Diseases of the liver are often devastatingly silent.

Does thinking about the worst bring out the best in people? UBC students and their colleagues developed an innovative approach to creating more cohesive and resilient communities by expanding on existing disaster-planning and emergency-preparedness practices.

It has long been known that the ‘nose’ of a wine has a huge impact on how we perceive its flavour. A partnership between UBC’s Dr. Simone Castellarin and Andrew Peller Ltd. is poised to increase the aroma of British Columbia’s Gewürztraminer grapes in a way that’s not just good for wine lovers, but also comes with added environmental benefits.

How can an obscure play written in the late 1500s make a meaningful contribution to the cultural and artistic dialogue of present-day Vancouver? A recent partnership between Bard on the Beach and researchers from UBC’s Faculty of Arts holds the answer.

With 1,500 interns in 2018 and 20 years together, the UBC-Mitacs partnership continues to drive innovation and improve lives.

The future of healthcare is changing for the better with novel medical technologies emerging at a record pace. One such technology developed by a UBC startup in recent years has made remarkable strides in bridging the gap between research and commercialization. UBC’s Institute for Computing, Information, and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) and entrepreneurship @UBC (e @UBC) helped make it happen.