Dr. Mark MacLachlan, Canada Research Chair in Supramolecular Materials and the new Dean of Science at UBC, discusses his path from small town-B.C. to UBC, his love of Hawaiian shirts, and the challenges and priorities facing the Faculty.You’re from a small town in B.C., went to UBC and then on to…
March 28, 2025
The UBC Board of Governors has accepted the President's recommendation to appoint Dr. Mark MacLachlan as Dean of the Faculty of Science, commencing April 1. read more
March 27, 2025
Computer scientists and linguists at UBC are using AI to identify disparities across translations of biographies of LGBT-identifying public figures. read more
March 25, 2025
The global average for countries to report genetic information about bird flu, crucial to tracking and preventing a human pandemic, was seven months, and Canada came in last, a new study has found. Authors of the non-peer reviewed commentary published today in Nature Biotechnology say the work… read more
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