Why don’t we eat turkey eggs?
A perennial favourite for countless Canadians during Thanksgiving is the iconic turkey dinner. And while turkeys are well known for their meat, it is virtually unheard of to eat their eggs.
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UBC Okanagan hosts six graduation ceremonies this week
UBC Okanagan’s gym and courtyard will be filled with traditional ceremony, shouts of celebrations and lifetime memories for two days this week.
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A team effort comes together with launch of makerspace UBCO
A new home for curious students, faculty and staff to come together to dream, design, prototype and create is almost open for business.
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UBC researchers map smoke taint in wine grapes
Grape growers have long sought to protect their crops from the effects of wildfire smoke and research from UBC’s Okanagan campus is giving them new insights.
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UBC researcher receives federal support to research egg industry sustainability
As a leading Canadian expert in sustainability, UBC’s Nathan Pelletier has been awarded a prestigious Industrial Research Chair by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The award will advance Pelletier’s research activities that focus on sustainability measurement and management, life-cycle thinking and resource efficiency, with an emphasis on the Canadian egg industry.
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New research finds that mould can infiltrate and weaken bio-composite materials
At UBC Okanagan’s School of Engineering, mould is proving increasingly important in the domain of engineering materials and can lead to early deterioration and structural failure.
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UBC round-table debates: how should societies deal with traumatic history?
When societies experience significant historic trauma, in the form of mass repression or violence, how do they deal with its legacy?
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UBC researchers create definitive method to detect wildfire tainted wine grapes
Wine producers and grape growers have a new, powerful tool at their disposal to help manage the impact of grapes exposed to smoke from forest fires.
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Don’t dispense with cannabis dispensaries, caution UBC researchers
UBC researchers are cautioning policy makers not to alter a cannabis distribution system that – while not legal yet—works well.
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From head of the class to head of the boardroom, do grades really matter?
As grade-schoolers concentrate on the three Rs, many university students are already planning their future careers. Many believe top grades are the key to landing successful jobs, but does this always hold true?
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