As 2022 drew to a close, Rishika Selvakumar (BSc 2022) was awarded the B.C. Medal of Good Citizenship in recognition of her dedication and selfless service to her community—which includes UBC. When ...

What comes after grad? Meet professionals with BSc degrees from diverse work and research fields.Join us at our annual event where we bring BSc alumni to chat with you about what they got up to after ...

Nishal Kumar ran into a problem in the summer of 2017. He was tackling North Vancouver’s three-kilometre, leg-burning Grouse Grind mountain trail a few times a week—but noticed if he’d had just a ...

Who is a Transfer Applicant? Anyone seeking admission after studying in a different post-secondary program at UBC or elsewhere. That includes: Students currently (or previously) enrolled at a ...

At UBC, we care about your wellbeing and are committed to supporting you in your academic pursuits. We recognize that sometimes unanticipated events or circumstances can affect your ability to ...

A modified compound taken from bloodroot, a wildflower native to North America, effectively fights multidrug-resistant ...

UBC Science researchers have identified a small virus that attacks another virus more than 100 times its own size, rescuing infected zooplankton from certain death in the process. The discovery ...

Dr Christian Naus--a leading expert on the role that intercellular channels play in the developing brain and in disease processes--has been named director of UBC's Life Sciences Institute (LSI). Naus, ...

Canada needs a bold vision to fully understand its biodiversity resources. This is a central finding of a group of 14 eminent experts, including two UBC scientists, brought together by the Council of ...

UBC botanists have placed seaweed in the underwater equivalent of a wind tunnel to get a better idea of how different types of algae withstand the onslaught of strong waves and currents. The findings, ...

UBC Science has been awarded $3.2 million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), including support that will enable researchers to investigate how Staphylococcus ...