Spotlight

With populations aging and mental health disorders on the rise, the human brain is the focus of more research attention than ever. Advancing technologies such as machine learning are driving new methods for modelling and studying this highly complex organ, and strategies for keeping us healthy, long into old age.

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Tanya Bennet, a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, uses a pipet while working on the development of an in vitro model of the injured spinal cord

Serious disorders affecting the brain and nervous system can be complex to treat. UBC

Indigenous bronze artwork at the base of a totem pole

The 15-foot-wide disc depicts salmon carved by a xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) master carver.

Man checks closet while woman moves through apartment

Abandoned items are stored for 90 days before being diverted to donation streams.

A UBC student waters a garden outside the Museum of Vancouver on a sunny day

How UBC ACRE is centering the voices, experiences, and expertise of Asian Canadian communities.

Four students sitting on chairs outside, with one student holding a coffee cup

Anonymous coffee crusader spills the beans.

Three UBC researchers in a lab

This remarkable donation is the world’s largest known gift for MS research and care.

Canadian writer George Bowering listens while his wife Jean Baird talks.

Baird and Bowering donate to the special collections and humanities research lab.

“Bed Races” during Fort Camp reunion

Humble huts and grim grub.

Walter Gage building from the ground.

Test your UBC smarts in this (non-credit) quiz.

Students look at contents of UBC Great Trek time capsule

The event took place at the Great Trek Cairn located at UBC’s Point Grey campus.