Preparing for Tết is a big deal: homes are cleaned and decorated, special foods like sticky rice cakes (bánh chưng and bánh tét) are made, and everyone dresses in their finest clothes. There’s a belief that the first days of the new year set the tone for the rest of it, so people strive to keep spirits high, avoid bad luck and express hope for health, prosperity and happiness.
The oldest cherry trees on campus are likely at Nitobe Memorial Garden. Fifty trees were shipped over from Japan as a symbol of Japanese-Canadian friendship for the garden’s opening in June 1960. Of this generation — found mostly in Nitobe but also on the Place Vanier stretch between Lower Mall and University Boulevard — there are likely 45 cherry trees left today.
To me, Lapu Lapu Day, while beautiful, is another reminder that I don’t really belong here. It's like being in a liminal space. I can smell the food my grandma would cook for me when I was sick, but I also remember how hard I’ve had to search for any sense of community.
Partnering with tech giants like The Evil Guys Who Invented 18 Per Cent Minimum Tip on Take-Out, UBC will require students to select a tip option before exiting every lecture hall, classroom and academic flex space.
The primary difference between SVPRO and the SASC is their affiliation.
What is senior year for, if not reminiscing?
“We need to broaden our understanding of resilience. It is not something you earn by suffering in silence. It is something that grows in connection,” writes Anita Aboni.
As a part of both the Asian Queer community and the opera world, Britten frequently explores the potential for openness and change in their field. The adjacency of Asian Heritage Month in May and Pride Month in June inspired them to celebrate both identities with the creation of Memoirs of a Gaysian.
Imagine a liquid that moves endlessly, without resistance — so smooth that it seems to defy the laws of physics. Researchers at UBC have observed this rare phenomenon in a molecular system for the first time.
At the beginning of the 2024-25 season, the UBC quadball team was in danger. Yet, at the heart of what would become a remarkable comeback, stood Isaac Qi.
In the past two years, if you’ve attended events by UBC Raves or Halloween nights at the Pit, you might have danced to beats by Nicole Pan, a third-year science student who studies biology, chemistry, computer science and commerce — and DJs on the side.
While the artist developed their work independently, Belkin curator Melanie O’Brian said that “materially, they have this kind of interactivity … they’re all dealing with memory and the body.”
On May 6, two educators at the Peter A. Allard School of Law were appointed as King’s Counsel (KC) — one of the highest legal designations in the province.
Dr. Mila Zuo wasn’t always going to study film — but after taking a pornography course at UC Berkeley, she was hooked.
Rise Up! Sights, sounds and spaces of protest features materials from the MAA Library collections, the rare books and special collections and the university archives. The exhibition explores forms of protest performance and presentation, highlighting the aesthetics of resistance across space and time.