Stories from Clare Skillman at The Ubyssey

Diversity in Mathematics Summer School aims to tackle underrepresentation

Clare Skillman — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:10:04 +0000

File Elizabeth Wang

“We try to focus on students who love mathematics and who should be thinking of pursuing a university career but are not necessarily doing so right now,” said Pramanik.

'It's a big mystery': UBC botanists discover novel organisms in coral

Clare Skillman — Wed, 01 May 2019 19:41:53 +0000

Alan Levine/Flickr

“It’s unclear what this organism could be doing with these genes. It’s definitely something new and unusual,” said Kwong.

Researchers identify mutation in mice that may hold promise for new stroke treatment

Clare Skillman — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 23:12:49 +0000

File Jerry Yin

“Hopefully this could be [used] in addition to other preventative strategies, so this could buy the brain some time for the surgeon to unblock the vessel or administer other drugs,” said Freitas-Andrade.

UBC Women and STEM conference addressed common barriers to women's participation in science

Clare Skillman — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 19:32:40 +0000

James Vogl

“No woman wants to be hired just because she’s a woman. Merit always comes first, and I think that’s an important message when it comes to these topics. Everyone wants to be hired because they’re the right individual for the job,” said Wilkes.

CHIME radio telescope is a valuable tool to study mysterious fast radio bursts

Clare Skillman — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 03:53:01 +0000

Courtesy Keith Vanderlinde

“In some ways, they’re probably more exciting as mysteries than they will be once they're solved.”

UBC graduate students look to shrubs for clues to effects of climate change in Arctic

Clare Skillman — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:38:46 +0000

Courtesy Elise Gallois

“With trees, it’s really easy to get a ruler and measure out the tree rings, but there’s no trees in the high arctic – it’s too hostile of an environment,” she said.

Wildfire smoke will continue to lower summer air quality unless policy changes

Rithikha Rajamohan and Clare Skillman — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:31:50 +0000

File Shavonne Yu

“Enjoy the summer as best as you can because it is going to be an ongoing problem for years to come,” said Zeglinski.

Vancouver is one of the unhappiest cities in Canada, study suggests

Clare Skillman — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 01:02:18 +0000

Claire Lloyd

A recent study conducted by researchers from UBC and McGill suggests that Vancouver is one of the unhappiest cities in Canada.

Hummingbirds are star subjects in UBC lab investigating complex locomotion

Clare Skillman — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 07:38:39 +0000

Lua Presídio

Through a large scale study conducted on over 25 species of hummingbirds across different countries, the Altshuler lab was able to provide an in depth definition of manoeuvrability and how to quantify it — a task that had previously been answered more qualitatively than quantitatively.

UBC URO: The club with a big impact that you’ve probably never heard of

Clare Skillman — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 07:52:34 +0000

Courtesy UBC URO

Around a decade ago, URO started out as a peer program for science students, but today it is an AMS club for students from all faculties across campus and beyond.