Spring 2021

Dr. Peter Cullis smiling, in a lab.
Saving the world, one bubble at a time
The most widely used COVID vaccine relies on a novel drug delivery system developed at UBC.
Rosemary Anderson, BA'74
10 Min
Illustration of hands sewing amidst blobs of colour in the background.
A stitch in time
The pandemic has spawned a sewing surge and a chance to rediscover the practical arts.
Mary Gale Smith
6 Min
Illustration of audience of people looking around at each other.
Beyond diversity

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

Asmin Chen, Greg Lockwood, Rachael E. Sullivan, Hanae Tsukada, and Mai Yasue
6 Min
A black and white illustration of three side-by-side circles: one circle shows a hip hop dancer, another shows a graduate holding a UBC diploma, and the third shows flowers growing out of a watering can
Hip hop, horticulture, and high achievers
Which famous actor has an honorary degree from UBC?
Headshot of Kunal Sethi posing with arms crossed.
Life-saving light
Kunal Sethi’s startup UVX aims to clean hospitals and care homes with a safe form of UV light.
Jared Downing
3 Min
UBC men's senior basketball team posing for a photo in 1933.
The delinquent
1930s student administration treated him unfairly, but Louis Chodat claimed the moral victory.
Sheldon Goldfarb, PhD’92, MAS’96
4 Min
Headshot of Eden Robinson.
Eden Robinson

Avid reader, would-be weaver.

4 Min
A colourful drawing of two hearts, looking at each other and sprouting flowers.
The future is now
Take a look at these UBC-grown medical marvels.
6 Min
A colourful drawing of microbes.
Can you catch heart disease?
Many “non-communicable” diseases may be transmitted through microbes in the human body.
6 Min
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.
Mind games
A UBC Nursing professor discusses virtual reality's potential to block out external pain.
5 Min
Headshot of Cicely Belle Blain holding their book of poetry.
Poetic justice

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

Rachel Glassman, BA'18, MA'20
3 Min
Black and white photo of UBC students in a cafeteria.
The Bus Stop Café: A home away from home
Why the servers of this legendary café came to be known as campus celebrities.
Rachel Glassman, BA'18, MA'20
2 Min
An abstract drawing of a human head connected to digital phenomena.
The language of the eyes
A novel method for assessing dementia risk could help populate critical drug trials.
Diane Haynes, BA'89
6 Min
A drawing of burning trees and fire.
Climate change is a public health emergency
Health-conscious choices on energy, transportation and cities will save lives.
Courtney Howard, MD'05
6 Min
A close-up image of the chip described in the article, plastic, with three cylinders attached to the top.
Human on a chip
UBC’s Hedtrich Lab takes on Canada’s other drug crisis.
Diane Haynes, BA'89
5 Min
A lab worker loading a sample in white plastic containers onto a robotic arm
The little discovery engine that could
A UBC spinoff’s COVID-19 response boosted its ability to discover more antibody therapies.
Richard Littlemore
11 Min
Photo of Jaelem Bhate smiling as papers are flying through the air.
Liberating Mozart

Could non-traditional venues give classical music a boost?

 

Eric Davenport
3 Min
Two people shine flashlights onto a white background overlaid with colourful double helixes.
The long and winding code
Here’s how CRISPR gene-editing technology is changing the future of health sciences.
Chris Cannon
11 Min