UBC super-black wood can improve telescopes, optical devices and consumer goods

Enhanced resources available at UBC to help prevent overdoses

As students return to campus for another academic year, UBC is reinforcing the importance of community care as part of the university’s comprehensive approach to substance-use health and harm reduction.“The health and safety of our university community is our highest priority. We have a shared role in keeping each other safe, and that is especially clear with the current increased toxicity and unpredictability of street drugs across the province,” said Noorjean Hassam, Associate Vice-President, Student Health and Wellbeing.

Thousands of jellyfish clones are multiplying in BC lakes

An invasive, freshwater jellyfish is popping up in BC waters in the thousands and future sightings could increase rapidly, according to UBC research.The peach blossom jellyfish clones have been spotted in 34 places in BC, its furthest northern range in North America, and a recent paper predicts sightings will increase to about 80 by the end of the decade as climate change extends this range. 

How much microplastic are you drinking? New UBC tool can tell you in minutes

UBC research pinpoints how early-life antibiotics turn immunity into allergy