Canucks teammates loved bubble-wearing Hughes’ dramatic return: “Came out buzzing

Nothing can slow down Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes, not even a scary-looking injury. The star left Sunday’s 4-2 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning...

Dec 9, 2024 | Sports

Fans that really deserve the tickets: Swifties sing along outside BC Place

Vancouver came alive Friday evening for the first of Taylor Swift’s three concerts at BC Place to end her wildly successful Eras Tour. Swifties decked...

Dec 9, 2024 | Local

The mystery of the missing butterflies in Vancouver

Dr. Michelle Tseng, botany and zoology professor, discusses what may have happened to all the butterflies, and what we can do to help. Alex Walls...

Dec 3, 2024 | Press Release

Patrick Keeling has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Election to the...

Patrick Keeling’s research program has illuminated fundamental properties of the evolution and diversity of algae, and microbial life in general. His prolific work has covered...

Dec 3, 2024 | Press Release

What you can learn from Dr. Alex Moore’s career path

Image and write-up by Nivretta Thatra As of summer 2022, Dr. Alex Moore (she/they) is an Assistant Professor co-appointed at UBC Botany and the Faculty...

Dec 3, 2024 | Press Release

Advice for young scientists from Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor

For Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor (she/her), Assistant Professor in UBC’s Departments of Botany and Zoology, being able to do research was a key moment of transition...

Dec 3, 2024 | Press Release

Winner of the 2022 Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition

Congratulation to Michelle Tseng and her collaborators on being one of the recipients of the 2022 Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition, which this year...

Dec 3, 2024 | Press Release

Celeste earns West Coast teaching award

Dr. Celeste Leander, Professor of Teaching in the Departments of Botany and Zoology, has received a 2023 West Coast Teaching Excellence Award. The honour, awarded...

Dec 3, 2024 | Press Release

Uncertainty in the research process is a source of excitement for Yujun Peng, Dewar Cooper...

Yujun Peng, a member of Dr. Yuelin Zhang’s lab group, was recently awarded the Dewar Cooper doctoral fellowship for her work on the salicylic acid...

Dec 3, 2024 | Press Release