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Florida A&M men, Texas A&M Corpus-Christi women among champions crowned at 2024 PGA Works Collegiate Championship

“It’s just like the perfect dream. I have four rings, what more can I have than that?”

USA Today Sports Media Group

Giants met with British Columbia OL Giovanni Manu

The New York Giants reportedly met with University of British Columbia offensive lineman Giovanni Manu on Monday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

How Much Further Can Mining Go?

Unless business as usual can change, companies will venture into ever deeper, darker, and riskier places—with potentially catastrophic consequences

The Walrus

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High insulin levels linked to increased risk of pancreatic cancer – study

Pancreatic cancer is the fifth biggest cancer killer in the UK, with 9,000 deaths every year.

The Independent UK

Research shows exercise apps a good prescription to improve healthcare workers' mental health

According to new University of British Columbia research, simple home workouts using fitness apps can effectively lower depressed symptoms among healthcare professionals and could be a major asset in combating the sector's global mental health epidemic. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

The importance of transparent fisheries

"We believe that transparency is one part of enabling conditions for . . . sustainable and equitable fisheries"

Salon

Traffic Pollution Affects Brain Function: Study

According to a new study conducted by experts at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria, ordinary levels of traffic pollution can damage human brain function in a matter of hours. Read full story on Dynamite news:

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Experts share what dogs dream about - and it's likely different for each breed

Professor Stanley Corner from the University of British Columbia claims dogs dream about different things based on their breeds, with Dobermans chasing away danger while golden retrievers search for dream snacks

Daily Mirror

Overfishing is depleting global fish stocks: Here’s what we can do about it

Gathering reliable data from the high seas can be difficult and opaque.

360info

How to decolonize journalism — Podcast

Despite the jokes about our egos, many of us journalists got into the business because we felt a need to call out powerful institutions.

The Conversation

Here's why 'brown carbon' is so bad

Brown carbon — carbon released from burning biomass — is trapping smoke in the atmosphere

Salon

What is 'blended learning' and how can it benefit post-secondary students?

Blended learning combines face-to-face and virtual instruction through the use of online learning technologies. Post-secondary students attend lectures in real-time, either virtually or in person, and this is accompanied by online learning activities completed outside of class time.

The Conversation

Study sheds light on why whales do not get brain damage when they swim

Scientists suggest special blood vessels in the animals’ brains may protect them from pulses in their blood that would damage the brain.

The Independent UK

As chinook salmon get thinner and fewer, southern resident killer whales struggle to find enough food

As marine species continue to decline worldwide, the southern resident killer whale population — which now stands at 75 individuals — along the west coast of North America, has baffled scientists who are trying to understand why this population is struggling.

The Conversation

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Special Report: Weapons trade

International relations pundits, who like to scent the air for the winds of change, will have their senses tuned to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty Conference starting August 22 in Geneva. The world’s biggest exporter of arms, the United States, symbolically pulled out of the international agreement in 2019…

Benzinga

Burb Receives Approval For 8th Store To Open And This One Is On A University Campus

Burb Cannabis Corp. received final approval from the Metro Vancouver Regional District board of directors to open a cannabis retail store at the University of British Columbia, marking it's eighth location in British Columbia, the maximum allowable per the province's current retail cap for any single brand.

The Conversation

How Commonwealth universities profited from Indigenous dispossession through land grants

Animated by social movements such as #RhodesMustFall and #BlackLivesMatter, universities today have entered a period of critical self-reflection on their histories.

The Conversation

Online sessions with therapy dogs can help students feel less stressed

For college students, stress relief can take many forms online: shopping, ordering food, gaming with friends and meeting new romantic partners. And now they can add hanging out with therapy dogs to that list. Virtual canine comfort is emerging as a successful way for students to reduce their stress as…

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Humanities are essential in understanding the Russian war against Ukraine

I recently moderated a virtual event about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine hosted by the Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies at the University of British Columbia. The event had experts give brief presentations about the war’s background and the session was attended by almost 1,000 people.

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