Alumni reflect on time spent on the front lines and UNBC
UNBC alumni Jennifer Nguyen and Dr. Geoff Johnson share their stories on the health-care front lines during COVID-19 in a Q&A with This Is UNBC.
Responding in uncertain times
A message from UNBC Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Geoff Payne
Déry named UNBC's first Industrial Research Chair
Led by Environmental Science Professor Dr. Stephen Déry, the NSERC/Rio Tinto Industrial Research Chair on Climate Change and Water Security partnership aims to better understand how climate change and human activity are impacting water security in the Nechako Watershed.
News in brief
Our students, faculty, alumni and staff are making headlines for their work on campus.
UNBC places first in research income growth
In 2019, UNBC's research income increased by 42.5 per cent, the largest increase of any university in the undergraduate tier in the latest edition of Canada's Top 50 Research Universities. UNBC also saw its overall ranking increase and moved up places in two categories related to research intensity.
Innovation hub will make technology available to older adults
UNBC is the host institution for the Centre for Technology Adoption for Aging in the North, a new AGE-WELL National Innovation Hub. Through partnerships with technology developers, researchers, policy makers, health-care providers, community groups and older adults themselves, CTAAN tests, pilots, implements and promotes new and existing technology solutions to help older adults live independently.