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.

Humanities

Humanities

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.

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.”

Hogwarts Legacy game displayed on smartphone beside game controller

Online debates arose about anti-Semitic imagery and content in this Harry Potter game.

Silhouettes of two men with toddler in front of sunrise

The emerging image of North American gay dads as white, affluent men is inaccurate.

Woman in hat and coat turned sideways smiles on steps in black-and-white photo

Winnifred Eaton was the first Asian and first woman to head a Hollywood script department.

Children sitting on floor in classroom, with some holding their hands up

This study points out that previous research only considered the education of fathers.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with King Charles

As long as our colonial tie is retained, Canada’s head of state cannot be a Canadian.

The back of a human and a hologram of a robot, with both staring at a screen with projected text

A UBC psychology professor finds out the hard way.

Illustration of a purple magnifying glass against a purple book

A new study by a UBC prof examines the power of language history for language learners.

a collage showing a can of tomato sauce being poured over a landscape on Mars

Two food security experts explore how the first Mars colonists might feed themselves.