Spotlight

Most of today's university undergraduates were born in the 2000s. Like every generation before them, their formative years are being influenced by a distinct set of social conditions, significant events, opportunities, and challenges. What's it like to be a student today? What do Gen Z want from university? And how are universities helping them prepare for their (and our) futures?

Science

Science

Illustration of the upper half of the human body, with colourful diagrams showing brain and the stomach

The human gut contains more nerve cells than the spinal cord and exerts influence on the brain.

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.

Professor Guangyu Wang standing in a forest, looking up at the trees

Connecting with nature, particularly in forests, can benefit our mental and physical health.

Illustration of a baby crawling, with symbols representing DNA and genes by the baby's brain

Unravelling the mysteries of gene expression in early brain development.

A mushroom

UBC’s Dr. Mary Berbee discusses how to find edible mushrooms — and avoid poisonous ones.

Diver underwater

Dr. Phil Ainslie and his team dive into research related to human performance and survival.

Dr. Yasmine Abdin (right) and her collaborators in lab wear at UBC.

A new process developed at UBC to make lightweight electric cars is steering closer to reality.

Blue star with dark and light sides

A two-faced star has been identified by astronomers in a first for its kind.

Dr. Mohammad Arjmand in a lab

A UBCO prof and his team are exploring solutions to the world’s obsession with plastics.

Two scientists in lab coats look at machine with large tubes

“Think Brita filter, but a thousand times better.”