UBC community stories

The many faces of back to school

For our incoming class of students, the start of the school year may bring with it eager anticipation for the friends they will meet, the things they will learn, or the pure joy of stocking up on stationery supplies. For many in our community of faculty and staff, it’s no different. Here are a handful of people who are awaiting the start of the school year with equal eager anticipation:

Wearing three hats sewn together by a passion for one health

Chelsea Himsworth describes herself as an odd duck at UBC. That is because not only is she a full-time employee of the BC Ministry of Agriculture, but she also conducts UBC teaching and research through a partner track faculty appointment with the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s School of Population and Public Health.

Fostering global citizenship through UBC’s international strategy

For Murali Chandrashekaran, UBC’s first Vice-Provost, International, universities are key to building a more just and prosperous world.

Florian Gassner and his quest to define censorship

Florian Gassner, Senior Instructor of German and Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies from the Faculty of Arts, tried to understand the meaning of censorship in a recent project focused on unearthing books that have been, or still are, banned.

UBC Robson Square: Watch this space

How to train your robot

In focus: Our university photographer

It’s possible that no one at UBC has quite as varied a work day as Paul Joseph. As the official University Photographer since 2016, he’s just as likely to be snapping pictures of laughing UBC summer campers as he is to be capturing studious portraits of Deans.

Winter is coming

If the approach of winter weather has you cringing at the thought of hours spent shovelling heavy snow off your walkway and scraping ice off your windshield, spare a thought for the Building Operations and Facilities Management staff at UBC.

Making connections

What started as a simple tool with a specific purpose, the researcher profile tool is now helping many groups and individuals connect across the university.

Conversation starters

Academic researchers today are increasingly encouraged to disseminate their findings to the broader public—but accurate and impactful media coverage can be hard to attract, especially for younger, emerging scholars. Enter The Conversation: a global non-profit initiative that features online news and editorial content from academics, guided by journalists, that is freely available for republication by other media outlets.

Man with a plan: UBC’s landscape architect

The university’s Landscape Architect since 2009, Dean has overseen some dramatic – and some subtle – changes to the campus that impact the way students, faculty, staff and residents interact with the university environment every day

Vocal champion

Dr. Amanda Hu aims to spread the word about taking action for good vocal habits.