Updates, news and stories
A selection of updates, news and stories from across the university.
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UBCO8 April, 2024 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Grace Fan
Grace is an assistant professor with the Faculty of Management at UBC Okanagan. Learn more about what inspired her to pursue her research and why she hopes it ignites passion in others to learn from Indigenous peoples.
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UBCV4 March, 2024 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Alexis McGee
Alexis believes that, as a scholar of colour, her voice can be added to the wealth of resources other scholars and activists have shared as they continue educating each other about intersectionality and anti-Blackness, among other forms of marginalization.
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UBCO15 January, 2024 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Angela Andersen
Angela is a sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies. Her research focuses on Alevi communities in the Turkish Republic, their oral histories and communal ceremonial architecture.
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UBCV20 November, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Andrei Krassioukov
A professor in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC Vancouver, Andrei helps people with spinal cord injury maintain their cardiovascular health. He is investigating a novel treatment that could improve a patient’s overall quality of life.
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UBCV30 October, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Yue Qian
Having grown up in Wuhan, China, Yue Qian felt compelled to help people in her hometown by better understanding their experiences after the pandemic hit. Her research specifically examines how the pandemic affected the course of gender progress for women.
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UBCV28 August, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Celia Edell
As a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy at UBC Vancouver, Celia's research explores how the internet exacerbates the ability to view harmful online interactions as inconsequential, and what that means morally.
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UBCV19 June, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Bruno D. Zumbo
Bruno, a professor and researcher in the Faculty of Education, is exploring how survey and test designers can embrace the many ways of being human.
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UBCO23 May, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Peiman Azarsa
As a construction materials engineer, Peiman's research is focused on finding new methods and technologies to produce sustainable concrete. Find out what first motivated him to study this essential component in construction and infrastructure development.
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UBCO24 April, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Bowen Hui
As an associate professor of teaching at UBC Okanagan's Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Bowen's research explores test-taking behaviour and potential learning gains when students are given multiple attempts to submit and correct their work.
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UBCO27 March, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Fabio Mologni
Fabio is a researcher at UBC Okanagan's Department of Biology, exploring the impact of invasive plant species and how modern humans are distributed on islands. Find out what motivates Fabio to do this work.
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UBCV13 February, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Theresa Rogers
As a scholar of language and literacy practices of youth, Theresa hopes her work will help students engage in active citizenship through art, digital media and new forms of participation.
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UBCO9 January, 2023 | Research in focus | Faculty & StaffResearch in focus: Laura Meek
Laura is a cultural and medical anthropologist researching global health inequalities and the politics of healing in Africa. Find out what surprised her the most in her research.