most feel they could teach with even greater effectiveness by applying new advances in the scholarship of teaching and learning.
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Honours math degree for 18-year-old
Eighteeen-year-old Jason Sewell will receive a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in mathematics at UBC Okanagan�s convocation ceremony this month.
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