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Tapestry Tool creates space for accessible and engaged hybrid learning

Remote teaching platforms frequently delivered an unfulfilling experience with an inflexible linear model of learning that fell short of accommodating the full range of student needs. Rather than reconnecting us and reinvigorating the learning process, the experiences were often frustrating for teachers and students alike, exacerbating feelings of isolation and lacking a rich, dynamic and inclusive learning environment.

Industry partnership provides a boost in UBCO battery research

With the current price of gasoline, it’s no wonder electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more common on the road.

Even low levels of air pollution contribute to increased health risk

Supercharging drug development through AI

How much faster can we identify potential lifesaving medications for diseases such as COVID-19? UBC’s Dr. Artem Cherkasov has discovered the answer to that question: “Instead of 10 years, it took us 19 days. We screened 40 billion potential drug compounds and narrowed those down to a shortlist of a handful of highly promising candidates,” he says. Dr. Cherkasov and his team have developed Deep Docking, an AI-enabled technology that identifies previously unknown potential medications for people already infected with the virus.

President Santa Ono leaving UBC to take up new role

A message from Nancy McKenzie, Chair, UBC Board of Governors

Rethinking our relationship with water

Your second COVID-19 booster is on the way—but when?

Space rocket junk could have deadly consequences unless governments act

The re-entry of abandoned stages of rockets left in orbit from space launches have a six to 10 per cent chance of severely injuring or killing a human being in the next decade, according to a new UBC study. Researchers say governments need to take collective action and mandate that rocket stages are guided safely back to Earth after their use, which could increase the cost of a launch, but potentially save lives.

How Indigenous anthropologist Kristen Barnett is decolonizing archaeology

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30

In recent years, Sept. 30 has been known as Orange Shirt Day. Founded by Phyllis Webstad in 2013, Orange Shirt Day is a grassroots campaign that grew out of her own experiences and the experiences of other residential school survivors who attended St. Joseph’s Mission near Williams Lake. It is a day to honour and hold up the healing journeys of residential school survivors and their families, to engage in meaningful discussions about the history and legacy of the residential school system.

30-second bio: Johannah May Black

As an educator in the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office at UBC Okanagan, Johannah creates resources, develops curriculum, facilitates workshops and more. Find out why she encourages others to try out her newest hobby – roller skating.

Turning skyscrapers into trees

UBC scientists take a leaf from nature’s book. Article by Jared Downing.