Spring 2024

A black and white photo of students pushing each other up a wall.

There’s no getting around it – you just have to get over it.

A photo of Saba Farmand standing on a greenery-lined sidewalk, wearing an orange collared jacket.

How boulevard gardens can cultivate community.

A photo of Cole Walliser with long, curly black hair and a gold watch sitting on the ground

From the Pit Pub to the red carpet.

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The Tower Beach towers are now canvases for graffiti, but what purpose did they serve in WWII?

Kevin Leyton-Brown stands against a grey wall, wearing a dark blue suit.

A UBC prof is cautiously optimistic.

The struggling grad who found his way from pain to purpose.

A person with short black hair and dark skin sits on a wall made of filled, upright sacks.

A tech-enabled strategy for beating poverty.

Raymond Ng is using NLP to streamline complex processes and improve patient outcomes.

An illustration of two hands, with a string attached to each finger, puppeteering the inside of a person's head.

How do we make artificial intelligence accountable to the people who use it?

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There are no easy answers, but satellite images and machine learning could help show us a way.

Cooked crickets laid out on a green leaf on a light brown wooden surface.

Insects are highly nutritious, and there are many ways to incorporate them into your diet.

An illustration of an elderly woman with short white hair and a walker looking outside her window at the falling snow.

Winner of the 2024 alumni UBC Short Fiction Contest.

A smiling Mario holds an orange and blue robot to his chest against an orange background.

Researchers are exploring the pitfalls and potential of human-robot bonding.

Cardiologist Teresa Tsang is using AI to advance and democratize cardiac imaging in BC.

Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon wearing a blue suit

Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon, UBC President and Vice-Chancellor.

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Five UBC medical breakthroughs powered by AI.