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Patrick Tamkee is the recipient of the 2019 Richard Hare Memorial Award

October 18, 2019

October Safety news: 1) First Aid and 2) Emergency meeting locations

October 15, 2019

1) First Aid A few...

Claire Kremen receives Doctor of Science Honoris Causa from AMNH

September 26, 2019

Congratulations to Claire Kremen for receiving the Doctor of Sciences Honoris Causa by the American Museum of Natural History! Claire Kremen is a UBC...

Jessica Meir is launching to the International Space Station

September 24, 2019

Jessica Meir is a former postdoctoral fellow with Bill Milsom in our department. This is her most recent publication with Bill and a compilation of...

Statement of the UBC Department of Zoology on the Global Climate Strike

September 19, 2019

The link between human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases and global warming has been well established by scientists since at least 1896, when...

A few more interviews: Geese imprinted on a future astronaut

September 13, 2019

Meir J., J. M. York, B. A. Chua, W. Jardine, L. A Hawkes, W. K. Milsom. 2019. Reduced metabolism supports hypoxic flight in the high-flying bar-headed goose (Anser indicus). eLife

Trish Schulte and Mike Whitlock elected fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

September 10, 2019

Congratulations to Trish Schulte and Mike Whitlock for this well deserved recognition.

Wireless network problems and phishing threads

September 9, 2019

Informative video on Fundamentals of Phishing

Katie Marshall at CBC Early Edition on spiders

September 6, 2019

This morning Katie Marshall was back at The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn to talk about the Spider population declining in Vancouver.

Small changes, big gains: a curriculum-wide study

August 28, 2019

Laura K. Weir , Megan K. Barker, Lisa M. McDonnell, Natalie G. Schimpf, Tamara M. Rodela, and Patricia M. Schulte. 2019. Small changes, big gains: A curriculum-wide study of teaching practices and student learning in undergraduate biology. PLoS One.