Sports Information Officer Rich Abney won the grand gold award at the Council of Advancement and Support of Education for the story he wrote chronicling Timberwolves men's soccer player Michael Henman's mental health journey.

Stories are more than shared narratives, they are also cultural experiences. Recently published research from UNBC's Dr. Shannon Freeman demonstrates the power stories have to strengthen relationships and preserve culture.

Dr. Jianbing Li, an Environmental Engineering Professor at UNBC is leading part of a national project to investigate improved methods to separate oil from water to make it more efficient and less costly to clean up marine oil spills. He will also conduct experiments to treat oily waste and convert it into useful energy. Fisheries and Oceans Canada pledged $1.9 million to fund the next stage of Li’s research through the multi-partner oil spill research initiative (MPRI).

UNBC Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. Lianne Tripp collaborated with Dr. Larry Sawchuk of the University of Toronto to explore the history of the Barbary macaques that call Gibraltar home. Their new book, Monkey Tales, tells the story of the close connection between the monkeys and humans of Gibraltar.

Kady Dandeneau made a name for herself as a star player for UNBC's women's basketball team. She later switched to wheelchair basketball. In 2019, she played a major role in leading Canada to a gold medal at the Parapan American Games. She returns to Prince George on March 11 as the keynote speaker for the 6th annual Timberwolves Legacy Breakfast.

UNBC had the largest increase of any university in the undergraduate tier for corporate research, according to Research Infosource Inc.

John S. MacDonald, the fifth Chancellor of the University of Northern British Columbia, died on Boxing Day at the age of 83.

Dr. Stephen Déry is the new NSERC/Rio Tinto Senior Industrial Research Chair in Climate Change and Water Security. The $1.5 million in research funding will allow Déry to to better understand the impacts of climate change and human activity on the long-term water security of the Nechako watershed.

Dr. Chelsea Pelletier, a UNBC health sciences researcher, and her team will spend the next year studying what is known about the health impacts of occupational exposure to wildfires that B.C. wildland firefighters and related personnel face on the job.