Research
AI chatbot addiction research identifies types of overreliance and calls for more awareness
AI chatbots can deliver exactly what users want with minimal effort, like a genie granting endless answers with the rub of a lamp. The idea, which researchers call the ‘AI Genie’ phenomenon, is at the …
Researchers reassess Wild Salmon Policy amid rising threats to salmon populations
A team of researchers at UBC reviewed the policy’s impact on salmon populations.
Much ado about the UBC Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference
The second annual UBC Undergraduate Shakespeare Conference (USC) featured seven presenters from Canadian universities.
How UBC researchers are using MRI techniques to improve neonatal care
Preterm infants rely on respiratory support to survive, but the same life-saving ventilation can also put their developing brains at risk. Researchers at UBC and the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute are examining how preterm …
Hot gas from the early universe challenges what we know about galaxy clusters
UBC scientists have discovered hot gas in a 12-billion-year-old galaxy cluster, shedding light on galaxy clusters in the early universe — and contradicting current models of their evolution.
Undergraduate physicists gather at UBC for CCUW*iP 2026
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.
Opening the 'black box' of river flow AI models
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 …
UBC researchers repurpose old Parkinson’s drug as new tuberculosis treatment
UBC researchers have discovered a 70-year-old Parkinson’s drug to be a strong candidate for treating tuberculosis (TB) by using an innovative approach that bypasses traditional antibiotics.
Mediatic Shakespeare explores print culture, orality and the cycle of media history
Media theorist and professor in the UBC department of English Dr. Richard Cavell has recently published Mediatic Shakespeare, a book discussing how Shakespeare was writing in "a highly volatile media ecology," at the moment when …
LLIMU symposium explores barriers to language and multilingualism in universities and beyond
UBC’s first symposium on Linguaphobia, Linguistic Indifference and the Monolingual University (LLIMU) took place this fall as part of the Faculty of Arts’ Multilingual Week.
Inaugural Black Graduate Spotlight Initiative symposium connects Black-focused research to community
The inaugural Black Graduate Spotlight Initiative symposium was held Nov. 7, hosted in the Graduate Life Centre in Thea Koerner House. The symposium was held for six award recipients to share their work with members …
Dr. Alan Jacobs on how social mobility relates to the rise of the far-right
A recent paper by Dr. Alan Jacobs and Dr. Mark Kayser investigates one under-explored driver of far-right voting: social mobility.
UBC research allows for first in-human blood type-converted kidney transplantation
A kidney that had been converted from blood type A to type O was transplanted into a human body for the first time, with help from UBC research.
UBC researchers propose no-fault compensation for high-risk neural devices
Moving a computer cursor with the brain alone was proven possible in 2004, and even done wirelessly in 2021. But as high-risk medical devices advance, an unknown slate of adverse effects and potential injuries — …
Gut Feelings: How to manage IBD while in school, from UBC alumni
From knowing when to take a step back from school to learning when to stand up for yourself, Gut Feelings has assembled a short guide of resources and tips from alumni living with IBD.
‘How can I help?’: Transforming health care in rural and Indigenous communities
Access to health care has been a long challenge in rural, remote and Indigenous communities. The Real-Time Virtual Support Network (RTVS) aims to enhance ongoing patient care and address inequities without replacing existing health services.
ICFT 2025 shows forest therapy as global and interdisciplinary
The second International Conference on Forest Therapy was held from August 9–11, hosted in the UBC Forest Sciences Centre with additional outdoor sessions taking place in the UBC Botanical Garden, Pacific Spirit Regional Park and …
Trial meets practice in the new Hematology Research Unit at VGH
At Vancouver General Hospital (VGH), a newly launched Hematology Research Unit is now delivering specialized treatments to patients with blood cancer.
How Project Seahorse is confronting illegal wildlife trade
A recent study has explored seahorse trafficking over the span of a decade, where about five million seahorses were seized from illegal trade.
