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Dr. Haakon Nygaard

We’ll never see Alzheimer’s as incurable

Dr. Haakon Nygaard, Professor, Alzheimer’s Research. The potential is yours.

Spotlight

President’s Concert Series: Tony Yike Yang

Special free concert featuring one of the foremost pianists of the younger generation.

His Highness the Aga Khan

The Aga Khan awarded with honorary degrees from UBC and SFU

The joint conferral ceremony—taking place on October 19—is a first for both universities.

25th Anniversary Celebration of Michael Smith’s Nobel Prize

See the schedule and join the wait list for this free science symposium on Monday, Oct 1.

Explore UBC

Paul Lawson

Research, Teaching and Learning

Paul Lawson

Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Director discusses his uniquely personal relationship with the forest itself.

Student on campus

Teaching and Learning

Scared of first-year calculus? Just grow with it

Classes are not only gateways to intellectual and career growth, but also to personal growth.

Playing computer games

Playing computer games helps improve math scores, but only for boys

UBC research partly attributes math gender gap to frequency and intensity of participation in computer gaming.

Sopron story

The Sopron story: Looking back 60 years later

Learn how 200 Hungarian forestry students found refuge at UBC and created a legacy for our forest sector.

Janice Eng

People of UBC: Janice Eng

Alum; mom to UBC undergrad; tennis and cross-country enthusiast; neurological rehab researcher.

This Week at UBC

This Week at UBC

Weekly recap of events happening on the Vancouver campus from September 23 to 29.