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Mastering Blockchain

Blockchain@UBC researchers are exploring wide-ranging applications

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Student Leadership Conference takes place January 23

Student-run conference helps delegates make connections and inspires action

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Sexual Assault Awareness Month takes on oppression

Events focus on “End Racism x End Sexual Violence”

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Check out UBC’s 2019-20 Annual Sustainability Report

This year marks a decade of the UBC Sustainability Initiative

Explore UBC

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Campus, Community

How to get funding for your ideas

Resources to help you advance the causes you care about

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Arts and Culture, Research

Researcher explores transatlantic migration in African literature

French Studies prof seeks insights into dynamics of migration from African continent to the Americas

Dr. Julie Bettinger, associate professor in UBC’s faculty of medicine

COVID-19 vaccines: what to expect and how to combat hesitancy

Not every Canadian is feeling confident about getting the jab

This Week at UBC host Nicole Mendoza

This Week at UBC

What’s happening from January 17 to 23

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Community, Research

MIND and Mediterranean diets associated with later onset of Parkinson’s disease

Study is the first to suggest a link between MIND diet and brain health for Parkinson’s disease

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Finding the needle: How big data can diagnose disease and improve patients’ lives

UBC computer scientist is finding ways to uncover secrets in haystacks of data