UBC graduate students and postdoctoral fellows contribute to research projects, make discoveries and develop solutions to problems. Their outstanding work is featured in the news every month. Here are just some media highlights from this quarter.
January
- Caroline Running Wolf, PhD student in the Anthropology program, was featured in CBC News, "How AI and immersive technology are being used to revitalize Indigenous languages," (Jan. 29, 2022)
- Kate Wahl and Madeleine Ennis, in Medicine, were featured in The Conversation, "How the COVID pandemic has affected abortion care in Canada" (Jan. 5, 2022)
- Jessica Yu, a PhD student in Population and Public Health, was featured in The Tyee, "‘Most Livable City?’ A 30-Year Gap in Life Expectancy Exists Within Vancouver" (Jan. 17, 2022)
- Kelsey Gil, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Zoology was featured in
- The Smithsonian, "Scientists discover how whales eat without choking on water" (Jan. 25, 2022)
- The New York Times, "Why whales don't choke," (Jan. 20, 2022)
- Science News, "A ‘trapdoor’ made of muscle and fat helps fin whales eat without choking" (Jan. 20, 2022)
- Juliano Palacios Abrantes, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Zoology, was featured in
- National Observer, "Climate change could spark international fish fights" (Jan. 15, 2022)
- CTV, "Climate change could shift 45 per cent of fish stock to new economic waters by 2100, Canadian study finds" (Jan. 20, 2022)
- Marco Todesco, a Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC's Biodiversity Research Centre was featured in
- Daily Mail, "Sunflowers' invisible colours are revealed: UV bullseye pattern attracts pollinating insects and helps the plant regulate water loss, study reveals" (Jan. 21, 2022)
- Global News, "Sunflower’s hidden colours revealed" (Jan. 21, 2022)
February
- Max Chewinsky, a PhD student and PSI Scholar in Sociology was featured in CityNews, "Police response to ongoing Canadian convoy protests questioned, criticized" (Feb. 1, 2022)
- Alison McAfee, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Michael Smith Labs, was featured in
- New York Post, "Hot buzz: heat waves lead to unhappy ending for bees" (Feb. 28, 2022)
- Daily Mail, "Bees explosively ejaculate to death during heatwaves, with a phallus the size of their abdomen bursting from their lifeless bodies, study finds" (Feb. 24, 2022)
- Daily Hive, "Male bees more sensitive to stress than females, study finds" (Feb. 22, 2022)
- Rassim Khelifa, a Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC's Biodiversity Centre was featured in The Conversation and the National Post, "Soda geyser trend becomes sinister as people target animals for YouTube content" (Feb. 20, 2022)
- Dr. Ngoc Tan Nguyen a Postdoctoral Fellow in Engineering, and Bahar Iranpour, a PhD student in Engineering, were featured in Publi Metro "This elastic and washable battery could improve the performance of wearables" (Feb. 22, 2022)
- Kywana Bonaparte, a PhD student in Biology, was featured in CBC "Black scientists, community leaders want Black youth 'to see possibility' in STEM" (Feb. 20, 2022)
- Davi de Ferreyro Monticelli, a PhD student in Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences was featured in
- UBC News, "Investigating the ‘skunk’ smell and other emissions caused by cannabis production" (Feb. 15, 2022)
- Infotel, "Why does cannabis smell skunky? A UBC researcher wants to find out" (Feb. 16, 2022)
- Dr. Kelsey Gil, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Zoology, was featured in Treehugger, "Why whales don't drown when they eat" (Feb. 8, 2022)
- Paula Littlejohn, a PhD student at Michael Smith Labs was featured in Nature, Going with the gut to understand diseases (Feb. 14, 2022)
- Cheng Chen, a PhD student in Forestry was featured in
- Glacier Media, "Could expanding protected areas save mammals from extinction?" (Feb. 1, 2022)
- Taylor Wright, a PhD student in Chemistry, was featured in
- CBC, "UBC researchers create a fabric coating that kills coronavirus, E. coli" (Feb. 13, 2022)
- UBC News, "Futuristic coating for hospital fabrics and activewear kills COVID and E. coli" (Feb. 10, 2022)
- Julia Nakamura, a PhD student in Psychology was featured in
- CKNW's Jill Bennet Show, "Improve your health by not caring about aging!" (Feb. 11, 2022)
- Abbotsford News, "A positive outlook on getting old could help with aging" (Feb. 9, 2022)
- UBC News, "When people’s attitudes about aging improve, better health may follow" (Feb. 9, 2022)
- Temitayo Olarewaju, a PhD student at Allard Law was featured in The Conversation, "COVID: how the pandemic could make poverty levels among ethnic minorities even worse" (Feb. 1, 2022)
- Ibrahim Issifu, a Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC's Institute for Oceans and Fisheries was featured in The Independent, "Europe’s most highly-fished species ‘will be reduced to fraction’ by 2100" (Feb. 8, 2022)
- Sally Innes, a PhD student in Engineering, was featured in UBC News, "Mining industry would boom under a new global carbon tax, research shows" (Feb. 8, 2022)
- Dr. Balsher Singh Sidhu, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, was featured in The Conversation, "IPCC report: Half the world is facing water scarcity, floods and dirty water — large investments are needed for effective solutions" (Feb. 28, 2022)
March
- Alison McAfee, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Michael Smith Labs, was featured in
- Weather Network, "Male honeybees can't handle heat, cold stress like females can" (Mar. 7, 2022)
- The Sun, "Heat wave caused bees to ejaculate to death. Could Styrofoam 'protection' help?" (Mar. 1, 2022)
- ICI Radio Canada + Dailyhive, "Insulate hives to protect bees from heat waves" (Mar. 8, 2022)
- Carmen Richter, a master's student at UBC Okanagan, and Adriana DiSilvestro, a master's student in Geography at UBC Vancouver, were featured in the Vancouver Sun, "Indigenous efforts to conserve at-risk caribou in B.C. lead to recovery: UBC study" (Mar. 29, 2022)
- Sally Innes and Benjamin Cox, both PhD students in Engineering, were featured in The Conversation, "The economic case for the mining industry to support carbon taxation" (Mar. 22, 2022)
- Martin Smith, a PhD student in Psychology, was featured in Psychology Today, "Where does 'unhealthy perfectionism' come from?" (Mar. 17, 2022)
- Oludolapo Makinde, a PhD student at Allard Law, was featured in The Conversation, "Artificial intelligence and corporate social responsibility can strengthen anti-corruption efforts" (Mar. 8, 2022)
- Temitope Onifade, a PhD student at Allard Law, was featured in CBC, "How much are taxpayers really subsidizing Canada's fossil fuel industry?" (Mar. 9, 2022)
- Cheng Chen, a PhD student in Forestry was featured in
- Guelph Today, "Thousands of surveillance cameras confirm that protected areas safeguard species diversity" (Mar. 8, 2022)
- The Conversation, "Data from thousands of surveillance cameras confirms that protected areas safeguard species diversity" (Mar. 4, 2022)
- Iria Giménez, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Zoology, was featured in
- National Observer, "Cutting-edge lab on remote B.C. island teasing out mysteries of ocean acidification" (Mar. 4, 2022)
- National Observer, "State-of-the-art lab on remote B.C. island untangling the effects of ocean acidification" (Mar. 10, 2022)
- Tashia Petker, a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at UBC Okanagan, was featured in Vice, "It’s time to start studying the downside of psychedelics" (Mar. 4, 2022)
- Chris Tenove, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science, was featured in The Province, "Telus and Shaw reverse decision and ban state-owned Russia Today TV for airing 'propaganda'" (Mar. 2, 2022)
- Marco Todesco, a Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC's Biodiversity Research Centre was featured in Naked Scientists, "Sunflower genes for UV and pollination" (Mar. 15, 2022)
If you are a graduate student or postdoc who was featured in the news, let us know! Tell us about your projects or research at graduate.communications@ubc.ca.
Tuesday, 12 April 2022