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Apply for a Climate and Wellbeing Education Grant by June 12

Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants provide up to $6,000 to UBC faculty members to incorporate climate change and wellbeing content and approaches into existing undergraduate and graduate courses. 

Chancellor search – open for candidate recommendations

This message is from Ross Langford, Chair, Chancellor Search Committee; Fred Withers, Chair, alumni UBC Board of Directors

Preparing for wildfires: UBC experts share their tips

From science fiction to classroom reality: How UBC professors are using AI as a teaching tool

Hiring a new teaching assistant usually means reading stacks of resumes, conducting interviews, and checking references—but what if they aren’t human? Meet ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, two new artificial intelligence-powered teaching assistants (created by OpenAI and Microsoft, respectively) that are ready and available to help third-year engineering physics students at UBC who might be looking for help with their homework or assignments.

Research in focus: Peiman Azarsa

As a construction materials engineer, Peiman's research is focused on finding new methods and technologies to produce sustainable concrete. Find out what first motivated him to study this essential component in construction and infrastructure development.

When consumers buy embarrassing products, they don’t want friendly service

Wildfires and smoky skies

Two inspiring South Asian Arts scholars and their road to academia

To travel or not to travel? UBC Library asks the question

Last month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that we are nearing a critical threshold. Despite current efforts, we are more likely than not to surpass a global temperature increase of 1.5°C in the near-term, that “we are already seeing the repercussions,” and that greater climate action is needed urgently.

Baby’s first bites: How to introduce food allergens to infants

Change to academic scheduling this October

During the 2023 calendar year, statutory holidays have created an imbalance in the numbers of days available for classes on each weekday, with Mondays disproportionately affected. In light of this, the Vancouver Senate has approved a motion to designate Thursday October 12 as a ‘Make-up Monday’ to offset the impact of statutory holidays occurring on Mondays. All classes normally scheduled for Thursday October 12 will be cancelled and replaced by classes that are normally scheduled for a Monday.

UBC’s transition out of the COVID-19 pandemic

On May 5, the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. This announcement came alongside UBC’s own discussions about fully transitioning to a communicable disease prevention framework.