Spotlight

Most of today's university undergraduates were born in the 2000s. Like every generation before them, their formative years are being influenced by a distinct set of social conditions, significant events, opportunities, and challenges. What's it like to be a student today? What do Gen Z want from university? And how are universities helping them prepare for their (and our) futures?

Spring 2021

Dr. Peter Cullis smiling, in a lab.

The most widely used COVID vaccine relies on a novel drug delivery system developed at UBC.

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The pandemic has spawned a sewing surge and a chance to rediscover the practical arts.

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A welcoming and inclusive workplace requires a willingness to change the status quo.

A group of students sit on the grass under the shade of a tree.

Test your UBC knowledge with this fun quiz!

Kunal Sethi’s startup UVX aims to clean hospitals and care homes with a safe form of UV light.

UBC men's senior basketball team posing for a photo in 1933.

1930s student administration treated him unfairly, but Louis Chodat claimed the moral victory.

Avid reader, would-be weaver.

A colourful drawing of two hearts, looking at each other and sprouting flowers.

Take a look at these UBC-grown medical marvels.

A colourful drawing of microbes.

Many “non-communicable” diseases may be transmitted through microbes in the human body.

A man lies in a bed wearing a virtual reality headset. His bed transforms into a landscape of snowy hills, he holds his hand to a snowflake made of pixels.

A UBC Nursing professor discusses virtual reality's potential to block out external pain.

The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Vancouver chapter uses poetry and education to resist...

Black and white photo of UBC students in a cafeteria.

Why the servers of this legendary café came to be known as campus celebrities.

An abstract drawing of a human head connected to digital phenomena.

A novel method for assessing dementia risk could help populate critical drug trials.

A drawing of burning trees and fire.

Health-conscious choices on energy, transportation and cities will save lives.

A close-up image of the chip described in the article, plastic, with three cylinders attached to the top.

UBC’s Hedtrich Lab takes on Canada’s other drug crisis.

A lab worker loading a sample in white plastic containers onto a robotic arm

A UBC spinoff’s COVID-19 response boosted its ability to discover more antibody therapies.

Photo of Jaelem Bhate smiling as papers are flying through the air.

Could non-traditional venues give classical music a boost?

Two people shine flashlights onto a white background overlaid with colourful double helixes.

Here’s how CRISPR gene-editing technology is changing the future of health sciences.