UBC Science Connect—sent out five times a year—features news, kudos, upcoming events, alumni stories and more. It's a quick and fun way to keep in touch with the Faculty.
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Current Issue
02 | 2023: March
Climate change, paleolithic tools, updates, events and more.
01 | 2023: January: CHEM Edition
Sea sponges, toxic toilet paper, updates, events and more.
01 | 2023: January
Microbes, orcas, wild plants, updates, events and more.
Past Issues
05 | 2022: October: CS, Math and Stats Edition
Reddit, AI modeling, software bugs, updates, events and more.
05 | 2022: October
Whales, gills, nanocrystals, updates, events and more.
04 | 2022: September: PHAS Edition
A liquid-mirror telescope, quantum computation, a Mars lander, updates, events and more.
04 | 2022: September: CS Edition
Cybersecurity competition, AI writing, quantum computation, events and more.
04 | 2022: September
Mars robots, cannabis cells, hungry orcas, updates, events and more.
03 | 2022: May: EOAS edition
CO2 removal, Indigenous stories, climate action, updates, events and more.
02 | 2022: March: CHEM edition
Organ transplants, COVID-19 killing clothing, quantum computers, updates, events and more.
01 | 2022: January
Sunflower UV bullseyes, botanical garden conservation efforts, updates, events and more.
01 | 2022: January: CS edition
New AI techniques, inspiring high school girls for tech, updates, events and more.
05 | 2021: November: EOAS edition
Our vision for Earth Science research and education, EOAS survey, updates, events and more.
04 | 2021: September: CS edition
UBC's new AI research cluster, options in data and computational sciences, updates, events and more.
03 | 2021: May: CS edition
Baking AI ethical statements into research, talking to user interfaces, updates, events and more.
03 | 2021: May: M&I edition
In the midst of COVID-19, we can’t forget Tuberculosis, plants ‘cry’ for help, updates, events and more.
02 | 2021: March: PHAS edition
Quantum physics, young galaxy, space debris, updates, events and more.
02 | 2021: March: M&I edition
Labs during the pandemic, mentoring program, updates, events and more.
02 | 2021: March: EOAS edition
UBC EOAS at 25 years, The Canadian Mineralogist turns 100, updates, events and more.
05 | 2020: November
Mosquito nursery, worms to treat inflammation, labs go online, updates and more.
04 | 2020: September
The biology of cannabis, penguin paradise, the diversity of BC’s bumble bees, chemistry classes in the time of COVID, updates and more.
04 | 2020: September: PHAS edition
Icy Mars, Earth-like planets, a black hole-neutron star merger, updates and more.
04 | 2020: September: EOAS edition
Melting glaciers, seismic noise, elevated levels of lead in honey, updates and more.
03 | 2020: May
Bees are feeling the heat, penguin paradise, Mars’ magnetic field is way older than we thought, updates and more.
03 | 2020: May: Chemistry edition
Engaging in viral research, paving the way for women in chemistry, updates and more.
02 | 2020 : March, PHAS edition
UBC student discovers 17 new planets, transforming metals into insulators, events, updates and more.
02 | 2020: March, EOAS edition
Mixing lasers and archaeology, diving into coastal ecosystems, updates and more.
01 | 2020: January
Meet the glacier hunter, zooming in on whales, mystery signal, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2020 : January, CS edition
Data science and biodiversity, programming languages for artificial intelligence, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2019 : November
Tackling our rat problem, tales from the otter side, fun with jellyfish, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2019 : September
Serengeti documentary, geese and NASA, meet the triffid, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2019 : September, Chemistry edition
Alumni reunion, glowing dots, recycling CO2, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2019 : September, EOAS edition
Earth Matters, locking carbon dioxide in mine waste, flying the red skies, events, kudos and more.
03 | 2019 : May
Protein research, peculiar organism found in corals, improving STEM teaching, events, kudos and more.
03 | 2019 : May: CS edition
Step aside Johnny Mnemonic, aesthetics, teaching and MOOCs, from curling to coding, events, kudos and more.
02 | 2019 : March
Honey bees help track pollution, drawing blood, a cure for brain cancer, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2019 : January
Seabirds going hungry, fast radio bursts, science and cartoons, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2019 : January: EOAS edition
Predicting bad weather, Catherine Johnson receives multiple honors, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2018 : November
Building bridges with math, check out our new Instagram channel, saving sharks, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2018 : November: PHAS edition
Planets playing ping pong, astrophysics takes centre stage, measuring Earth’s magnetic field, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2018 : September
Mushrooms against cancer, BC shorelines littered with cigarettes, the link between corals and malaria, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2018 : September, Chemistry edition
They key to universal blood, biochem alumnus talks the power of yeast, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2018 : September: EOAS edition
New issue of Earth Matters, diamonds narrate their life story, rethinking Earth’s subduction zones, events, kudos and more.
03 | 2018 : May
Studying Marsquakes, Meigan Aronson named new Dean of UBC Science, cute Mexican spiders, events, kudos and more.
02 | 2018 : March
Teaching kids on the spectrum to code, the link between a virus and MS, botany alumnus brews up a storm, events, kudos and more.
02 | 2018 : March: CS edition
UBC Computer Science turns 50, quantum mechanics gets warmer, CS a leader in open education resources, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2018 : January
Microbes named after Rush, looking back at science in 2017, whales are exfoliating, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2018 : January: CS edition
Province increases funding for CS seats, mushroom app, top researcher in computer systems joins UBC, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2018 : January, EOAS edition
Tracking ‘fugitive gas’ leaks, UBC alumnus Ross Beaty joins Canadian Mining Hall of Fame, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2017 : November
Eating jellyfish, hervibores against climate change, self-driving cars must tackle the rain, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2017 : November, CS edition
High marks for UBC CS, CS welcomes nine new faculty members, the Alumni Builder Awards, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2017 : September
Incredible shrinking fish, CSI for the birds, rare sapphires, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2017 : September, CS edition
Teaching characters to walk, sketching algorithm, auctioning airwaves, events, kudos and more.
03 | 2017 : May
Genes that give marijuana its flavour found, whale breath, microbe gallery, events, kudos and more.
03 | 2017 : May, Chemistry edition
Chemistry reunion, green chemistry, the science of chocolate, events, kudos and more.
02 | 2017 : March
Ensuring urban honey is safe for consumption, spider colonies, events, kudos and more.
02 | 2017 : March, CS edition
Urban data partnership brings UBC, UW, Microsoft together, treating video game addictions, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2017 : January
1.5 degrees could make big difference for our oceans, a 'beary' interesting career choice, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2017 : January, EOAS edition
UBC team in running for international carbon prize, volcanic eruptions won't help cool Earth, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2017 : January, Zoology/Biology edition
The world through the eyes of a hummingbird, elusive microbe finally caught, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2016 : November
Drones help track whales, cancer detection with early blood test, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2016 : November, CS edition
New computational thinking course at UBC, improving computer interfaces for all, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2016 : November, M&I edition
Using old drugs to treat TB, solving our sepsis issues, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2016 : September
Transforming the science learning experience, plastics made out of discarded lobster shells, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2016 : September, Biology/Zoology edition
Songbird migration might be controlled by small set of genes, team mentality may hinder spider survival, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2016 : September, PHAS edition
NASA asteroid mission gets Canadian assistance, undergrad student finds four new planets, events, kudos and more.
03 | 2016 : May
Botanical garden celebrates centennial, making smart paper and textiles with enzyme tech, events, kudos and more.
02 | 2016 : March
First Nations facing climate change, tradition and modern science in Micronesia, clay can fight drug-resistant bacteria, events, kudos and more.
01 | 2016 : January
Arctic rising, prostate cancer drug derived from marine sponges, time-travelling diamonds, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2015 : November
Gut bacteria and asthma, inspiring women to pursue a STEM career, probiotics could protect bees, events, kudos and more.
05 | 2015 : November
Special edition of Connect containing events and stories of interest to PHAS alumni
04 | 2015 : September
Fighting neglected global diseases; mapping the DNA of marijuana and hemp; developing astronomy in West Africa, events, kudos and more.
04 | 2015: September, PHAS edition
Special edition of Connect containing events and stories of interest to PHAS alumni.
04 | 2015: September, EOAS edition
Special edition of Connect containing events and stories of interest to EOAS alumni.
03 | 2015 : June
Universal blood donors; Mercury's magnetic field revealed; mapping disease with math, events, kudos and more.
03 | 2015: June, PHAS edition
Special edition of Connect containing events and stories of interest to PHAS alumni.
02 | 2015 : April
Statisticians translating data; Western Canadian glaciers to melt by 2100; feisty "warrior" plants, events, kudos and more.
02 | 2015 : April, PHAS edition
Special edition of Connect containing events and stories of interest to PHAS alumni.
01 | 2015 : February
Developing organic solar cells; Chinook salmon may not adapt to warmer waters; events, kudos and more.
01 | 2015 : February, PHAS edition
Special edition of Connect containing events and stories of interest to PHAS alumni.
05 | 2014 : November
Canada's MOST telescope not ready for retirement yet; gift from Google founding investor to launch UBC course in computational thinking; events, kudos and more.
05 | 2014 : November, EOAS edition
Special edition of Connect containing events and stories of interest to EOAS alumni.
04 | 2014 : September
Parenting makes your brain bigger, if you’re a fish; Milky Way lighter than thought; algorithm turns sketches into 3D; events, kudos and more.
03 | 2014 : July
When art and science meet; microbes get no love in genomics world; mastering calculus; events, kudos and more.
02 | 2014 : April
Inspiring girls’ love for tech; lizards in a warming world; beware real-world Hunger Games; events, kudos and more.
01 | 2014 : February
Scientific data quickly lost; insects and climate change; alum explores frozen (but warming) landscapes; events, kudos and more.
05 | 2013 : November
The private lives of mushrooms; plants, bugs and people feeling the heat, and more.
04 | 2013 : September
Marine species migrating north at startling speeds, Chemistry rural outreach, events, and more.
03 | 2013 : May
UBC Alumni Weekend events, pine beetle DNA analysis, meet the infamous Cthulhu, alumni news, and more.
02 | 2013 : March
Drug-resistant flu meets its match, blood vessel drug might be Alzheimer’s treatment, photo gallery, events, and more.
01 | 2013 : January
Repurposed drug could cure TB, largest Canadian radio telescope begins construction, 50 years of UBC, and more.
04 | 2012 : October
Wireless charging of electric cars, rare seahorse caught on camera, UBC to offer free science courses online, and more.
03 | 2012 : September
New ESB building, seabirds in peril, sneaky parasites that steal genes from host, and alumni news.
