With their spot atop the Canada West secured going into the playoffs, the 'Birds were mostly looking for a proof-of-concept game in their final regular season match. They got it — with strong performances on both ends of the court elevating them over Victoria, 79–51.
UBC is now under complete, indisputable control of The Company that Makes Cinnamon Hearts. Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
From the way its executives talk about film, it doesn’t seem like it. In her debut column, Fiona Pulchny looks at the company’s confusing stance on theatres and what they’re doing to the cinema experience.
Shut Up and Smile was one of several works they showcased during their Artist in Residence talk at Green College on Feb. 4.
Last night, an individual passed away in the Nest — today the AMS released a statement expressing "sadness and grief, as well as our condolences to the family and friends of the person who passed."
“So one day I was watching The Lego Movie, and it got to that part where Emmet builds the double-decker couch,” said Inna Vator, instigator of the Second Lifted Object Project (SLOP), in an interview with The Ubyssey.
This past November, UBC sent four in-person delegates to COP30 in Belém, Brazil. While the need for international climate collaboration is incessant, conferences such as COP set expectations for how ongoing conflicts can be — and ought to be — resolved.
With the top spot in the CW Pacific Division on the line, the T-Birds hung tough with the No. 1 University of Victoria Vikes for 30 minutes, taking a lead into the final quarter. Then, in the last 10 minutes, they collapsed, losing the game and the division.
While the score — a 3–1 victory for the No. 2 Thunderbirds — would imply a comfortable victory, the UFV Cascades made it anything but, pushing the 'Birds with large scoring runs in every set.
The game of Canadian football is changing. With new rules implemented in September, the CFL will alter their game substantially. With an infrastructure built upon the pro league’s foundation, university football — and, by extension, UBC — may have to change with them.
Council met tonight to hear a presentation in support of the Friendlier pilot program and endorsed their fee increase referendum.
The 13th annual Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics (CCUW*iP) was held at UBC from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1, welcoming students from universities across Canada.
In her first point as a Thunderbird, when Lucy Borowski went to set the ball, it went straight through her hands. Now, in her fifth and final year, she's one of the best volleyball players in the country — a first-team all-Canadian, national team member and national championship MVP.
Deep learning is being used more and more in rainfall-run-off modelling. However, Ara Bayati and his co-authors note that while these models can achieve great accuracy, they come with doubts about whether their internal logic is reliable.