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AI, business innovation at the forefront of UBCO industry event

AI, business innovation at the forefront of UBCO industry event

UBC Okanagan is set to host the Commerce ConneX networking […]

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Students use virtual reality to transform stroke recovery

Students use virtual reality to transform stroke recovery

Psychology, computer science students incorporate VR, AR into brain injury rehabilitation

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UBCO event explores how climate change, wildfire and water are interconnected

UBCO event explores how climate change, wildfire and water are interconnected

Globally recognized leader in ecohydrology will discuss potential mitigation ideas

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Q&A: Dr. Natalie Forssman on her new role in the Bachelor of Sustainability program

Q&A: Dr. Natalie Forssman on her new role in the Bachelor of Sustainability program

It has been just over a year since Dr. Forssman joined UBCO’s innovative Bachelor of Sustainability program. We sat down with her to find out more about her vision for sustainability education, and how she plans to help students imagine and enact a more equitable and inclusive future. Can you tell us a bit about […]

The future of wildfire

The future of wildfire

UBC Okanagan research is helping communities build solutions for a new reality.

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UBCO’s Mindfest an evening of scientific discovery, community engagement

UBCO’s Mindfest an evening of scientific discovery, community engagement

Department of Psychology presents discoveries into cannabis, mental health and beyond

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UBCO celebrates top academic students in the Class of 2024

UBCO celebrates top academic students in the Class of 2024

Governor General Gold and Silver Medal winners recognized as they graduate

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Q&A: Dr. Jake Bobowski on being Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science’s first Full Professor of Teaching

The Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics’ Dr. Jake Bobowski was recently promoted to Full Professor of Teaching, making him the first with this title in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science. We sat down with Dr. Bobowski to discuss his new role, and why he chose to pursue the Educational Leadership […]

UBCO celebrates the class of 2021

UBCO celebrates the class of 2021

Virtual ceremony recognizes more than 1,800 graduating students UBC Okanagan is marking its second virtual convocation next week. More than 1,850 graduates — including 1,600 undergraduates as well as more than 100 masters’ and doctoral students — will tune in to celebrate the success of their educational journey. “This has been a remarkable year for […]

UBCO researcher uses geology to help astronomers find habitable planets

UBCO researcher uses geology to help astronomers find habitable planets

Astronomers have identified more than 4,000, and counting, confirmed exoplanets — planets orbiting stars other than the sun — but only a fraction have the potential to sustain life.