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Message from the President: Provide your feedback on UBC’s emerging priorities by April 11

A message from Benoit-Antoine Bacon, President and Vice-ChancellorLast September, UBC launched a process to refresh its strategic plan in order to better define the university’s long-term vision and establish priorities and actions, largely focused on our academic and research mission, for the next three to five years.

Appointment of Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Dean, Faculty of Science

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Mark MacLachlan has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Science for a five-year term, commencing April 1, 2025.Dr. MacLachlan, Professor of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair in Supramolecular Materials, has served as Dean pro tem for the Faculty of Science since January 1, 2024.

Get active by participating in the Faculty & Staff Sports Day

The Faculty and Staff Sports Day will take place on May 2 on the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Get ready to register your team of 4-6 participants (creative team names are encouraged) and compete in a wide range of activities suitable for varying levels of experience, fitness and ability.You can get involved in a number of ways:

UBC Board of Governors approves balanced operating budget for 2025/26

UBC is projecting a balanced financial position as part of its 2025/26 budget, approved by the university’s Board of Governors this week.The budget report acknowledges the challenging and evolving landscape affecting all Canadian post-secondary institutions, while also highlighting UBC’s commitment to advancing its core academic mission and to ensuring the university’s long-term financial resilience.

Applications open to host Indigenous youth in summer research program

Faculty members in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields are invited to submit a seed2STEM proposal to host Indigenous youth in a summer research program.The seed2STEM program provides Indigenous high school students with paid six-week internships from July 7 to August 15, offering hands-on experience to inspire their interest in STEM fields. Find out how you can host a student this summer—whether in a wet lab, conducting literature reviews, or with knowledge translation.Learn more and submit a proposal by Apr. 15.

Stories of Partnership: hua foundation & UBC's Centre for Asian Canadian Research + Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies

Canada’s housing crisis is preventing millions from forming the households they want

A homegrown player is worth an extra $4.8M annually to an NHL team, study finds

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver to tackle key challenges

Twenty-three Research Excellence Clusters led by researchers at UBC Vancouver are being funded through the 2025/26 Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters (GCRC). A further 19 clusters are in the second year of their GCRC funding.

Canada slowest in reporting bird flu at 618 days – but COVID shows we can do better

Celebrating disability and neurodiversity in the Faculty of Applied Science

The Faculty of Applied Science has interviewed faculty, staff and students with disabilities in order to raise awareness of disability and neurodiversity at the university.Read candid accounts from members of the UBC community who describe the challenges they have encountered around accessibility, discuss the need to eliminate stigma and showcase how their disability enhances the way they work.Learn more

Share a Teaching in focus profile

Teaching in focus highlights our talented teaching faculty, their unique teaching style, and their incredible work at UBC.If you are an educator, this is an opportunity to share what inspired your approach to teaching, acknowledge your collaborators, and the impact you hope to have on students. Teaching in focus is quick and easy to complete, and may inspire and connect you to future educators in your field.