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Eye’s hidden cleanup system

New discovery of lymphatic network could reshape blindness research and care

Spotlight

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Experience UBC Opera out in the open air

Pack a blanket, grab your friends and enjoy a show featuring talented performers

People at the UBC Farm Long Table Dinner.

Attend the UBC Farm Long Table Dinner

Join Executive Chef David Speight and the Sage Catering team at this farm to table dinner

UBC Triathlon Duathlon participants.

Register for the UBC Triathlon Duathlon

With a wide variety of distances and race formats, there is something for everyone

Explore UBC

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Innovation, Research

Researchers discover new form of hereditary prostate cancer

Research could expand genetic screening for families at risk of aggressive cancer

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Five surprising things to know about heat and your health

Experts want you to know about keeping safe during the next heat wave

Using 3D body scanning, UBC engineers documented how pregnancy changes seatbelt fit to inform the next generation of vehicle restraint systems.

Innovation, Research

Nearly 9 in 10 pregnant people didn’t achieve recommended seatbelt placement

UBC engineers mapped how pregnancy changes seatbelt fit, laying the groundwork for future restraint design

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Arts and Culture, People

New books by Arts faculty for your 2026 reading list

UBC Arts scholars have published books covering a fascinating range of topics

UBC Thunderbird women's soccer team in action.

Arts and Culture

Can you score on this UBC soccer quiz?

With soccer fever at an all-time high, test how much you know about the beautiful game and its UBC connections

Solar panels.

The US just approved a giant space mirror to test ‘sunlight on demand’

Reflect Orbital’s plans to have more than 50,000 satellites reflecting sunlight back to earth

We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.