UBC Reports | Sept. 30, 2016

Researchers develop new weapon for hard-to-treat bacterial infections

Health workers may soon have a new weapon in the fight against abscesses—difficult-to-treat bacterial infections that lead to millions of emergency-room visits every year.

LATEST NEWS

New smart road technology connects rural communities

A rural village in India has a better connection to the world, thanks to an innovative UBC-developed road design that resists heavy rains, intense heat and poor drainage, according to UBC civil engineering professor Nemy Banthia, who led the project.

UBC expert on how politicians like Trump use hubris to achieve power

UBC psychology professor Jessica Tracy examines the role of pride in shaping our minds, and how pride helps politicians like Donald Trump attain power.

UBC and University of Toronto partner to launch western arm of leading tech venture accelerator

The UBC Sauder School of Business is launching the Western Canadian version of the Creative Destruction Lab, a successful seed-stage program based at UofT’s Rotman School of Management.

OPINIONS

Charter challenge to B.C. Mental Health Act long overdue

Isabel Grant, a UBC professor of law, co-wrote an op-ed for the Vancouver Sun on a challenge to the B.C. Mental Health Act under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

ATHLETICS

T-Birds look to show that West is best

UBC will host Ottawa at War Memorial Gym on Saturday night in a preseason tilt with the Gee Gees.

ARTS AND CULTURE

UBC Symphony Orchestra Launches New Season

The 110-member student orchestra will perform pieces by Dvořák, Bloch, and Hindemith at the Chan Centre on Oct. 6th. Conducted by Jonathan Girard with special guest Eric Wilson on violoncello.

VIDEO

Dr. Claudia Krebs

Dr. Claudia Krebs hosts this walk through the Central Nervous System. Today, she’s collaborating with colleagues around the world to transform medical anatomy education for thousands of students everywhere through open access learning.