Empowering language learners: Technology’s role in celebrating Arabic dialects
August 28, 2023
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UBCVJuly 14, 2025 | Teaching in focus | Faculty & StaffTeaching in focus: Erika Fundelius
A longtime educator and now assistant professor in the Faculty of Education, specializing in Special Education, Erika is shaping how teachers support students who are blind or have low vision — bringing autonomy, consent, and care to every lesson.
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UBCOJuly 11, 2025 | Media release | Faculty & StaffUBCO professor spearheads global effort to translate, analyze rare 13th century text
One of the world’s most unique and important texts—the General e grand estoria will soon be translated, analyzed and made widely available, thanks to a global endeavour led by a UBC Okanagan researcher.Dr. Francisco Peña, Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, is leading a team of international scholars in the collaborative effort to translate and digitally preserve the General estoria (GE)—the largest universal history written in Medieval Europe.
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UBCVJuly 10, 2025 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffFrom Bach to beats: How UBC prof Ryan Davis is redefining the viola’s sound
Blending classical roots with the pulse of folk, electronic, and hip-hop, UBC School of Music professor Ryan Davis — known by his moniker “Radia” — is carving out a space for the viola that is both fresh and timeless. His journey as a violist and composer defies tradition, embracing a fusion of genres to breathe new life into an instrument often overshadowed in classical music.
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UBCVJune 30, 2025 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffCelebrating changemaking women in the Faculty of Medicine
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UBCOJune 26, 2025 | Feature story | Faculty & StaffHow hands-on undergraduate research is advancing immunobiology
Dr. Emmanuel Osei, Assistant Professor of Biology at UBC Okanagan is co-leads the Immunobiology Research Excellence Cluster and is contributing to work that could transform cancer treatment and other lung diseases. His lab focuses on developing bio-artificial disease models to better understand how chronic lung diseases develop and progress, and he is passionate about facilitating opportunities for students to experience hands on learning.