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UBC Okanagan expands downtown

University to open new building in Kelowna’s centre

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UBC Sauder School of Business announces new Dean

Since 2012, Professor Dahl has served in a number of senior academic leadership roles

UBC updates campus mask policy

Masks are no longer required after June 30

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UBC to formally adopt hybrid work

Following successful pilot, UBC launches Hybrid Work Program

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Dr. Will Hughes leads UBCO’s next generation of engineers

He envisions the School of Engineering as both a welcoming place and creative space

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Arts and Culture, Community, Teaching and Learning

What you need to know about learning on Musqueam territory

Part of being connected to a place is understanding its history

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Community, Innovation, Research

Geography students are putting remote communities on the map

The UBC chapter of Youthmappers tackles a problem with digital street maps

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Southern resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018

The animals have been in an energy deficit for six of the last 40 years

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Arts and Culture

New books by Arts faculty for your 2022 reading list

Topics include Indigenous perspectives on Northwest Coast art and African American childhood

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Innovation, Research

Cancer drug shows potential as treatment for muscular dystrophy

Drug helped slow progress of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mice by increasing the resiliency of muscle fibres