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05/29/2026

It was an honour to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Science on Professor Robert Gentleman.

An internationally recognized leader in statistics, computational biology, and open-source software, and a proud alumnus, he has transformed how researchers across disciplines work with data. As co-creator of the programming language R, now a global standard for data analysis and graphics, his contributions have had a profound and lasting impact on science and innovation worldwide.

Congratulations Dr Gentleman and all 2026 UBC Graduates!

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05/26/2026

Congratulations to UBC Computer Science Assistant Professors Hila Gonen, Mathias Lécuyer and Serena Wang on being selected as new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs and Assistant Professor Kelsey Allen on being selected as a CIFAR Global Scholar!

The CIFAR AI Chairs program provides long-term funding to support research programs to advance fundamental and applied AI research in Canada while CIFAR’s Global Scholars program supports early-career researchers in their ambitious projects and helps them in their first year as independent investigators.

Read more: https://www.cs.ubc.ca/news/2026/05/cifar-ai-chairs-global-scholar

05/25/2026

Flowers in full bloom cover UBC’s Vancouver campus, just in time to celebrate our graduating students as they prepare to cross the Chan Centre stage. We look forward to celebrating with our graduates, families and friends as we mark their achievements and welcome them to our alumni community!

Graduates from across UBC Science will mark this important milestone by crossing the Chan Centre stage at UBC's May 25 - 27 ceremonies.

05/20/2026

“These early herders didn’t put all their eggs in one basket,” said geochemist Dr. Kendra Chritz of UBC Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. Instead, they kept eating a wide mix of foods—fish, wild animals and plants—alongside livestock for at least 1,000 years.

Eastern Africa’s earliest livestock herders continued fishing, hunting and gathering for centuries, which may have helped them adapt to a changing climate.

05/14/2026

Dr. Alan Mackworth has been studying AI since the 1970s. In this conversation the Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia professor emeritus discusses the challenges of regulating artificial intelligence, if age-based bans on AI make sense, and how chatbots are trained to flag harmful actors.

Dr. Alan Mackworth — professor emeritus with UBC Computer Science — has been studying AI since the 1970s. He’s served as president of the…

05/12/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Bridgette Clarkston, associate professor of teaching with UBC Botany, who has been awarded one of this year's BCTLC West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards.

https://science.ubc.ca/news/2026-05/ubc-botanist-receives-west-coast-teaching-award

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05/08/2026

Ignite your kid's curiosity TOMORROW at Science Rendezvous! Festival-goers of all ages can meet world-class researchers and innovators, do hands-on experiments and watch amazing scientific demonstrations on UBC's Vancouver campus.

Hold the date! UBC is proud to host Science Rendezvous, a free family festival that takes science out of the lab and on to the street.

05/07/2026

After decades as a CEO, UBC math and computer science alum ('71) Bob Delf is running a nonprofit to help communities strengthen families impacted by dementia.
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At 77, Bob Delf is working as hard as a volunteer Executive Director as when he was a CEO in the software industry.