Shereen Lee

President Santa Ono promised bias training for all public safety officers on campus in a June 1 message to the community. But the 18 RCMP officers on campus, however, are not under the jurisdiction of the university.

The evolution of 20th-century student protests at UBC tells a story of an increasingly political student body — one heavily influenced by the moral conversations of the world around it.

ECOSCOPE celebrated the work of students and recent discoveries at the forefront of bioengineering.

Founders of the Black at UBC community began sharing Instagram posts, after a global outpouring of testimonies on racism in higher education this June.

A UBC research team has developed copper-coated technology to kill bacteria — perfect for use in hospitals, campuses or even on your phone case.

UBC computational linguistics students are streamlining the process of detecting landslides for NASA.

Zombie satellites orbit the Earth — and they could come crashing down, according to UBC research.

Mugshare (stylized “mugshare”) is an initiative started by five students at UBC sustainability organization Common Energy that offers reusable cups with a $5 deposit on-site at partner cafes, which can be returned to any of the cafes in the network for a deposit reimbursement. After a five-year pilot, mugshare officially launched in 2021. Their official launch was well-timed: in early 2022, BC introduced a 25-cent fee for disposable cups, the first fee of its kind in Canada.

BC residents have long been aware that the province is at risk of being hit by a “big one” – a massive earthquake that could topple buildings and infrastructure across the province. A recent disaster in Türkiye demonstrated what such a high-magnitude earthquake might look like.

On December 3, Hania Rani filled the Chan Centre stage with pianos.