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Patty Hambler and Agnes d’Entremont at UBC Student Services.

Help is available: Student mental health services at UBC

Giving students strategies to care for their mental and physical health.

Spotlight

UBC degree at graduation

UBC announces 2019 honorary degree recipients

We’re proud to recognize 15 deserving individuals this spring at UBC graduation.

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What to do when the words won’t come

4th year English student shares tips for getting unstuck while writing your term paper.

UBC student athlete

Gold medal winning cyclist to speak at athletic breakfast

Tickets are on sale for the UBCO Athletic Scholarship Breakfast on Friday, April 5.

Explore UBC

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Robot an effective pain management tool for premature babies

Therapeutic robot simulates human skin-to-skin contact for babies in neonatal intensive care.

Dr. Brianne Orr-Álvarez in a classroom

People, Teaching and Learning

2018 Killam Teaching Prize recipient shares memories and best practices

Dr. Brianne Orr-Álvarez’s prestigious award follows Top Instructor Recognition from 2013-2016.

Andrew Robertson with equipment

People, Research

Accelerating access to an elusive medical isotope

TRIUMF develops method for producing the scarcely available Ac-225 isotope, a potential cancer fighter.

This Week at UBC

This Week at UBC

Weekly recap of events happening on the Vancouver campus from March 24 to 30.

Isabelle (Izzie) Fortuna

People of UBC: Isabelle (Izzie) Fortuna

Grateful for opportunities to engage with the community through research & Filipino youth mentorship.

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Good vibrations: how vibrating devices can help wearers understand speech

Study reveals a 9% enhancement when wearing a small loonie-sized vibrator that translates speech to touch.