The University of British Columbia

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Reg Ogen and Dr. Yeling Zhu remove a freshly pressed block of wood foam at DicinFoam's Vancouver pilot plant

A solution to the global plastic crisis

UBC-developed ‘wood foam’ enters production as Indigenous-led pilot plant opens in Vancouver

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An architect's rendering of the mixed-use, non-market housing development that will become the future home of the UBC Learning Exchange.

Construction Underway at New UBC Learning Exchange Location

The accessible building will enhance Learning Exchange programs

Person walking on grass with bare feet.

Nature Nurtures: A Nature-Based Mind and Body Reset

Join UBC Botanical Garden for an afternoon of connection, reflection and time in nature

People at UBC's Harvest Feastival

Attend Harvest Feastival on September 17

Gather with the community for an autumn-inspired long table dinner

Explore UBC

marbled murrelet

How we found Haida Gwaii’s first marbled murrelet nest in more than 30 years

Research examines the linked habitats marbled murrelets depend on

Idiris Kabel, UBC MD student South Learning Community Vancouver Coastal Health region

Research, Teaching and Learning

Meet the future doctors of Metro Vancouver

Faculty of Medicine takes a community-based approach to training medical students across the region

Person sleeping in bed.

Is your diet influencing your dreams?

Here’s what these researchers found about the connection between food and nightmares

Wildfires

When the feed goes dark, distrust spreads as fast as the flames

How Meta’s Canadian news ban have eroded trust in the information Canadians rely on during fire season

UBC scientists Ivy Chiu and Dr. Tianxi Yang in the lab.

Innovation, Research

UBC seaweed-derived coating keeps strawberries fresher than a fridge

The agar-based coating could help cut spoilage, food waste and reliance on refrigeration

People working at a shared table.

Research, Teaching and Learning

BC’s future skills grant supports micro-credential options at UBCO

StrongerBC helps working professionals advance their careers, open new doors

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.