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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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Researchers analyzed employment data to find out why a major retailer had high turnover.

Speaker Dr. Azim Shariff stands on stage before audience in front of a TED sign

People attach moral value to hard work — Dr. Azim Shariff calls it “effort moralization.”

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alumni UBC’s career coaches share strategies for quieting the critical chatter in our lives.

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Try design thinking, see the possibilities, overcome your fear, and more.

Dr. Kari Marken sits at a desk with lego, smiling at the camera.

UBC Sauder’s Dr. Kari Marken (PhD’19) challenges her Creativity students with purposeful play.

How to be a savvy networker.

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Developing emotional competencies improves well-being and workplace performance.

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An entrepreneur reveals that her “worst-performing year” became her most seminal one.

Zoë Craig-Sparrow and Candice Loring

UBC alumni Zoë Craig-Sparrow and Candice Loring share what’s needed to tackle career barriers.

To retain talent, managers need to buck the status quo and make staff wellbeing a priority.