News Archive
| Title | Post Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Celeste earns West Coast teaching award | Jun 02 2023 | Dr. Celeste Leander, Professor of Teaching in the Departments of Botany and Zoology, has received a 2023 West Coast Teaching Excellence Award. The honour, awarded to top post secondary teachers in British Columbia and the Yukon by the BC Teaching and Learning Council (BCTLC), recognizes Dr. Leander’s deep commitment to student-centred teaching… |
| Winner of the 2022 Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition | Feb 24 2023 | Congratulation to Michelle Tseng and her collaborators on being one of the recipients of the 2022 Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition, which this year partnered with Wellbeing to expand the opportunities provided through the competition and support more projects advancing new ideas and innovations in Wellbeing, for their project … |
| Advice for young scientists from Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor | Dec 21 2022 | For Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor (she/her), Assistant Professor in UBC’s Departments of Botany… |
| What you can learn from Dr. Alex Moore's career path | Nov 22 2022 | Image and write-up by Nivretta Thatra As of summer 2022, Dr. Alex Moore (she/they) is an Assistant Professor co-appointed at UBC Botany and the Faculty of Forestry. We are thrilled to be working with them! … |
| Sugarsticks (Allotropa virgata) study is on the cover of New Phytologist | Nov 04 2022 | A study by Botany alum Dr. Qianshi Lin is featured on the cover of New Phytologist, featuring a photo of Sugarsticks (Allotropa virgata) by Gerald D. Carr (Emeritus Professor of Botany at Oregon State University). Lin worked with… |
| UBC Botany In the News | Oct 05 2022 | Dr. Michelle Tseng discussed her work with UBC alum Erez Büyükyilmaz, which found warmer temps can lead to smaller butterflies: UBC study finds climate change could cause butterflies to shrink, raising pollination concerns Photo: The… |
| Dr. Robin Young looks at cell biology through a lens of equity, diversity and inclusion | Sep 29 2022 | Dr. Robin Young, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Biology at UBC Okanagan, takes an innovative approach towards teaching. Find out how she redefines conventional perceptions of cell biology and encourages her students to question injustices in scientific research.… |
| UBC Botany In the News | Aug 18 2022 | Dr. Jeannette Whitton commented on the importance of having financial support as an early career scientist: 'The future of science in Canada is at risk':… |
| UBC Botany In the News | Aug 05 2022 | Jonathan Davies was quoted in an article on Science Magazine's news site: The most distinctive birds are the ones most at risk of extinction |
| UBC Botany In the News | Jul 08 2022 | Dr. Sean Graham said giant water lilies have been iconic attractions in botanical gardens since Victorian times, when they were used to attract royal patronage: … |