UBC has opened a $45 million expansion of the Beaty Biodiversity Centre, made possible by philanthropic support from the Ross ...

The start of a new academic year is exciting! You may be meeting new people, attending social events, learning more about your passions, or simply enjoying the campus environment. Whatever makes up ...

When you practice and teach others course material, it is easier to remember the information and recall it later on. You’ve likely heard that study groups are a good idea, but do you know why they are ...

Science Peer Academic Coaches (SPAC) help you discover which study methods work best for you. General Study Tips After you study a particular section, do the corresponding problem set questions ...

Get ready for midterms and start your term off strong! Learn how to best prepare for midterms from experts in learning. In this session, join well-known UBC Science profs Drs. Laura Stirchak and Eden ...

Raymond Anderson, a leading marine natural product chemist with both Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, has received the 2012 Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Medal. The CIC Medal is given ...

We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can ...

The genome of the fungus that helps mountain pine beetles infect and kill lodgepole pines has been decoded in a University of British Columbia study. Also known as blue stain fungus for the stain it ...

The loss of large predator animals across the globe is having unanticipated impacts on processes as diverse as human disease dynamics, wildfires and biogeochemical cycles, according to new research by ...

In a first-of-its-kind study that may raise more questions than it answers, researchers have found that some Pacific salmon stocks are surviving in rivers with hydroelectric dams as well as they do in ...

UBC researchers have identified the world’s largest marine virus--an unusually complex ‘mimi-like virus’ that infects an ecologically important and widespread planktonic predator. Cafeteria ...