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Easy ways to conserve water this summer

Apply for the Vancouver Workplace Wellbeing Ambassador program by Aug. 14

The Workplace Wellbeing Ambassador program helps drive wellbeing and wellbeing practices at UBC and is a key strategic priority for the university. Faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver who are interested in championing this initiative within their area of the university are invited to submit an application. Applications to the program are open until Aug. 14. The program aims to:

Groundbreaking ‘tanked’ parkade to deepen UBCO’s roots in downtown Kelowna

Meet the spring recipients of the 2023 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund

This year, the Partnership Recognition and Exploration (PRE) Fund opened in May and has already provided funding for 12 community-university projects. This fund aims to boost collaboration and relationship building, as well as empower community partners to build reciprocal relationships with UBC students, faculty, and staff.    There is still an opportunity for interested faculty and staff to apply for up to $1,500 in funding until December 31, 2023, or until available funds are exhausted. 

Protect your eyes from harmful UV rays this summer

Valerie Nichol appointed UBCO’s Director of Integrated Planning and Chief Budget Officer

UBCO researcher studies alternatives to fossil fuel derived energy

As many nations work to go green, a significant question remains unanswered: how can the world decarbonize energy supplies in a sustainable, efficient and economically viable manner? Dr. Robert Godin, an assistant professor of Green Chemistry in UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, is working to find the answer.

Protecting our future health

UBC researchers are on a mission to understand how biological, social, and environmental factors interact to make us more susceptible to climate change. Their findings could hold the key to better health for everyone — starting with our most at-risk communities. A few summers ago, during British Columbia’s worst-ever wildfire season, Dr. Sarah Henderson began to receive worried messages from the families and friends of people with dementia.

Submit your Teaching in focus

Teaching in focus highlights our talented teaching faculty, their unique teaching style, and their incredible work at UBC.If you are an educator, this is an opportunity to share what inspired your approach to teaching, acknowledge your collaborators, and the impact you hope to have on students. Teaching in focus is quick and easy to complete, and may inspire and connect you to future educators in your field.

Dr. Andrea Esteves appointed Dean pro tem, Faculty of Dentistry

Letter from the President

Hear from Deborah Buszard, UBC's Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, in her Summer 2023 letter to the community. Read more

UBC Library collaborates with The Paper Trail project to launch new digital archive

UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC), in partnership with The Paper Trail project team, has launched a digital archival collection of identity papers known as Chinese Immigration (C.I.) certificates created through Canada’s Chinese Immigration Act.